Today, a few people in my class used calculators on the math final exam, even though it clearly stated at the top that they weren't allowed. The teacher found out, and now everyone has to retake the 200-question exam. I didn't even use a calculator. FML
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Today, I have a final for my precalculus class. After hours of studying this week, I felt pretty optimistic. Until I got to class and realized that I'd forgotten my calculator. FML
Today, I cheated on my math exam. I still failed. FML
Today, I got my precalculus final back from my teacher. I got a 17%. I told her that there had to be some mistake, because my classmate had the same answers as me and she got 100%. Not only did I accidentally admit to cheating, but our test papers had different questions. FML
Today, I had a very hard and long exam and I was completely prepared for it. I was so confident in my abilities and I'd studied really hard. When I entered the exam hall and took the paper, I realized that I had forgotten to bring my calculator. FML
Today, I failed my trigonometry exam because my scientific calculator was on the wrong setting. FML
Today, my math teacher brought his laptop to tally up all our scores for our report card. He then displayed the results on a big screen in front of the whole class. The ones who failed were marked yellow. I was the only one marked yellow. FML
Today, I got my multivariable calc final back, only to realize that the ten points I got off was for putting 10 + 15 = 35 on a problem. My teacher wrote ten question marks and “No???? 25???? :(“ next to it. FML
Today, disappointed with my results on a mathematics test, I went over it and realized my teacher had added up the marks incorrectly, leaving me with 17% less than I earned. The person who's supposed to be teaching me math can't even perform basic arithmetic. FML
Today, after burning all my past-papers, books and notes in celebration of finishing maths forever, I found out I have to re-take my maths exam to get the minimum grade for college. FML
Today, I made a multiple choice exam so my friend could practice and get a good grade on his real exam. While I was helping him finish it, the teacher saw it, thought we were cheating and failed us both. FML
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ohkitty 21
as annoying as this sounds, use it to your advantage! you can revise more & if you remember which qs you struggled on you can focus on those areas more & try & get a higher mark!
RavenclawAliKat 6
Was the test not monitored? Sound like the teacher was negligent. Hopefully they are reprehended. Sorry you have to retake the test OP. Good luck!
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ohkitty 21
as annoying as this sounds, use it to your advantage! you can revise more & if you remember which qs you struggled on you can focus on those areas more & try & get a higher mark!
RavenclawAliKat 6
Was the test not monitored? Sound like the teacher was negligent. Hopefully they are reprehended. Sorry you have to retake the test OP. Good luck!
onceuponatime456 16
reprehended? reprimanded, maybe?
RavenclawAliKat 6
Reprehend: to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
arandomperson97 19
Those are the (unfortunate) rules the instructors have to follow. I'm sure the cheaters were reprimanded appropriately. Gl OP!
awildwhisper 30
Hopefully the retake is with a more observant teacher.
mariri9206 32
Sounds like your teacher didn't do such a good job keeping an eye things. It's the teacher's fault for being more aware/observant and it's the fault of those students who did use a calculator. Your teacher should've told everyone to only grab their pencils and anything else they said that can be used on the test and water, if they allow it, and to leave their backpacks up at the front.
ThatOnePolarBear 13
If it was my school, they would get zeros on the exam with no makeup/redo.
brezzyanna 17
I dont think they know who used calculators and who didnt, so they cant just punish the guilty people.
aquapearl736 16
To everyone saying the teacher was negligent, it isn't their fault. On exams it is generally a rule that if one person uses anything to cheat, or if anyone talks, every test in the room is invalid. It's because if someone cheated, they could've shared the answers with everyone around them. That's a requirement and if the teacher didn't report it they could've been fired.
Moerighan 23
its the teachers fault for not catching the people using calculators in the first place.
drealex360 5
Maybe you can take that time to restudy and score even higher the second time around.
HaleyMae321 5
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Then you should have no problem! ? I don't see the FML in this TBH
Scotth901 22
This is more advantageous than you think... Don't waste your free retake, use it to get an A+!