anonymous
United States
Today, I got a question wrong on an exam. The question started with, "In your opinion..." FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
IBS
Shanghai, China
Today, after finishing a two hour essay exam that will determine the future of my career, I realized I misread the question. FML
Anonymous
Saskatoon, Canada
Today, after I took my first set of exams, my professor posted on Twitter, scoffing at how stupid one student's answer was. The answer he quoted was one that I wrote. FML
Mistakes were made
United States
Unfair failing
Today, while I was taking a test in class, there was a question that had everyone stumped. After what seemed like forever, the teacher finally noticed and said he'd typed the question wrong. I spent more than half the time I had to complete the test on a question that wasn't even written correctly. Yes, I failed. FML
Idiot
Pencils down
Today, I took an exam, for which I have been studying for weeks, I was confident at first, but then really struggled with it. I finished with about ten minutes to spare, turned to what I thought would be the end of my paper and found the first page of questions I was supposed to have answered. FML
its ok to cheat!?
Brisbane, United States
Today, I got my results on a recent, important midterm. During the exam, I'd noticed my instructor had accidentally left an answers page in the test packet, so being honest, I didn't look at them. It turns out she did it on purpose to help us pass. I failed. FML
Anonymous
United States
Classic rookie mistake
Today, I was taking a test and thought I was doing great until I realized I was writing all my answers on the question paper, not the answer sheet. By the time I noticed, there were only five minutes left. FML
Anonymous
France
Shut down
Today, I finished an exam in physics class. It counts for 40% of our grade. As I handed my paper in to my teacher, she said to the whole class while talking about me, "You did this wrong; this isn't how you do it." FML
Anonymous
Gujranwala, Pakistan
Blackout
Today, I failed my maths exam because of one single question, which I have been practicing for months and gotten very good at it. It was the first question… however, when the exam started, I forgot it all. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, I took a major test, worth half my grade, not realizing that there were questions on the back of the sheet. FML
God,NotAgain,Please
Karachi, Pakistan
Today, I re-sat an expensive exam I'd flunked 6 months previously. The same impossible multiple choice questions appeared, which I'd been unable to find the answers to, even with all my textbooks and the internet. FML
Top comments
Flyndaran 10
Opinion is not synonomous with wild incoherent BS. If you can't defend your opinion with logic, then it should be marked wrong.
claudiajean 24
Unfortunately, exams never want your opinion. What this really means is, "Write a balanced answer based on facts from both sides". It sucks and it's annoying, but that's how it is! Took me a while to get to grips with it but once it clicks, you'll be fine! And it's actually easier to write like that in the end
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Comments (28)
memestasquaper 10
YDI
mezochan 29
Just because it's an opinion doesn't mean it's automatically correct.
FailStaff 15
It's a trap
Animeisbaetho 19
You must not have defended your opinion well enough. You still should have backed it up with fact.
Dave_Davington 34
It's an exam. What were you expecting? No possible failure state? That would defeat the whole purpose of an exam, you bint.
allplayedout 20
Then you learned an important lesson. Opinions absolutely can be wrong, particularly when they aren't based in fact or backed up with adequate proof. I can say it's just my "opinion" that the earth is the center of the universe, but it's still wrong. An opinion is supposed to be a personal conclusion drawn after a thorough perusal of related evidence, not something you pull out of your ass and assume is somehow unassailable because you slap an "opinion" sticker on it.
cacheson 42
I love the idea of an opinion sticker! If I had some I would put them up all over. "Hmm... This stop sign is just an opinion." *slaps sticker on and blows through intersection*
Bawsack 18
They most probably didn't want your own opinion. They wanted whatever bullshit the school is forced to teach you.
Lalala579121 28
In my opinion, the sky is purple, Wednesday is a food group, and 1 + 1 = potato. But since I said "in my opinion" I'm not wrong, right?
Shade1982 21
I want to give this more thumbs up...
Oh_No_Not_Him 25
These questions nearly always end with "justify your answer" or similar. It's also an important lesson in general - nobody is intersted in your opinion unless you have sound reasons for holding it. Opinons are like assholes - everybody has one.
SiraSiemens 21
not the teacher you need nor the teacher you deserve -.-