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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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jakeisawake 3
Congratulations on making it to the university level with the shitty grammar you so eloquently showed in writing this FML.
samsam3_fml 0
that's just plain embarrassing.....
Marzee 14
This is not an FML. You have someone at home to critique your work before handing it in. Be thankful, and ask her what needs improvement. Just because she is your mum, doesn't mean she is going to treat you like a toddler. You're 20. The umbilical cord is long gone, and it's time to harden the f*#k up.
xNephilim 19
Agreed.
BigL99 20
Dam it sounds like you found your new competition.
userusernamename 0
What a wonderful story.
cj91 0
Today, I found out my 20 year old daughter writes like a ten year old...and I'm paying for her college. FML
wikkedwicky 4
lol ya its more like fhl
littlexlion 4
*son *his OP is a male.
cj91 0
haha I don't know why I thought I read it was a girl....my bad bro.
TheNewGuy03 29
time to dust off that old grammar book, op... |the kid|
RedPillSucks 33
OP, you are NOT smarter than a 5th grader.
jmoda66 0
American is not a language, it's called English.
samme_fml 4
lmao!