Today, I asked my daughter what time it was. She stared at the clock for several seconds before muttering, "I don't know". She's 14 years old and on the honour roll, and yet she can't tell the time on an analogue clock. FML
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Today, my daughter decided it'd be funny to change the time on my clock. My boss didn't think it was funny. FML
Today, my daughter was putting clothes in the drier when she yelled, "Mom!! The drier won't start!" I had to explain to her that the door needed to be shut. Her response, "Oh. I didn't know that mattered." She's 15. FML
Today, my daughter admitted that she sometimes forgets her own name upon waking. She’s 15. FML
Today, my second-grade daughter asked her teacher how much money she makes. FML
Today, I told my daughter that she wasn't allowed to eat in her room, so she sat at the table and glared at me for 10 minutes while she ate. She's 15. FML
Today, my daughter, who was born in late 2000, mentioned how amazing it is that she'll be alive during the year 3000. I asked her exactly how old she thinks she'll be by then. She said, "Thirty, duh." I've screwed up as a parent, so very badly. FML
Today, my daughter asked me how long she had to put her 2-minute noodles in the microwave for. FML
Today, my grandma walked into my room and asked if the thing lying on my nightstand was a computer. I said ''Grandma, that's a clock.'' After staring at me, confused for a few seconds, she then farted, and left my room. FML
Today, I submitted my big assignment to my teacher at 1:55pm. The deadline was 2pm. She rejected it, because her watch read a few minutes after 2pm, and she maintains that the time on her watch is the "real" time. FML
Today, I took my 16 year-old daughter to get a bank account, taking her birth certificate with us as requested. When the teller wrote her name down on a piece of paper, my daughter said, "How do you know my name?" The teller just looked at her and held up her birth certificate. I raised a nitwit. FML
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chipnchips 0
time to switch to digital clocks
krysxkatastrophe 14
I know college kids who can't read a regular clock. It scares me that these people are the future of this world.
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Comments (225)
bassdredd 2
idgi...what's so hard about it honestly? the small hand points to the hour and the large hand points to the minutes...takes like 10 seconds to learn I figured it out in kindergarten
russhd23 0
She has a parent that cant even spell HONOR
knocking 0
Actually, honour is the way most of the rest of the english speaking world spells it. Honor is what the US changed it to. You should get your info straight before you start making fun of others. It makes you look like an idiot.
equalzmusic 0
how about you learn it to her, instead of mocking you own child on FML.
kdiggz 1
In Canada it's honour, just sayin'
crissit98 0
well its your fault. just an idea but maybe you should have taught her?
Alexandria928 0
that's not that bad. I'm 15 and can't. right when we were learning to tell time they put digital clocks in all the rooms and teachers rarely spent time teaching.
SoSolidSingh 2
and whats stoping you from looking at the clock and figuring out the time for yourself!!
aardvarkish 17
221, Does the term "Socratic Method" ring a bell?
stephyloo 0
I'm 27 and was never taught. everywhere we had digital clocks so no one bothered. it's like math now a days. kids don't really learn it, they learn to use a calculator
All_I_Need 4
And so what ? I'm 21, best student in my university, hoping to get a Ph.D. later, got a job but I'm dyspraxic and can't read analogue. It's really no big deal.
monnanon 14
dispraxia is a muscular and coordination problem, it has nothing to do with reading clocks
geeksaresexy 18
lol did you see the other one that said Dyscalculia is the opposite of Dyslexia? Also.. Dyspraxia is an immaturity in the way that the brain processes information. It causes problems with perception, language and thought, therefore it could cause problems reading a clock.
annabelle6898 0
your a ******* horrible mother... im 22 and cant read an anolog clock... not because im stupid but because i had ******* dumb ass parent like you who wouldnt teach me... god should have never given you kids
aardvarkish 17
If you still can't figure it out at age 22, it really is a little late in life to blame a parent...