Today, I got a 31% on a Chinese test at school. I moved here to New Jersey from China two months ago. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Today, I had a Chinese test. Our teacher decided to wait until yesterday to tell us about it because she "knew" we wouldn't study anyway and she didn't want to stress us out. I'm pretty sure I failed. FML
Today, the parent of a student called to ask me about a homework assignment. At the end of the call, she told me that I seem to be losing my "Asian accent" from when she first talked to me in the summer. I was born in the US, grew up in NJ and speak perfect English. FML
Today, I was asked to prove that I was Chinese by translating the phrase, "Ching chong ming chang ho". I'm not even Chinese. FML
Timewaster
Today, after spending months learning Chinese, selling my house and everything I own for my big transfer to Hong Kong, my boss decided I should instead go to our other branch across town. FML
Today, at a tutoring center, one of the tutors looked at my worksheet and laughed. She then showed all the other tutors my mistakes and they laughed along with her. The best part? They all speak Chinese and they think I can't understand them. I'm Chinese. FML
Today, in algebra, I took out my notebook. My Chinese teacher was so impressed with my "Chinese" writings on the cover that I'm now her "favorite student". Those "Chinese" symbols are actually Japanese, but I wanted someone to like me so badly that I didn't correct her. FML
My words exactly
Today, the Chinese student I've been teaching English to got on stage in front of hundreds of people to read her final essay. She ended with, "What a fucking day." I don't swear, and I no longer have a job. FML
Going well is it?
Today, I analysed my first mock test for an exam I have to take in 5 months. I got 31/150. FML
Today, I found out that I was one point away from passing a state science exam. FML
Today, I went to see the school counselor to schedule my classes for school. She asked me if I knew how to speak English. My parents are Chinese and I don't even know how to speak Chinese. I've lived in America my whole life. Plus, I even spoke to her in English to ask about classes. FML
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Madel_fml 0
Were you born in China? I mean, if you lived there for like a year, then that would make sense. Chinese is hard. If you were born there, well I don't know...
jackaaa 0
That actually happens often. I've had friends move to Mexico during high school, and they always did poorly on their English tests. It's because they go into more detail in the class than we ever did here. They concentrate on the little things we don't notice. It's normal.
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ams_fml 0
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why would you move to new jersey in the first place??????
pohkerfayce 0
herro!
ciaogirl 0
hey back off I heart my state. ahaha
ihatecake 0
**** you racist
dani212 0
Why wouldn't you! Jersey is awesome. Yo just jealous!
bluebird0020 2
THANK you.
JGirl113 6
143- agreed
Ajf92002 23
Well thanks for offending my hometown Hun
ghostriley 14
New Jersey is a state stupid
Noelletakumi 36
1's question just flew straight over your head, 189.
pixelated 0
how does that happen ?
MrSassypants 34
I know #2 like that's the hugest fail ever and the op did fail on the test
danielleeycakes 3
LUKE, WO SHI NI BABA. there's some Chinese for ya. :3
tqwen 0
Besides that, how the **** did you get OUT of china in the first place??
EamNim 0
The teacher hates you?
threer 30
NI BU SHI LUKE DE BABA ! NI DE MAMA .
Madel_fml 0
Were you born in China? I mean, if you lived there for like a year, then that would make sense. Chinese is hard. If you were born there, well I don't know...
delude 26
Spanish is a lot easier to learn than German. Also, I'm a Chinese person who was born in the Western Hemisphere and I can speak both languages fluently. OP: your teacher sucks
jackaaa 0
That actually happens often. I've had friends move to Mexico during high school, and they always did poorly on their English tests. It's because they go into more detail in the class than we ever did here. They concentrate on the little things we don't notice. It's normal.
TheAnon1313 28
yeah, in mexico and in France, the English classes focus more on grammar rules and all that. my French teacher (who's lived in Canada and spoken English all her life) went to France when she was 18, and nearly failed her first English tests there.
urie 0
lol but why jersey?
allie2590 31
Hmm... I've heard of that happening before. Don't feel too badly about it. =
Hannah_fml 0
18- I don't know about America, but I know in Canada you need up to gr 11 of a second language to get into most universities, and unless you are in French Immersion, English doesn't count as a second language, even if it really is your second language. So yeah, this person could have actually needed this course.
DSaturn 16
In America, "most" universities only require 2 years of a foreign language. Community Colleges don't require any.
TheAnon1313 28
Weird. I know at my school (in Southern Ontario), we're told we only need grade 9 French, and then we never have to take it again and can still get into a good university
flyawayphoenix 0
"1st of all New Jersey is full of nothing but degenerates and scumbags" Excuse you. That'd be NORTH Jersey. It smells, and that's where all the New Yorkers move to-- if you kicked them all out, it'd be as nice as southern New Jersey :] Get it right.
thevelociraptor 31
Tell me what it said!!!!
4ube_fml 6
Speaking the language is sadly not enough, specially when you don't speak or write it correctly.. I mean, some of you here on the comments write an aweful english, I think i write your own language better than you, and English is not my first, nor my second, but my third language.. :)
kelseyyc 0
I know, it's especially awful that on the internet we don't use perfect grammer all the time. Really? Who cares? Does it really matter if I write it so people can read it, even though I don't use apostrophes or capitals? The only reason I'm doing it here is to show that we can actually use good grammar if we try.
Origami86 6
#22, this is EXTREMELY ironic considering you just wrote awful as aweful. thanks for making me crack up. oh the irony. still laughing. lock yourself in your room. seriously. EPIC FAIL.
CaptSkippy 9
aube your a dumb ass. Name all the linking verbs, and all the tenses and participles and maybe I won't grammar Nazi you.
fivetimeslonger 24
You're. ;)
xoxcaraannexox 0
I KNOW WHO YOU ARE