Today, after finally applying myself and busting my butt all semester, I found out the school is accusing me of cheating because they couldn't believe I could have gotten near-perfect grades considering my grade history. If this is how society rewards academic turnarounds, why do I even bother? FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I got my grades back. They were all 98's and 99's with also a 104 (extra-credit). I got refused from entering an honors club, because it's "impossible to get above a hundred in a math class". I even got investigated for cheating. FML
Today, I had my final economics exam, and needed to ace it, or else I would fail the entire module. After studying all day yesterday, and pulling an all-nighter today, I managed to pull it off and get a perfect score. Unfortunately, my teacher didn't believe that it was possible, and accused me of cheating. Now I may be thrown out of college. FML
Today, out of my whole class, I received no awards. All my teachers thought that I would get plenty from the others. Now people think I'm stupid. I have a 3.66 GPA and they won't believe me. FML
Today, my mom found out that I’ve been faking my exam grades, turning my 30s to 80s and 40s to 90s on the paper exams. She got access to my online student portal and saw my real grades. I'm grounded for the rest of the school year. FML
Today, I was sternly told that if I didn't pass more students, I would be out of a job. I then went to my class to collect papers, and was stymied by how I could be giving passing grades to the 12 of 24 who didn't turn anything in. College students. FML
Today, I got my report card from school. I pulled my grade up in Algebra from a D to an A. My parents told me that they never expected me to accomplish this, and good job but they've already enrolled me in boarding school. So much for all that extra credit and staying late after school to study. FML
Today, I passed my math test with flying colors. My dad thought I had cheated, so he emailed the school and told them that I had. They lowered my grade. FML
Today, not even a month into the new semester, I have a hearing at the Dean’s office for academic dishonesty. My classmate and “friend” who I’ve been doing online quizzes with at home (considered cheating) decided to throw me under the bus, all because I wouldn’t let her borrow $100. FML
Today, I got the best grade in class on my economics midterm. Rather than tell me I did a good job, my professor criticized me in front of everyone about how I was working "too hard". FML
Today, I found out that, despite my above average performance in school, I was right in the middle of my class ranking at graduation. My school stated that your respect for others would affect your ranking, but the fact that nearly all of the people who placed above me were gigantic pricks says otherwise. FML
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MetalxSoldier 26
Just let them know that you are just trying harder and that you worked your ass off to EARN those grades. If they don't believe you, ask them to try to prove you wrong. I'm sure that won't be a problem with your near perfect grades. Good luck op.
QueenBeeGotStung 24
Sorry to hear that, but well done on pulling things back. Hopefully they'll recognise the achievement; surely your class work must have improved as well? That would be a bit of a giveaway that you didn't cheat.
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Comments (49)
Catdragon 40
Never stop trying to achieve greatness. Screw what anyone thinks. You learn for yourself. Grades mean nothing, what truly matters is if you know the stuff.
X_Gon_Giv_ItToYa 9
I moderated this one and said yes.
TheUpsetMan 18
I would consider that an achievement, you are doing so well people think you're cheating. but tell them straight up that you are working harder and if they think you're cheating then they have to prove that.
stormy0307 16
What school? I'm also from Utah and I'm curious
UpAllNight89 6
Must be BYU. Neither the U, USU, or Weber would pull some shit like this
wow2mylife 25
I guess you not in my county
Sharall 10
What matters most is the fact that you know it was your hard work that bettered your grades. You are why you try. Not them.
vishu_united2004 13
I know it feels horrible coz same thing happened to me. But hey you can't give up even if no one cares as long as you do. Things turned around for me and I hope they do for you.
LyingBlood 8
this is probably gonna happen to me
Bibliovore 26
OP, others here are right: your turnaround is a huge success in and of itself, and you should _absolutely_ keep bothering. You won't be in this school forever, and in whatever comes next -- be it college, work, or anything else -- not only will your improved focus, skills, and knowledge help you do much better, but you won't be shadowed by your earlier past forever. Congratulations to you, stick with it, and know you've done yourself proud. :)
SchlomoTheGrinch 18
If you consider the history you've created for yourself, you really shouldn't blame them. I sincerely applaud the work you've done and congratulate you on your achievements and hope you'll be able to convince them that it's due to honest and hard work. However, next time you make such a turnaround, please warn them! First of all, they'll be quite likely to help you out, especially once you've proven that you're being sincere. Second of all, you'll soften the blow of mistrust, a mistrust you, honestly, built for your self. Here's to you!
GhostFox 34
No. Just ******* no. Take your bullshit, victim blaming, guilt shifting views, douse them liberally with Carolina Reaper sauce, and shove them up your arse following a nice broken glass enema. Maybe then you'll get an idea of not only how ******* toxic, painful, and unnecessary you comment was, as well as ******* ignorant. You want to know an old saying? "There are no bad students, only bad teachers." Maybe it isn't completely true, but you obviously have no clue how often teachers, intentionally and not, damage and sabotage a student's education. A lot of them do it because they're either burned out, power high, pass it off as someone else's problem, or because they just don't care if a student needs help. Some of the few good ones- the ones that are patient, and care, and actually got into teaching for the RIGHT reason- wanting to cultivate kids and give them the tools they need to make a happy, capable life- do what they can, but they're few and far between and there are so many more bad ones. The rest? If the student is lucky, they get ignored. If they aren't the teacher turns them into an "object lesson" for everyone to mock. And because schools are horrible about gossip, by the end of the week the student is considered to be barely more intelligent than a rock by everyone. Maybe some people could press through being being constantly accused of cheating for years without being worn down, but when no one is around that thinks their efforts are worth anything why waste time trying to please people. And you want to blame people who try to crawl out of the hole they get kicked into because they didn't tell their teachers that they're studying hard. Never mind that it's a teachers job to expect students are studying. Never mind that part of a teacher's job is to notice changes in their students in case of abuse. Never mind that the teachers could have probably looked through their work from the semester and realized their quality of work had improved. No, you'd just rather blame the easy target.