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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
Today, the feedback my teacher wrote on my English assignment was so horrible that it took me half an hour and help from both my parents to decipher it. It turned out to be a scathing criticism of my "poor communication skills". I hate my teachers. FML
Today, I got back the essay I wrote about how my country's education system is fucked. At one point, I made a spelling mistake. My teacher wrote a note about it, basically calling me illiterate, and telling me to pay attention in school instead of whining about it. She misspelled "school". FML
Today, after turning in a paper that I worked really hard on, I got it back with a grade of 0. In the feedback section, my professor wrote: “In all my 37 years of teaching, this is by far the worst essay I have ever read.” FML
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
Today, I asked my classmate to look over my essay. His comments were longer than the essay itself. FML
Today, my teacher read my story about a haunted house for a class assignment. She liked it very much and turned it in to the office to be sent into a state writing competition. An hour later, I was called to the office where the guidance counselor called my work "disturbing" and said I "need help". FML
Today, I got an F because I’m an idiot and wrote my essay on WW1 instead of WW2. I offered to resubmit a correct essay, but my mom stormed to school to demand it be changed to at least a B, because it was a good essay, even if it was on the wrong war. God, she’s impossible and embarrassing. FML
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
Today, I received a terrible grade for an essay I worked really hard on. I had two friends, one being an English major, check it over. However, apparently I "clearly didn't use spellcheck" on this essay just like the last one I submitted to her. FML
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Jorindaaah 7
Maybe you aren't stupid, maybe those were just REALLY smart 10 year olds!
geovanni 9
WTF?
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Comments (91)
Hayman68 4
thats a fail
I_iz_B_a_troll 24
Learn to take a joke, op.
the_flirtt 0
maybe she teaches honors ;)
ElishaxMelxKym 0
10 year olds do essays, wtf?
ClickMyPicture 0
Yes, i went to private school, i started doing essays when i was 10 :
hannah1203 2
Luckily when my teacher-mom checks my essays she compliments me on my awesome writing skills ;)
dudeitsdanny 10
I went to public school and started in 4th grade(age 9)
bigblue95 0
it was obvs. an exaggeration. come on now if your in college you probably wrote essays to the places you applied. u wldnt have gotten accepted if they though you wrote like a 5th grader.
OreosBeGooood15 0
Sounds kinky .
geovanni 9
WTF?
Ultimate_Batman 28
How?!?
talldude4u 3
You just got schooled by a bunch of 10 year olds xD
DaveEPIC 0
:P fyl. your mom is dumb. :P
DarkAlex24 0
agreed. almost every primary school teacher I've had experience with is merely a babysitter. I went back and saw mine after graduating from highschool and could only hold and intelligent conversation with one of them.
Cass3m0 0
You clearly are no better than a ten-year-old while writing essays. Your mother was speaking the truth. Let it go, OP, let it go.
Jorindaaah 7
Maybe you aren't stupid, maybe those were just REALLY smart 10 year olds!
LikeABOSS3636 0
That is a fail comment
Yeah_Thats_Me 0
That's a fail name. You had to do caps and add numbers. >_>. And I found his comment funny.
movie141 0
can't be that bad if ur in a university and talking successful courses..
DrAwesome 6
It's not necessarily the end of the world. If there's room for improvement, you could ask your mom what you could do differently to not suck more than a 10-year-old. I think you should take it as constructive criticism, and not take it as so much of an insult. Though, I have to admit, that must be insulting. Practice makes nearly perfect. :3
blad786 0
DAT ASS!!!!
HesJustTheBest 0
Well OP, I recommend you switch your major to Computer Science (No essay writing there), unless of course you are already in Computer Science...
Ramses3 6
that's not a good sign