Today, my mom insisted on making my lunch. She didn't know that knives are banned at my high school, and packed me a steak knife for cream cheese. I'm now suspended for 7 days, and she refuses to say that she did anything wrong. FML
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Today, my school caught a kid with a firearm, so during our lunch period we had to stay in our classrooms and nobody can leave and nobody can get food. FML
Today, after it appeared my daughter was throwing away any vegetables in her school lunch, I packed her all vegetables so she would have to eat at least one. Nope! She threw them out and complained to school that "mommy doesn't feed" her. I got a call from the school. FML
Today, I went to school wearing the same jacket I had gone hiking in the previous day. When I found out that I had left my 2" pocket knife in the pocket I immediately turned it in to the front office. They promptly had me arrested for bringing a weapon on campus. FML
Today, I was suspended from school for “being involved in a fight.” The other girl beat me up while I didn't do anything to defend myself, for fear of getting in trouble. She got off scot free. FML
Today, my mom tried to ground me. In the apartment that I own. Because I didn't eat enough of the dinner that I'd made. FML
Today, I was curious as to whether or not my mom was off of her medication. When I asked her, she pulled a knife on me. Looks like I got my answer. FML
Today, I was expelled from school. By my own mother. FML
Today, I went to my favorite restaurant with my mother. The food took a little longer than usual to arrive and my mom threw a fit, complete with kicking and screaming, in the middle of the restaurant. My mom and I are both banned for life. FML
Today, I got suspended for bringing a "hazardous weapon" to school. They were earrings. FML
Today, I tried to make a grilled cheese sandwich for myself, but as soon as I started, my mom rushed into the kitchen and criticized me for making it "wrong". She then made the sandwich for me. It tasted significantly worse than when I make them. FML
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Comet_Candy 23
Gosh, why didn't she just pack a plastic knife or something :/. Maybe just a spoon... FYL, OP!
itwasthedognotme 14
Wow man, schools are harsh! Hope your mum sticks up for you eventually. FYL.
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Comments (94)
foxwasalamb 24
im jealous you have a mother who packs you lunch. I cant remember a time when my mom EVER did..
Nordiclifestyle 3
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I have a simple solution to this and i am amazed how nobody has suggested it yet: Next time pack your own damn lunch and you don't need to find guilty party from elsewhere!
W1SZ 5
Ha exactly right!!! learn to be more independent and this type of stuff doesn't happen!! And so what if she won't take responsibility, I bet she has other shit to deal with besides her whining kid! Grow a pair buddy!
touch_phobia 13
she insisted to pack it. Not only that, but she then refused to take responsibility.
buckdharma 38
I'm sorry you got suspended for cutting the cheese. ):
TheCrispyCat 20
Why a steak knife?
arre2006 19
I blame the schools. The same institutions that suspend kids from pointing an index finger while making gun sounds or biting a pop tart to look like one. It's ridiculous how these schools are acting
chinaski7628 32
I'm not a proponent of zero tolerance policies-- after fifteen years of teaching in the American public school system I've seen a lot of injustices because of zero tolerance. But blaming the schools is incredibly short sighted. Schools are pressured to institute these kinds of policies because it appeases parents and voters-- not because educators believe they work. And honestly, if OP had accidentally injured herself or someone else with the knife, everyone would blame the school and the teachers for being negligent. I just get really tired of schools being blamed for simultaneously being hyper-vigilant and not vigilant enough.
cryssycakesx3 23
it's ridiculous how these kids are acting.
Lomus 24
It doesn't take much common sense to realise you shouldn't have a sharp, serrated steak knife in a school. But then again, this is 'Murica, where giving everyone guns makes it safe, and kids taking guns to school is a regular occurence.
Lomus 24
It was a steak knife, good reading.
mkcherry 14
Unless you waved it around and made threats or were otherwise being unsafe I dont know why they didnt just take it away and toss it. Schools are absolutely ridiculous. Any rule that's zero tolerance results in people being penalized for dumb shit. Depending on how old your mom is, maybe shes from an era where tableware wasn't considered dangerous, they didnt eat with plastic sporks.
crandel 11
On the plus side, you can exploit your suspension to build a new image as a rebel and be considered cool.
jobson 4
if it's an out of school suspension at least you get a couple of days off lol