englishornah
Somerset, United States
Today, I asked my classmate to look over my essay. His comments were longer than the essay itself. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
badessaymyass
Phoenix, United States
Today, I had my teacher look over my essay before turning it in. He said it was extremely well-written, so I handed it in. When I got it back, the feedback he left said it was one of the worst essays he'd ever read. FML
This guy
Jackson, United States
Today, my teacher gave me a 0% on my personal narrative in my writing class. His only comment on the whole paper was, "Too long, didn't read." FML
writerflaw
Juneau, United States
Today, I lost a grade on an essay, because according to my teacher, I put much more detail into my analytical essay than I should have. FML
You asked...
United States
Don't hold back
Today, a friend of mine asked me to proofread her essay. "Don't hold back," she said. I took a look at it. It looked like it was written by a third grader, and she's in college. After spending a huge amount of time marking all of her mistakes, I gave it back. She got upset at me for being "extremely critical." FML
Anonymous
United Kingdom
Today, I turned in an overdue English assignment at college. My instructor accused me of plagiarism, writing that my sentence structure was "TO" good. Seriously? FML
Anonymous
United States
FIXED
Today, I pulled an all-nighter to finish an essay. I submitted it one minute before the deadline. Later, I opened the file to double-check and realized I'd uploaded my rough draft, containing notes like “THIS PART MAKES NO SENSE, FIX LATER.” The professor then replied, “I agree with your assessments.” FML
hardgraderorhardass
Bridgewater, United States
Today, my English professor bragged to my entire class about how good my essay was. He kept on saying great things about it for the duration of class. To my surprise, he'd given me a C-. When I asked why, his only response was: "I'm a hard grader." FML
Super Confused
Fremont, United States
What?
Today, I got my graded essay from my teacher. Earlier, he'd said that it was "too specific", and that I should change it to be "more general and debatable". Now that I've got it back, the first comments on the paper are, "Your thesis is too general, be more specific." FML
Anonymous
United Kingdom
Today, I got feedback on an essay I wrote, by my mum who is also a teacher. She said it was 'worse than most of her pupils'. She teaches 10-year-olds. I'm a 20-year-old student at university. FML
Anonymous
New York, United States
You never listen
Today, after I'd offered to make suggestions to my partner after she finished writing an essay for her college class, and she'd read my suggestions, we argued about every single point I wrote down. Despite telling her she didn't have to take any suggestions we argued for 2 days about it. The professor had the same notes as mine. FML
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CVTTRVN 19
Personally, i appreciate constructive criticism even if i don't see things eye to eye with the editor. Who knows...your classmate might have some helpful suggestions that will get u that A :)
tac0609 13
Was it a short essay, or did you just make a lot of mistakes? Either way, that's probably not good.
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tac0609 13
Was it a short essay, or did you just make a lot of mistakes? Either way, that's probably not good.
fmlallthetyme 23
Well, did you write in proper English or nah?
kylieh72 25
I'm guessing nah.
rayman173 2
wait naw and bae aren't proper English? I've been bamboozled.....darn
marcbjonson 7
that's not what the term 'proper English' means.
MishIsBish 12
That says more about your essay than the friend.
chinaski7628 32
Good feedback, while it should be thorough, should also be direct, simple, and easy to understand. Long, complicated written feedback is not helpful to the writer. Even if a paper is absolute crap, writing an essay of feedback is unhelpful. If it's really that bad, the friend should have talked to OP about the problems. As an English teacher, I find the best, most useful feedback (especially on a weak essay) is verbal (though I do provide some written feedback).
snarkytruth 37
Whole point is he asked a fellow classmate not an English teacher. So their help isn't going to be expected to be professional. (Taking a risk on even being correct too). He should be grateful for the help and his mate trying to teach him so he doesn't keep making the same errors. OP should have just done his own work and turned it in on his own merit.
chinaski7628 32
Fair enough. I was just trying to point out that excessively long, written comments/feedback aren't really helpful. From anyone.
sonofmontreal 1
Maybe one of his comments was that your essay is too short? What was the essay on?
xluciferx666 21
If his comments that long I can imagine what his essays are like.
howard007 18
Formal and very accurate is my guess
CVTTRVN 19
Personally, i appreciate constructive criticism even if i don't see things eye to eye with the editor. Who knows...your classmate might have some helpful suggestions that will get u that A :)
sonofmontreal 1
You don't have to crop out your forehead to fit in your boobs on your picture, your face is pretty enough :) there you go, constructive criticism!
MishIsBish 12
#8 that's not constructive criticism, that's petty.
ZachHatesPeople 22
#8 You could upload a picture instead of forcing us stare at a generic grey picture
ZachHatesPeople 22
It appears that #8 deleted his comment, it read "#6 you dont have to crop out your forehead to get your boobs in the picture, your face is pretty enough as it is."
ZachHatesPeople 22
Atleast he put in a genuine effort to help you. Consider all his notes and try to make your essay the best it can be
Cads1 24
If it stops you handing in a shit essay then it is a good thing.
Steffi3 40
At least he tried to be helpfull, and it sounds like you could use the help
abNormal62 23
Constructive criticism and for grading is critical. Would you have rather gotten it from the teacher next to an "F"?