Today, four hours before a test, I received an email from my professor saying that the test had been canceled. When I checked my email again before bed, I found another email from my professor saying that his email had been hacked and the test was was still on. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my professor cancelled class so I turned off my alarm. When I woke up, I checked my email again. There was no email from my professor. It was a dream. FML
Today, after constantly checking my email for a week, I finally got a letter saying that I was accepted to take a test for a job position. The only problem is I was scheduled to test today, eight hours ago. FML
Today, I called out "for personal reasons" from work because I had to study for a major test that's taking place tomorrow. An hour later, my manager called to fire me for "not taking work seriously." I then got an email telling me that the test was being postponed. FML
Today, I was supposed to take a test, but the professor didn't have it ready because he went to a concert last night. I sold my own tickets to that very concert in order to study for the test. FML
Today, I missed my history exam because they'd changed the day. Apparently they sent out an email to let everyone know. Too bad I'd banned myself from the internet in order to study for the exam. FML
Today, I tried to turn in a final exam online. When I went to check if it had been submitted, Blackboard told me it did. My grade told a different story. FML
Today, I went in to take my College Placement tests. I'd spent all week ignoring actual homework to study for these tests. When I got there, the responsible told me that the tests were last week. FML
Today, after telling a student that she had to take the online test on the date that I had assigned, she whined to the vice president of the college, who then told my dean that he needed to do something about it. She made me offer testing days on multiple dates. So much for integrity. FML
Today, we had a surprise test at school. I was totally unprepared for any of it, so I BSd the whole thing and turned it in. A few minutes later, our teacher said we were allowed to use our notes to finish the test. FML
Today, I got cited for "internet plagiarism" and called to the dean's office. I'd been sitting a closed-book written exam, and my teacher had been breathing down my neck the whole time. FML
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Top comments
beeship321 5
Should the professor not be sympathetic due to the fact nobody lives on their emails anymore? I think he should postpone the test.
capnbzarr 43
The professor basically has to offer a second sitting of the test (but not for the hacker, if found), especially since he acknowledged the counterfeit email in his follow-up email.
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beeship321 5
Should the professor not be sympathetic due to the fact nobody lives on their emails anymore? I think he should postpone the test.
testthecoal 5
phone has email?
beeship321 5
Phones do have email but I know a lot of people who only check it once a week. Most people are preoccupied by texts now a days
PhilipTheDeacan 0
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
I don't see the problem. I mean if it's four hours notice you probably should have studied already.
Candyholic 7
Studying wasn't the problem. The problem is that they missed the test, and the teacher probably wont let them make it up.
allmidnighteyes 11
If you're in college, you'll likely be checking your college email more often than once a week. Professors and TAs send out notes and important announcements, and if you miss those emails, it's your fault for not checking. If a class (especially an early one) gets canceled, do you want to walk/bike/longboard all the way across campus or go all the way from home just to find out it's canceled when you get there? In this case though, the professor should reschedule the test for the following week or the next class, since they did get hacked and a good number of students were led to believe the test was canceled.
btterflygrl 0
Not everyone has email on their phones though.
beatrucelynn 0
not true, I read my emails EVERYDAY, and NO I do not sit at my computer staring at the screen waiting on an email (I am self employeed and work another job as well) but I still at least check my emails every hour or two, it takes like 3 minutes to glance at it.
ThatLooksSticky 16
The university I attend has a rule that states every student must check his/her email daily. The email is a school account, and they prefer not to have it linked to mobile devices for security reasons. if I was this student, I would fight for an opportunity to take a make up test. it's not the student's fault if the professor's email was hacked.
themadamejello 0
i agree, the teachers in my school use facebook :s
Bano360 25
I get texts if a lecture is cancelled. It's very rare that a lecturer sends anything important in an email. We have a webcourses site for that, basically you log in, view all your subjects. Each subject has a sub section with announcements, assessments etc.
RODEOqueen 0
People, every University is different. And not all American students live on campus, in many cases only freshmen live on campus. I check my email every morning, but then very rarely after that. And all of my professors contact me through email for important announcements. OP, if the prof won't let you retake the test, go to the department head or to the Dean. FYL
zackmx99 0
ur professor should just send msgs via facebook lol
theonlysweetpea 10
What a bunch of bullshit!
ironwords 8
wtf
khaya 9
You were the only one to get both emails.
bwinski 19
that was my thought too. Does this timeline make sense to anyone? 4 hours before the test they get an email that it is cancelled. Then OP gets ready for bed and its not cancelled. So did OP pull an all-night, because they are going to bed a couple hours before the test (in which case they should be good for the test) or there is some error in the submission...
ChibiChibi_fml 28
I'm not sure what's confusing you. The OP checked their email 4 hours prior to when the test was supposed to occur and they had an e-mail saying the test was cancelled. Having read that they continued on with the rest of their day minus going to the class to take their test. At the end of the day ,hours after they should have been in class taking the test, as they were getting ready to go to bed for the night, they checked their e-mail for a second and final time that day and found that the professor had sent out an email saying that the test was not cancelled and was still on. Since they had waited till the end of the night to check their email again they had already missed the test.
pins91 27
Why is that confusing? He checked his emails 4 hours before a test, to find out it was cancelled. So he went about the rest of his day and Just before he went to bed that night, he happened to check his emails again and he found the other one letting him know it was still on...
Death_From_Above 0
hope that test wasn't important
Basket_Case_ 0
.....what test isn't important in college?
humorizer 14
Liberal arts stuff, especially graphics or speech. Those stuff are useless.
gutzz 0
haha "those stuff" I'm not even going to correct that, it's just too good to be true.
kookoo831 0
thats messed up
BlueEyed1019 12
ugh that sucks! reminds me of a time when my school called to say there was gonna be a snowday but then they called again the next morning saying there will be school!
LunaNstars 0
punk'd!
SdCounty33 0
HAHA! Gotcha!!
laneylovesu2 3
*like*
SpilltMilk2 0
Take you and your Facebookery elsewhere 58 .
persianjr1 7
^ like
gutzz 0
Damn you Ashton!!!
fmart 0
lmao werd
No_LoveMM 3
And the problem is?
LunaNstars 0
winning!
MyNameIsBruce 0
KaySL, do you devote your account to trolling? Besides, you can't talk to Charlie Sheen that way
No_LoveMM 3
Sorry I guess I misread the FML, it appeared to me at first that when OP checked his email the second time, it was still before the testing period. Apologies.
MyNameIsBruce 0
Why is my comment moderated?! I didnt say anything bad!!! I said "you can't talk to Charlie sheen like that" that was it!!!
MyNameIsBruce 0
Build a time machine... Or makeup the test
anakaren_831 1
I'd go with the time machine, a hot tub to be exact:)
MyNameIsBruce 0
Hell yes!
TrolliePollie 0
lol got trolled hard bro