Today, I told my class I was giving them 60 seconds to do a problem. A girl replied furiously "At least give us one minute!!" I teach a high school honors math class. FML
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Today, I asked my classmate if she was ready for the final tomorrow and she said it was yesterday. I'm not a bad student - I have 90+ average in the class - but the final was 50% of my grade. FML
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LucyLollipop 22
I feel your pain, OP. Someone in my high school honors English class asked the difference between fiction and nonfiction. They were serious.
RichardPencil 32
Tell her she has 60 Silver medals to do the problem and her chances of getting it right are minute.
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Comments (16)
Bearsmomma 30
Wow.She slipped through the cracks somehow, or you're not doing well teaching. FYL or YDI depending on which is true.
ohsnapword 21
Well, I guess there is no hope when the superintendent calls a snow day on a Saturday.
unintended_consequence 5
Well, I mean what kind of teacher doesn't give their students at least a minute
Andrei I 9
tell her she gets double time for having a disability
Emma Marshall 19
I feel like she was being sarcastic