Today, I had to explain to half of my class that yes, my birthday is on the same day as Hitler's, but no, it does not make me a Nazi. 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, we had to discuss our heritage at school. When I told the class that I'm German, Japanese, and of the Jewish faith, my teacher laughed at the "irony." Something like this always happens whenever I tell people my background. FML
Today, I was discussing my family heritage with my girlfriend's parents. The moment I told them that I came from a German background, her seven-year-old brother pointed at me and yelled, "HITLER!" FML
Today, I had to explain to someone in my class who Gandhi really was and that he was not a fictional goblin. FML
Today, my daughter is so out of touch with anything not related to her phone and her social popularity that she doesn't know who Hitler was. I had to show her on YouTube, and while we aren't religious anymore, we are a Jewish family so this is an extra level of parental shame for me. FML
Today, a parent of one of the students I teach called me to complain that I was teaching her child "lies" and "fairytales". I was teaching them about the Holocaust. FML
Today, there was a new girl in one of my classes. We both corrected a classmate on his grammar, so, trying to make a new friend, I leaned back to her and said, "Haha, fellow Grammar Nazi?" She gave me a disgusted look and told me she was Jewish. FML
Today, it was my high school graduation. Because our school colors were red, black and white, and our principal looked somewhat like Hitler, the senior class prank was to salute him when he finished his speech. I was the only one. FML
Today, my teacher assigned us teams in a class debate. I landed on the team that had to argue the obviously wrong point of view. When I finished, my teacher told me and the entire class how much I disturbed her, and how I reminded her of Hitler and Napoleon. FML
Today, I had to explain to multiple people that even though I'm white, I have no interest in joining a hate group. FML
Today, going through my late grandmother's papers, I found out that my grandfather had never been in the Nazi party. The reason he was not allowed to work as a teacher was that he had never passed his university exams. He found an invented Nazi past less shameful than academic failure. FML
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Kibaruto 33
Do you celebrate both? Or just yours?
lVluse 15
Ignorance - There is no cure.
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Comments (182)
tranced_ 45
tell them what they wanna hear .. I think explaining yourself will only make it worse.
Dynosaur_dollie 38
Somehow I think telling them you are a Nazi because you share Hitler's birthday may cause more problems than simply explaining that they are in fact stupid.
Mauskau 36
It's okay, he got married on my birthday and then killed himself the following day
JMichael 26
That's when you start speaking rapid fluent German ad freak them the **** out.
DanielleinDC 34
A lot of people were born April 20. It doesn't mean much.
Southpaw7391 3
Bummer, Mine is 10 days later
geckohead 12
My kid too has that b day, he thinks it is hilarious, 4:20 Mom? Perfect!
Huddisher 10
Your class... sounds ...
cryssycakesx3 23
while we're sharing, Kurt Cobain died 2 days before my birthday, found 2 days after.
Vanessa_Leeann26 17
People can be ignorant sometimes.. Every time someone asks me about the origin of my last name, they ask if I'm related to Hitler because it's German.. Then I have to explain to them that he's actually not German, but Austrian. :/
Ugi 27
Somehow I can't see anyone who asks you this being able to tell an Austrian name from a German one!
Vanessa_Leeann26 17
It's not that they can't tell the difference between German and Austrian names, it's that a lot of people just assume he's German
Farmillionaire 8
He was also Jewish.
thenewgirl29 20
My birthday is the day before and also the same day as a lot of unlucky events but hey there is always 420. :-)