Today, I was warned that I was failing too many students and it had to stop, so I showed my boss all of the easy assignments a lot of students didn't even turn in. She told me to stop using so many "big words" in them. I teach at a four year University. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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, my teacher's comments on my essay read, "I know it's college, but you use a lot of unnecessary words with a lot of syllables." He basically scolded me for having a complex vocabulary. I go to an accredited state university. Nothing says "America" like under-achieving professors. FML
Today, I got the best grade in class on my economics midterm. Rather than tell me I did a good job, my professor criticized me in front of everyone about how I was working "too hard". FML
Today, I received an email from my professor asking me not to jump ahead on assignments as it makes the other students look bad. FML
Today, while home from college for the weekend, my sister started whining about how I keep using "big fancy college words" and making her feel bad. My sister is 27 and teaches elementary school. The word I used was "ludicrous." 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 told me to stop giving work to our college intern because it's an embarrassment to have someone who hasn't finished college working for him. This is the same boss who constantly brags about being a high school drop out. FML
Today, my assistant manager was arguing with a customer. I interjected letting the customer know that "we want everything to be copacetic." After the customer left, I received a write up for using "big words." FML
Today, the grades for one of my courses were released. The class average was higher than that which the department allowed, so the professor had to scale everyone's marks down to meet the policy. I ended up failing because my class was too smart. FML
Today, I got told by my classmates to slow down because I put too much pressure on them. I'm taking a class in accounting for the first time in my life, we are all over 25 and so far we are doing basic math. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
MrCT 22
Is it the students failing or are you failing the students by not being able to teach the material.
sparx1_1 12
This is the "no man left behind"education system at work. American education is about lowering the bar until everyone's a winner.
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (20)
Alup132 22
Hasn’t this been posted months ago?
CharlesEmersonW 31
You know what they say.... Stupid loves company...
deep deep 6
haha
Luke16eirb7deneuwn1 20
U S A! U S A! U S A!
onelonelybagel 5
young people these days, especially in America, are just plain lazy. they don't want to do the work and expect you to give them a good grade for not doing anything. I am a young person but I was taught work hard and you'll reap good rewards
Luke16eirb7deneuwn1 20
Don't generalize!
J352SAURUS 30
Interesting username, OP.
MrCT 22
Is it the students failing or are you failing the students by not being able to teach the material.
PenguinPal3017 19
If they aren't even turning in the assignments they aren't trying. Fail them all and let God sort them out.
sparx1_1 12
This is the "no man left behind"education system at work. American education is about lowering the bar until everyone's a winner.
Serpent20601 9
lol. liberal college
Paul B. Gyurcsanszky 14
This is what happens when every kid gets a trophy!
Charlie Given 28
Wow time to talk to the dean cause your boss is a idiot 😒
Douglas A Stuart 1
I feel ya. Got pretty much the same thing from my Chair. I had a Junior tell me 189-98 was 102. WTF.
rodfergie 18
I went back to school for new degree after 20 years. Of the new students that I saw, about half never should have been able to graduate high school. I had to take a couple of freshman courses, that weren't in my first degree. These students these days we're having problems, and it was simple stuff that I learned in high school. Colleges are letting too many kids in that have no business being there. These kids have no chance of graduating, but the school's make money off of them with the tuition, and the kids are settled with that they have to pay.