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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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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ThongWarrior 17
Dont let him make u feel down! My math teacher thinks I'm full of myself because im getting good grades and ask smart questions, but thats not stopping me for sure.
alex_gen 39
I can see how this is intimacy. Obviously she got the best grades, because she wants to be closer to her teacher, but her teacher has other plans.
mister_icicle 17
You're supposed to be striving for mediocrity! That's the agenda. They want another conformist taxpayer, not a rebellious intellectual.
interesting33 37
I think you should complain. There is a point where people might work too hard and it might endanger their health but there is a way to deal with that that is sitting them down and having a conversation - not the way he did it. He needs to change his teaching style - especially if the only way to get a good grade is by working your socks off. You might want to complain about his humiliating and bullying behaviour because that is awful. Take care OP
marleypuckpuck 22
Don't listen! Econ is hard, too. Be proud!
Aviaf 9
I took Latin and on the holiday before our public exams, my teacher told us all that we worked very hard and to spent a minimum of half the holidays not working because otherwise we would burn out before the exams. Getting a good work life balance is important but you should NOT be criticised for being hardworking.
SarahJacobs 1
Some people use "you're working too hard" as a compliment. Do you think the guys on the Commodities Trading floor or at Goldman Sachs are sincerely congratulatory? No. Econ is a competitive man's world. You just got a competitive man's compliment.
LalaDee561 8
Idk, I personally wouldn't take "you're working too hard" as a compliment. Maybe I would take "you're working hard" or "you're working very hard", but I think I'd take "you're working too hard "as "you're doing too much, stop with that crap". But that's just me. I don't know how the Econ world works.
daredevils 2
Take a joke op, he was being a sarcastic douche
LalaDee561 8
And you would think teachers would want their students to succeed...what a disgrace of a teacher. OP, you're not working too hard, you're being an awesome student! Congrats! Keep up the good work!
oJoy 11
who needs him, keep up the hard work op