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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Summera 2
My little sister can't read analogue clocks either and she's 16.
Trinity18 5
It's a common trait of Aspergers syndrome, a form of Autism. I can't read analogue clocks, it doesn't mean I'm not intelligent, I'm going to a Russell group university next year. A lot of people can't read that type of clock because they can't make a judgement on what the exact time is, it freaks them out that those clocks have little accuracy.
scaryasfuck666 0
First of all, you spelled 'analog' wrong so if anyone it's an FML for your daughte, simply because you've obviously refused to take part in educating her for the likes of analog clocks. Teachers don't teach everything, maybe it isn't even part of the curriculum nowadays as most devices are digital.
Bobissmall 13
First of all, you're wrong. OP is from Canada. So it's spelt right.
marinaim 17
You're a retard. It's spelt analogue in Britain and Canada. And since English came before American, Analogue is more correct so to speak. Maybe YOU should be the one paying attention. If you can't even tell the difference between different countries spelling, then you should maybe you should take a part in education too.
mmhk 2
#253 She spelled it correctly, do you have to be that cocky?
geeksaresexy 18
You also missed the 'r' at the end of 'daughter' so well done..
wiltingrose2 0
umm then you're failing as a parent teach her
RIEZBURNSRED 0
bimbo! lol haha
liebestoter753 5
lol stupid Americans
geeksaresexy 18
Erm.. OP is Canadian. So who is stupid now?
katies94 0
she must go to Jeff High...smh
kittea86 0
i love when ppl expect the school system to do everything. if she forgot how...TEACH HER
_yarrrr 0
she may not be able to tell time but can she spell analog?
leileigrr55 0
now u know what today technology has done to us. I'm 16 I remember being taught how to in elementary school. do you recall ur daughter learning analogy time??