Today, I received a terrible grade for an essay I worked really hard on. I had two friends, one being an English major, check it over. However, apparently I "clearly didn't use spellcheck" on this essay just like the last one I submitted to her. 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, a friend of mine asked me to proofread her essay. "Don't hold back," she said. I took a look at it. It looked like it was written by a third grader, and she's in college. After spending a huge amount of time marking all of her mistakes, I gave it back. She got upset at me for being "extremely critical." 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 got back the essay I wrote about how my country's education system is fucked. At one point, I made a spelling mistake. My teacher wrote a note about it, basically calling me illiterate, and telling me to pay attention in school instead of whining about it. She misspelled "school". FML
Today, I'm grading final projects for a junior level college class. A student finally turned in their work, after months of encouragement and coaxing. Half of it was plain wrong, the rest had so many spelling and grammatical mistakes, it appeared to be written by a drunk autocorrect program. FML
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, 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 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, in the class I'm teaching, I assigned my students an essay to complete for homework. One student asked me if I was deducting points for bad spelling. I teach English. 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, my boss yelled at me for ruining the report she was supposed to write with my "terrible spelling and grammar". I've checked it thoroughly, and all of her 'corrections' are wrong. She doesn’t believe me, and is refusing to look at a dictionary. FML
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Top comments
Steffi3 40
Either she chose the wrong major, of you need new friends
kylieh72 25
Next time, double check.
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Comments (110)
LadyGagasNipple 19
Spellcheck is a must. I live by it lol, next time OP, use it like it will never be used again. Good luck!
abNormal62 23
I have no words to adequately explain what happened. Apparently, neither did you!
rhysfucker 24
Badum-tssss!!
superspooky 13
I forgot how strict teachers can be. that really sucks, OP. for your sake, I hope your friend wasn't purposely trying to screw you over.
abNormal62 23
Many essays are not marked by the professor but instead by a teaching assistant! Colleges and universities have appeal boards if you are confident the issue isn't composition and spelling
lizzie57 19
Well if you really didn't use spellchecker then YDI. Spell check is the first thing you do when doing your final check over and if you haven't used it then you deserve a terrible mark as its the simplest thing to get right. You could have written the most wonderful essay ever but if it isn't coherent with incorrect grammar and spelling then it isn't professional and doesn't deserve a good mark. Certainly at university level!
assassinmaster 22
Totally relying on others is never a good idea. YDI
xx000o 27
Maybe you should have used a Canadian major to check it for you.
Musicstruck17 24
I'm very confused by the Fml. So who said op didn't use spell checker?
shaifox96 13
Thank you! I didn't put it in the FML, as I assumed that was common sense.
carol_v 2
No, OP, we are confused, not defending you. Who said you didn't use spellcheck, your teacher?
shaifox96 13
Yes. My TA wrote on the side of my essay "You clearly didn't use spellcheck". I did use spell check. So did my two friends. You are welcome to read the essay and tell me what spellcheck picked up? Because I nor my spellcheck saw anything wrong.
jttorkildson 21
Ok OP I'm going to get honest with you here. I am also an English major and if your paper was written like the above comment, then it would be full of grammar mistakes that spellcheck wouldn't pick up. First of all, let's start with the most obvious mistake :"I nor my spell checker". When dealing with two entities, I typically never comes first. Secondly, you can't just use nor, in this case you need a neither - "Neither my spell checker nor I".
shaifox96 13
Apologies, I was in a rush to reply to all of the comments before my exam. I should have put "neither I, nor my spellcheck". It is the way I speak, not what I would write on an essay. I wasn't aware it was incorrect English.
Zzapper77 12
So you handed in an essay and was told you should check it for spelling errors. Then you hand in another essay also not spell checked - seems fair you got a horrible grade. YDI.
RAH94 17
Always triple check EVERYTHING before submitting work :)