Today, I was told by my teacher that she had 'given up' teaching me because someone had told her I have a mental illness, and that I don't understand what she says. 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, 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, I, a person who has graduated high school, encountered one of my high school teachers in public. The one known for her rampant ableism against me and tendency to get heated when people don't respond immediately to her when she talks. I've had horrible social anxiety for several years. Do the math. FML
Today, my professor snapped and told me that I know nothing, that everything I've ever learned is wrong, and that all of my former teachers should be shot. FML
Today, a teacher told me in all seriousness that she believes my son, who has severe learning difficulties, is likely demonically possessed. I'm sorry, but what century are we living in? Now I have to get him moved to another school so he doesn't have to be in the care of this nutjob. FML
Today, my mom got pissed off at my doctor and called him a quack. She did this because he reassured her that I don't show any signs of the mental retardation that she's convinced herself I must have. FML
Today, I found out that our neighbors told almost everyone on our street that I was mentally handicapped. All this time I wasn't sure why they would speak slowly and loudly at me. Now they won't believe me when I tell them I'm a 4.0 GPA student. FML
Today, I have problems with my memory. I asked a teacher if I could let my class know a bit about it. The teacher said I'd already told my class about it. My class had even asked a few questions to me about it. I don't remember anything about it. Maybe it didn't happen and the teacher just lied to me. FML
Today, I was in class just taking notes and minding my own business. The teacher has already called my parents twice complaining about me. As we are taking 3 pages of notes she grabs mine and rips them up, saying that she is sick and tired of me drawing. I was drawing the graphs on the board. FML
Today, my psychiatrist of 6 years suddenly and out of nowhere told me I need to see someone else. She gave me the equivalent of the "it's not you, it's me" speech. Actually her assistant told me via email. I basically got broken up with by someone I was paying a lot of money to talk to. FML
Today, my therapist told me, "I'm sorry, but I'm not qualified to handle your level of instability." FML
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Top comments
scooterdude720 19
Tell her you gave up listening to her.
shelbystang 2
What a bitch
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Comments (68)
shelbystang 2
What a bitch
incoherentrmblr 22
I guess she doesn't like to be challenged or work harder than she has to. Regardless of how long she's been teaching, a professional should never say this to a client...
xxrogerthatxx 19
The teacher should be inclined as a teacher to do a little bit more investigation to find out if said accusations were true.
dragonkisses28 25
Even if they are true, what business is it of hers? She's a teacher. She gets paid to teach. A "mental illness" hardly excludes a person from being able to learn.
thatguynamedsky 32
although the teacher was clearly in the wrong a "" mental illness"" can very, and if its bad enough that person as a human being deserves to be taught differently for the sake of their learning.
wanted_2_want 40
"I'm sorry, can you repeat that again?"
pjsr 33
Whoa, that's cray cray!
lexiieeex3 32
Regardless of if you have an illness or not, it's her job to teach you no matter what. Damn this woman is just a terrible educator.
scooterdude720 19
Tell her you gave up listening to her.
wolfgold2 20
But OP can't understand her teacher.
wolfgold2 20
/his
meepmerp 20
**** dat bitch
colton_colton 50
Tell her she couldn't teach in the first place so what difference does it make?
Haydes 15
That's. dick move
eleven22 11
Somebody obviously gave up on trying to teach you grammar.
siggy_mcsigx 22
c'mon that's obviously a mobile typo.
amansingh 8
lmfao... this is probably the highlight of this FML.
Khaleesi_26 30
why does everyone have to jump on the grammer police train everytime someone makes a ting mistake. like you haven"t ever made a grammer mistake.
GentlemanBastard 15
#50... *typing *grammar
Khaleesi_26 30
actually it was *tiny and *grammar. But the first mistake was called a keyboard error you donut.
Ltsdragons 19
Haven't*
LiliLatte 15
#50.. Capitalizing a sentence helps, too.
Khaleesi_26 30
Breaks my heart to see people needing to pick on small grammar mistakes to feel fullfilled in life.
ShadowlessSpear 21
It's a tradition to purposely pick on people that rage about grammar.
Haydes 15
Haha sorry for to all the grammar Nazis. I thought I had pressed “a" but I guess I didn't. So to all the butthurt people: That's a dick move.
Ltsdragons 19
Just because you're on the internet doesn't mean you get exclusive rights to fail English
Khaleesi_26 30
Sorry no.67, that most cellular devices tend to auto-correct stuff wrong when it's right, or we happen to hit two keys at once getting the wrong letter. Humans make mistakes. And simple keyboard mistakes do not mean that we are a "fail at English". But the internet is a cruel place and the people crueler.
meepmerp 20
#70 Then stop complaining and get off the internet?
Compgeek1996 5
Proofread, maybe?
WMFG16 14
#70 Crueler is not a word. In addition to that, you made multiple mistakes in this comment. Once again, you have proven why the grammar police are a NECESSITY.
tournamentdecide 33
Just give up, nobody likes your comments.
dakid87 10
That's messed up, no teacher should EVER GIVE UP on their student, regardless mental illness or not
kirasant 19
Yes, this. You should speak to your principle or guidance councilor, OP. Even if you did have a problem, this wouldn't be an excuse for her to not try. Measures need to be taken to be sure that she doesn't do this again.
ilovemychem 22
You're right. That's ****** up
Miss_Chevious 37
OP didn't fail to understand, his so called teacher Failed to educate.
SamanthaThe1st 23
Agreed, that's just sadistic and judgemental
PoisonOrchid 21
Agreed. There are a number of resources available to help you if you do have some sort of delay or need extra support. This is extremely judgmental of your teacher and does nothing more than perpetuate a ridiculous and damaging stereotype. People with mental illness are not stupid nor do they have trouble learning. Learning disabilities and cognitive delays are not the same thing as mental illness. Makes me wonder if your teacher should even be allowed near children/adolescents at all. I hope you spoke to your principal, OP.
badluckalex 23
just talk to her about it, problem solved.
RedPillSucks 33
If that we're true we wouldn't have the educational crisis that we currently have
CharismaGeek 19
Just explain it to her, then find out who the douchebag is who told her that crap.
Lil_Red777 21
OP shouldn't have to explain shit. The teacher shouldn't just give up on her student because someone told her the student was mentally ill. I feel she should lose her job.
worldclassrager 41
Well excel in what she gives you that should change things
olpally 33
Tell her that's what she gets for sucking at doing her job. Bitch.
Durantye 8
Sounds about like today's teachers. Hope you reported this teacher.
Brandi_Faith 34
I completely disagree with your comment. There are many incredible teachers out there, in fact where I live, the majority of them are awesome. Teachers have to put up with a lot both from the students and their parents and every teacher I know would go out of their way to try and help a kid get the education they deserve.
onlychildFTW 34
I wish I could say the same. Most teachers were useless and gave up since I have dyslexia and mild ADD. More then 1 pretty much said I was a lost cause. Screw the teachers I knew. Luckily I ended up getting awesome teachers and extra help in special education. But yeah, most teachers I knew couldn't care less about the kids and more cared about their selves.
Durantye 8
@80 unfortunately I can say there are SOME good teachers I would not even come close to saying majority. I was in a private school half my life and public school the other half. Both types had teachers that just did the bare minimum and if you needed help they'd refer you anyone else that got you out of their hair. Teachers put up with a lot? They put up with just as much as any other profession. The issue is that people get an education degree so they can have an 'easy life'. Very few teachers are actually passionate about teaching anything.