Today, I had to hand write a 10 page essay for one of my classes. When I turned it in I got an automatic zero. It was written in blue. Not black. 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 went to check my grade, which was posted for an essay for my comp 1 class. I got a zero. I was devastated only to find out I never actually clicked the submit document button. My grade dropped 20 points. 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 broke my dominant hand. My teacher insists we hand-write our essays. I called and asked if it was okay for me to type up the essays. She said no. I have two essays due tomorrow, which count for half my grade. FML
Today, I turned in my homework. Too bad I accidentally handed in the printed answer sheet I found online to copy from. FML
Today, my teacher told me that she couldn't find my hand-written essay on the Renaissance, and that I have to re-do it all by tomorrow. I later saw my essay on her desk, covered in a massive coffee stain that made virtually everything unreadable. FML
Today, I asked my professor what happened to the assignment I gave him several weeks ago. Turns out he lost it, and graded me zero as a result. Now if I want a mark, he says I'll have to hand-write it all over again, but that I "probably shouldn't bother," because it was "a bit shit, really." FML
Today, I tried to turn in a final exam online. When I went to check if it had been submitted, Blackboard told me it did. My grade told a different story. FML
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 I woke up feeling good and ready for my online business class final, only to find that it had somehow been submitted and graded with a zero. 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
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ZuRG_fml 7
It didn't list such an important requirement somewhere?
allmidnighteyes 11
Once you go black, you never go ba- waaaiiit a minute ಠ_ಠ
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Comments (170)
sretter 0
i know the feeling, in my school i once wrote a quiz in pencil and not in pen...
TheSuitGuy 0
I'm not sure if this is as stupid or stupider than teachers who refuse essay because they're in pencil. What difference does it make what color it's written it? None. FYL indeed
cmillertime7 0
You honestly believe that an essay written in something like glitter pink won't give the reader a different impression than the same one written in black? School prepares you for the professional world, and in the professional world there are guidelines to follow. If you can't follow a simple guideline like writing your essay in black only, what chance do you have? This is the point most of us kids miss.
LadyOfLannister 0
I think the point a lot of people are trying to make is that blue and black are widely accepted colours for writing in. Hot pink, lime green, orange etc. are not. If you buy a pack of for example, 10 pens most likely you will get 4 black, 4 blue and one of each red and green. See what I'm trying to say? And to the OP, that sucks. When we did our state exams, the teachers told us to try and use blue pens because the black ink would subconsciously make the correctors depressed and they wouldn't want to try and give you as many marks as they could squeeze out of your answers.
your_face 15
It worked for Elle Woods. School =/= professional world. If they're making you handwrite something, they're not preparing you very well anyway - when the last time you saw a handwritten resume, or report, or anything written by someone for a job, that wasn't typed up before it was turned in? Your boss won't care what color you write the draft in; you can write it in rainbow colors if you want, as long as you type it up in the end (and yes, you could change the color of the font, but no one really wants to use color ink if they don't have to, right?). So my point is, if the teacher wants to prepare students for the workforce, s/he should be having them type their papers. If the students don't have to type their papers, then the teacher isn't really trying to prepare them for the workforce, and shouldn't care what color the paper is written in.
Darling_Cherry 5
Elle Woods is a fictional character in a movie. Douche.
HookEmTexas07 0
I think it's important to teach kids the importance of following directions. So if you're told to do something in black ink, why would you do it in blue?
your_face 15
Elle Woods is fictional?!?!? I had no idea! Thank you so much for pointing that out to me!! I thought that Legally Blonde was a documentary about the real inner workings of Harvard Law School! Goodness gracious, I'll have to keep that in mind in the future before I say, completely seriously as I did here, that something worked for Elle Woods. My, I feel silly!
Ichigoner 0
Ahahaa, sarcasm ftw!!
Maddoctor 10
your_face for the win!
silvrdollr 0
Well, if people can quote teh bible why not a comedy movie?
BL4CKCR4Y0NS 0
Nah it's understandable if you screwed up because the test/quiz was done in pencil. It is much easier to change answers when done in pencil. However, I do think it's unreasonable to give you a flat zero for writing in blue, and not black.
michaelcarell 0
this is bullshit
fxdxhk90 0
I agree, it probably is bs. I haven't hand written any assignments in some 10 years, it's all done by computer now.
soxgrl33 0
Oh my God, I would have died. FYL for sure. I hate anal teachers like that... and they do exist, believe me!
jack_squat 0
take it up with the apartment head/administrator. It'll be surprising how fast this issue gets resolved.
killerrr 0
What an ass. Even if a requirement was to write in black, he shouldn't have given you an automatic zero. Points taken off would be more reasonable.
Flamersplamer 0
write in black next time fool, stop writing with water.
Sheleigh 7
Are you drunk?
toriixporii 0
omg. This cracked me up. It made no sense, but I love it!
Xx_f_us_all 0
you had to actually write!?!?!?!? that sounds like witch craft lol, but fyl dude(ette)
quargle 0
FYL who write in Black pen? I prefer blue your techers an asshole