Today, I kissed my 3.5 GPA goodbye because my English teacher was too caught up planning her parrot's birthday party to put in the credit I deserve for three different essays I completed for her class. 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, 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, 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 turned in an essay after staying up late to work on it. I was away when the teacher assigned it, so I'd asked my friend what the subject was. It transpires that she'd given me the wrong one, all because she was mad at me for not returning her pencil. FML
Today, the Chinese student I've been teaching English to got on stage in front of hundreds of people to read her final essay. She ended with, "What a fucking day." I don't swear, and I no longer have a job. FML
Today, I found out that I chose a wrong class and my 30-page paper worth 10 credit points that I wrote for that class is basically worthless now, and my graduation might be postponed another semester just because of that. FML
Today, I turned in an overdue English assignment at college. My instructor accused me of plagiarism, writing that my sentence structure was "TO" good. Seriously? FML
Today, I gave a presentation for my final on class. While I was giving the speech my shirt strap broke. I ended up flashing everyone including the teacher. At least I got an A. FML
Today, my English teacher told me that I failed my grammar test. Her exact words were "You ain't gonna pass this class if you ain't gonna study." FML
Today, out of spite, I wrote "Ms. Piggy" instead of my professor's actual name in the heading of my essay. Guess what I forgot to do before turning it in. FML
Today, I went to kiss my girlfriend on the cheek at school. I missed, and walked away awkwardly. Later on, a teacher stopped me and told me how bad I failed. FML
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PhantomCrevan 8
If you can prove you submitted them to the principal, they are obligated to correct it. Which/ since it sounds like she finished grading them but didn't input the grade itself into the system- shouldn't be a problem. See if it happened with any of your other class mates, and if so, go as a group to the principal. Worst case scenario is that the principal or dean is a scumbag and refuses to change the grades and you all can then go to the news- or whoever enforces school integrity in your state- with the story. Best case scenario, the principal does their job and makes sure the grades get corrected, and also forces the bird-brain to fly the coop for having her priorities so flocked up and being so bird-shit crazy in general.
almost_there44 26
Did she tell you that was her reason for neglecting your extra credit and her job or are you assuming? Either way, bring this incident to the principal or a counselor because you're most likely not the only person she has done this to. Hope everything turns out okay.
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PhantomCrevan 8
If you can prove you submitted them to the principal, they are obligated to correct it. Which/ since it sounds like she finished grading them but didn't input the grade itself into the system- shouldn't be a problem. See if it happened with any of your other class mates, and if so, go as a group to the principal. Worst case scenario is that the principal or dean is a scumbag and refuses to change the grades and you all can then go to the news- or whoever enforces school integrity in your state- with the story. Best case scenario, the principal does their job and makes sure the grades get corrected, and also forces the bird-brain to fly the coop for having her priorities so flocked up and being so bird-shit crazy in general.
RichardPencil 32
If only you had written your essays about great parrot birthday parties throughout history or great ones in the future! Know your audience!
almost_there44 26
Did she tell you that was her reason for neglecting your extra credit and her job or are you assuming? Either way, bring this incident to the principal or a counselor because you're most likely not the only person she has done this to. Hope everything turns out okay.
Jenjenjenjenjen 7
Of course I don’t know the grading policy at your school, however I do know that not everything must be graded. Some work is for you to practice and develop. That is important too. Most teachers I know say that everything is for a grade. Otherwise students won’t do it and won’t improve their skills, which they need to do if they want to be able to produce quality work. The point of school is to develop your skills. That’s is what’s more important in the long run than a letter grade. Did you develop yours skills? If so, you won!
Kelsey Wheeler 9
That would be well and good if colleges had a way to consider 'improved skills'. A lowered GPA can have a big impact on the schools and programs the OP is accepted to. These days you have to have a sheet of paper (Diploma and transcript) showing your worth, you can't get anywhere by claiming you've improved.
onceuponatime456 16
Go to the Dean!
neuronerd 29
I feel there's some missing information here. If it were as straightforward as it seems, then the whole class would be having this issue, and I'm sure it would be a red flag to administrators if an entire class failed. Did you turn in the assignments late for partial credit or something, and she never got around to grading them an updating your grade?
neuronerd 29
I feel there's some missing information here. If it were as straightforward as it seems, then the whole class would be having this issue, and I'm sure it would be a red flag to administrators if an entire class failed. Did you turn in the assignments late for partial credit or something, and she never got around to grading them an updating your grade?
tonyfan00 38
"Polly wanna cake made of human tears and bad grades!! Squak!"
tonyfan00 38
I guess you could say...*puts on sunglasses*...the teacher was giving the bird.
sharond23 10
I'm not buying this. I think we're not getting all the facts. why are only you having this issue? and if it's your whole class then go to Dean or principal.