Today, I am expected to write an 8 page essay, due tonight. The reason why I don't even have one page yet? My mom decided to take away the only computer I have the essay saved on because I have an 'F' in English. The essay is for English. 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 was told that, although I was sick on the last day before break, they would still accept the 24 page essay that I had written. Tonight, as I went to print it out, I found that my dad had "cleaned up a bit" on my computer, including the documents from last semester. I have school tomorrow. FML
Today, I broke my dominant hand. My teacher insists we hand-write our essays. I called and asked if it was okay for me to type up the essays. She said no. I have two essays due tomorrow, which count for half my grade. FML
Today, I realized I forgot to write a 5000 word essay for my English class. I tried to be calm since I had until midnight to finish, and it was only 8pm. I typed for three hours straight,and finished the assignment. I read over the instruction again, and realized it only had to be 500 words. FML
Today, I got an F because I’m an idiot and wrote my essay on WW1 instead of WW2. I offered to resubmit a correct essay, but my mom stormed to school to demand it be changed to at least a B, because it was a good essay, even if it was on the wrong war. God, she’s impossible and embarrassing. FML
Today, my mum deleted my college research assignment on rape because the subject was too vulgar. I had worked on it for the past month and it was worth 50% of my grade. It's due tomorrow. FML
Today, I turned in an essay after staying up late to work on it. I was away when the teacher assigned it, so I'd asked my friend what the subject was. It transpires that she'd given me the wrong one, all because she was mad at me for not returning her pencil. FML
Today, my mom woke me up in the middle of the night to make me help my brother write an essay. I read what he wrote so far, gave him my suggestions, and went back to bed. She woke me up 30 mins later because he just sat and stared at his paper instead of fixing anything. Somehow that's my fault. FML
Today, I found out that my ten-page paper, which has taken me two months to construct perfectly and is worth 30% of my grade, was on the wrong book. It’s due tomorrow. FML
Today, I had to hand write a 10 page essay for one of my classes. When I turned it in I got an automatic zero. It was written in blue. Not black. FML
Today, I was busy writing my English final paper and all of a sudden my computer just chose to freeze. I thought Microsoft Word would save it, but alas, 4 pages down the dumpster. Plus my earphones stopped working and I can't afford to buy a new pair. FML
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fueledbyshar 0
Get off of FML and get writing!
LtHoward 0
Your own fault for having an F in the first place.
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MikeStern 1
It does beg the question, how did you write this fml without a computer? Is there some Mail in form now?
pendulum2012 0
iPhone, anyone?
pendulum2012 0
Most teachers wont accept hand written essays. And the OP already has the essay written on the computer he isn't allowed on.
Watchboy 0
umm, all teachers must accept handwritten work.
Ashle1gh 14
I have a few teachers who will only accept handwritten work. :o
theian01 3
I have a teacher now that will only accept typed, times new roman font, size 12. She'll fail you if it's not all of those.
xd0rkiee 0
#35- It shouldn't even matter if the teacher accepts handwritten work or not. All first drafts should be handwritten. After, it should be edited, and then typed. Good writers never write their first draft on the computer because we read words differently and do not always catch errors when we don't have a hardcopy in front of us. OP: YDI for getting an F in English in the first place. Were you even trying? And a even bigger YDI for not handwriting it first. You wouldn't have gotten that good of a grade, anyway.
Flutist 3
"Good writers?" Excuse me. Don't try to sound like you are an amazing writer. You aren't a writer until you are published. Until then you are someone who can spell and form nice sentences. Not all writers write everything by hand. There is no RIGHT way to WRITE. Sorry if I broke your bubble of cool, but I am published and I write on a computer and edit it on that hard copy. Every one is different. Stop sounding like a douche.
bgbwtp 13
If you got published even misusing "your" (among other mistakes), then somewhere, someone screwed up. Don't put down people for their writing when you yourself can't even comment properly. For the record, I agreed with your points until you got on the "I'm awesome because I'm published and you're not!" wagon. Way to ruin a good point by being a stuck up ass.
jinxthejinx 0
so... if you don't even have one whole page saved on that computer, um, start over? use a different computer or hand-write it. you are perpetuating your pattern of laziness by using this as an excuse.
livingdeadgirl9 0
most teachers won't accept hand written anymore. Almost everything has to be in MLA or APA these days. Although, I thoroughly agree with starting over somewhere else if possible. If not, the definitely FYL.
squirrelbait 0
go to the library. make better grades. YDI
boatkicker 5
Well, it's a bit late for me to be helping considering its currently 7:00 where you are, ut in the future here's what you do. If you have any necessary research done and (in the case of internet things) printed out, just write the paper by hand. If your teacher wont accept it, explain the situation, and they will. If you still need to do some research, go to the library. They have plenty of books, and of course internet access and you can type the essay on their computers. You could also go to a friends house or a neighbors house. For now, since the library is probably closed, if you need internet access ask your mom if she can stand over your shoulder and watch you write the essay. That way you can do it, and she knows you aren't just goofing off. More than likely she'll eventually get bored watching you write an essay. Not sure what to vote on this though. If your mom just took the computer away today then FYL, because you didn't know. If she took it away a few days ago then YDI, because you would have known you couldn't do it at home and should have made other arrangements.
24788 7
haha
Hellooomindyy 0
YDI. You shouldnt have let your grade get so low. Btw your mom fails as a parent for not being attentive to your grades and wins for letting you fail as punishment:)
aback 5
There's this invention called pen and paper...
livingdeadgirl9 0
probably won't be accepted. it's all about the MLA and APA formats!
youradhere 0
typical female logic
kikiss_j 0
so not a fml
raghavfyl 0
ur mom sounds like a dumb bitch