Today, I got the best grade in class on my economics midterm. Rather than tell me I did a good job, my professor criticized me in front of everyone about how I was working "too hard". FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my English professor bragged to my entire class about how good my essay was. He kept on saying great things about it for the duration of class. To my surprise, he'd given me a C-. When I asked why, his only response was: "I'm a hard grader." FML
Today, I had my final economics exam, and needed to ace it, or else I would fail the entire module. After studying all day yesterday, and pulling an all-nighter today, I managed to pull it off and get a perfect score. Unfortunately, my teacher didn't believe that it was possible, and accused me of cheating. Now I may be thrown out of college. 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, I got my first university math midterm back. I did so bad that my teacher put a sadface on the first page. FML
Today, the grades for one of my courses were released. The class average was higher than that which the department allowed, so the professor had to scale everyone's marks down to meet the policy. I ended up failing because my class was too smart. FML
Today, I got a writing assignment back. After meeting with my professor specially after class and meticulously combing through every word of that paper, I got a low D. Turns out, he graded me down on every suggestion of his that I took. FML
Today, I got my grades back. I got a very poor evaluation for my lit class, which was odd because it didn't match the impression from my end-of-class meeting with the professor. It does, however, include a nod to the supposedly-anonymous negative class review I gave her, though. FML
Today, I got an Economics test back from my professor. I got a 17/20. I looked it over and noticed one of the questions was completely right. I checked the textbook he made and the answer was the same. I asked him why it was wrong, and he responded with, "I guess I changed my mind." FML
Today, as I went into my calculus class, the teacher announced that someone had received a negative grade on the test we were getting back. I laughed and said, "Which f*cker managed to get a negative?" Turns out I'm the dumbass. FML
Today, I went to get my midterm essay grade thinking I couldn't have made lower than a B. Got to class and my douchebag professor gave me an F. He wrote "Best essay I read, would've been an A if it was the right topic." I wrote on the Industrial Revolution, instead of the Scientific Revolution. FML
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Zoldyck 17
And that is the reason why I'll never understand the way school works. P.S., He's probably jealous because he couldn't get those grades himself. Keep it up OP :)
CrazyLaughs4Me 17
What a jerk, can't accept an over achiever when he sees one ;-)
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Zoldyck 17
And that is the reason why I'll never understand the way school works. P.S., He's probably jealous because he couldn't get those grades himself. Keep it up OP :)
niallo 23
I wonder if OP left the teachers pet in the dirt so bad the teacher couldn't fudge it.
s3kShUn47 20
I'd yet to hear about a teacher complaining to the highest graded student about working too hard....and I though I had heard it all
jake_braves 25
I love Econ myself and I'm good at it lol. Don't worry about it OP, there are worse things to worry about that studying "too hard" lol.
granCanyon 12
Some people have the need to put others down. Seeing children with great potential make them think about their own failures. Don't forget the old saying "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach". Many teachers are actually losers with a very mediocre understand of their field of study. This is especially true for fields like economics or computer science where the truly talented people are quickly harvested by large corporations. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying all teachers are idiots. There are some truly fantastic teachers out there who teach because they love it. Obviously OP's teacher is not one of them. OP never give up because someone hates your work :) People usually hate something for two reasons. Either it's really bad or it's so good that it's making them feel bad about themselves. "The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius" - Oscar Wilde )
tantanpanda 26
uh, is the British way of referring to a teacher "professor"? Yea, some teachers aren't so great, but professors in college usually know what they're talking about. They have a masters or phd, so if you wanna call that unsuccessful then go ahead.
NamelessFace 22
Yeah, after all, "those who can't do, teach".
CrazyLaughs4Me 17
What a jerk, can't accept an over achiever when he sees one ;-)
sayyestothedress 24
Criticize him, and tell him that he's being a SUPER easy teacher
King_Nero 15
It's not your fault that your classmates are either slackers or just plain stupid, OP.
Nessco 36
The professor is a dick. Pay no attention and continue your efforts.
devildog562 33
Messing up the curve for everyone . For shame !
Lurulu 16
Screw him. What kind of an example is that? How dare you know everything he taught you!
sweetbliss3 37
don't ever not work hard for someone else's benefit. good for you. keep up the great work.
TheDevilWearsJoe 8
Haters gonna hate. Do your thing OP.
trellz17 19
Stop working so hard! Making slackers like me look bad!! Jeez.
bellles 18
All your hard work is going to pay off and you'll go places while he remains a shitty professor. Just forget him, he obviously has his panties in a bunch :P