Today, I was threatened to be held back because of the lack of teacher-parent communication. My parents refuse to sign my report card because of my one mark below ninety percent. My teacher was dead serious about failing me. 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, my parents saw my report card. Now, they refuse to buy me my the new computer I've always wanted because my grades had 'slipped'. I made honor roll for three terms, and was kept off for the fourth for a single bad grade. I failed gym. FML
Today, I got my report card. My teacher gave me an F, and under class comments she gave me a U for unsatisfactory. So I got an F U from my teacher. FML
Today, my parents have made it very clear to me that if I fail one more assignment, they’re disowning me. I got a zero on a paper that I poured my heart and soul into, and in the notes, the teacher wrote, “I don’t even need to read this paper to know that it is bad.” FML
Today, my mom said if I don't get straight As in my classes this year, she'll get the school to hold me back until I do. I believe her. FML
Today, my math teacher brought his laptop to tally up all our scores for our report card. He then displayed the results on a big screen in front of the whole class. The ones who failed were marked yellow. I was the only one marked yellow. FML
Today, the feedback my teacher wrote on my English assignment was so horrible that it took me half an hour and help from both my parents to decipher it. It turned out to be a scathing criticism of my "poor communication skills". I hate my teachers. FML
Today, we got our progress reports. My physics teacher wrote that I don't participate in class. My mom got mad and grounded me before I could tell her that I raise my hand in class all the time but my teacher won't call on me cause he can't pronounce my name. FML
Today, I was sternly told that if I didn't pass more students, I would be out of a job. I then went to my class to collect papers, and was stymied by how I could be giving passing grades to the 12 of 24 who didn't turn anything in. College students. FML
Today, after a conference with my teacher who had previously accused me of not doing my homework, she finally discovered she'd been losing it all this time. I've been getting straight Fs for a month. FML
Today, my friend said that his dad told him we couldn't hang out anymore, he thinks I'm a bad influence because I don't have all 90's in my classes. The only reason he knows I have below a 90 is because he's my geography teacher. I have an 87. FML
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Top comments
Miss_Chevious 37
Am I the only one who thinks your parents are more bitchier than your teacher?
laurenemilyy 17
Surely the teacher can't fail you if you're one mark below 90, is there no other communication besides your report card? I'm sure if it was important your teacher could call or email...
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fazzems 21
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The humble brag is real
cheeeksss 29
The idiotic brag is real.
ChelseaTheEnchan 7
Yeah, I mean, who WOULDN'T brag about getting held back?
ChristianH39 30
"Humble brag" is an oxymoron, I think subtle is the word you're looking for.
Namenlos_fml 20
I think the point of the term "humble brag" is to call out subtle bragging in what initially seems to be a show of humility
laurenemilyy 17
Surely the teacher can't fail you if you're one mark below 90, is there no other communication besides your report card? I'm sure if it was important your teacher could call or email...
ThatDutchGuy 15
A call would work, and don't call me Shirley.
awildwhisper 30
That's not a valid reason to fail you, it sounds more like a cruel scare tactic. The teacher maybe didn't believe you showed it to your parents.
FrostyyFML 15
I don't see why he wouldn't have though, only one mark below 90% is not bad at all.
TheRussianNavy 11
Probably is a scare tactic.
blueideamonkey97 11
Forge it. It's illegal but everybody does it, like speeding.
moodyreallyrocks 27
Sucks OP!! Hope it gets resolved to your satisfaction..
Miss_Chevious 37
Am I the only one who thinks your parents are more bitchier than your teacher?
MikaykayUnicorn 36
In a way they are, but really, failing a student because of "lack of parent teacher communication?" My parents almost never speak to my teachers (and if the teacher needed to talk to OP'S parents so horribly that they are going to fail OP, why didn't they tell them to talk to them during a parent teacher meeting?) and I have never been threatened to be failed because of it. It doesn't make sense to fail a student because of that.
Brandi_Faith 34
I don't think it's the lack of communication as much as they're at a stalemate. The parents (who are the idiots of this situation) somehow refuse to sign op's report card because they are unhappy about his grade (as if a refusal of signature is going to make the teacher change the grade) and the teacher has to have them sign the report card in order for it to all be valid (I guess). Sounds like the parents are being idiots. A refusal to sign the report card isn't going to change the grade. I'd have the teacher try and explain that to them (and that a grade just under 90% is an incredible grade) and see if they'll change their minds. Good luck op and sorry you're in the middle of this. If all else fails, try forging it yourself and hope the parents forget about it.
PuppiesKisses 19
Really sucks to be a minor doesn't it? I hope you turn 18 soon OP and best of luck sorting this out.
yerawizardlizzy 27
I don't think being a minor has anything to do with this situation.
jazalea8 16
Being a minor means that the parents have the control. If the OP was not a minor, this would not be an issue.
booze_n_bitches 37
Definitely makes a difference! Can you imagine a professor at university calling someone's parents about an exam grade?!
kayayye 22
Tbh I kinda know how you feel and yeah that seriously sucks. I hope it somehow works out to where you don't fail.
UnicornWaffles 23
Are you Asian?
idk_rose 25
Talk about unreasonable.