Today, I went back to school after missing the first 2 weeks of the new school year. I got grilled in my first lesson by my teacher for "gallivanting around on holiday in some sunny place" when I should've been at school learning. My dad had died from liver cancer. 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 teacher announced that he'd be out for a week because he was going to Vegas. I happily said, "Woo hoo!" Then he finished his sentence by telling me it was because his dad had died. FML
Today, I accused a student in my class of getting his dad to do his homework. It turns out that his dad died two years ago. FML
Today, my English teacher asked me why I didn't have my project completed. Thinking quick on my feet, I told her it was because my grandmother had just passed away. Apparently they go to the same country club and have known each other for years. My teacher started crying and ran out of the room. FML
Today, I had to go to my daughter's school because she hasn't been going to class. Her teacher seemed surprised to see me with my husband when we arrived. Apparently I "died" recently and my daughter has had extra responsibility around the house, hence why she doesn't come to class. FML
Today, after I missed in school for two and a half weeks, I also missed three tests. Now I gotta work for all of them during my holidays and read two books for school. My holidays are just gonna be like school, but with more work. FML
Today, I left for college. I spent hundreds of dollars on clothes, bedding and other things. After packing my entire closet and everything else I needed, I left only to have to head back home. My dad forgot to pay the first semesters tuition. He said "Oh well, you would have failed out anyway." FML
Today, my PE teacher yelled at me for not trying hard enough in class. This my second week back after being in the hospital with a collapsed lung. FML
Today, I got sent out of the class for "inappropriate" behaviour. The teacher later forgot about me and sent a notice home to my parents stating that I skipped class. FML
Today, whilst cleaning out his desk, my dad "accidentally" threw away my summer homework. That's 100 pages, over a duration of 2 months. School starts in 3 days. FML
Today, I spent my first day with my parents for the first time in a year as I've been away at university. My dad went to work, and my mum spent the whole day playing mahjong with her friends as they all told me "how fat I've gotten" and how "boys won't like it". FML
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lukascepanovic 0
well tell that bitch why you missed the first 2 weeks! :/
Jimboom 12
This is probably one of those very rare instances where you could cuss out your teacher big time and get away with it... after you have explained to the head teacher that you father just died of course.
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Sketch_Enter 0
um how does one miss two weeks for a death? i just don't understand that really and the lack of communication is pretty fail right there im halfway, it is FYL but some of this is your fault, so YDI for not getting any work emailed or given by a friend
talaina 2
The time after a loved one's death is not a good time to be getting any serious work done. ESPECIALLY someone as close as a parent. There's a reason that most schools excuse absences for a death in the immediate family. You shouldn't have to be doing work. And I'd be surprised if the OP was emotionally stable enough to go back to school as soon as the funeral was over. For that matter, there could have been other things going on. I'm sure the extended family came down and that caused complications. If the OP is Jewish, they could very well have spent a week of that in sitting shiva.
tab_ga1990 0
#54 what you said is just dumb! They missed the first two weeks of that school semester so it's not like they knew what to do anyways! It could of been new material, and how are they suppose to get their work down without any books. I know for a fact that I won't be going to the school to get my stuff when someone as close to me as my dad dies, or will I be in the right mind (mentally) to sit there and do work that I probably have no idea how to do. maybe their school has the same classes 1st semester and 2nd semester, but it still new material. When my grandfather died, my sister got my stuff for me and I didn't even touch my school work. ( and for people that will say well your sister was able to go to school why not you, she's my half sister so no relation to my grandfather so she didnt really care, my dad made her get my stuff just in case.)
jackieinthebox24 0
Yes, because she totally deserves it for greiving the death of her father. What kind of ignorant prick are you? I missed a month of my freshman year for something that wasn't nearly as bad as this, and none of my teachers bitched at me...
Flutist 3
HE!!!!
thaprodigy_07 0
you shouldve slapped that teacher in the face
angrynegro7 16
Sorry, but this teacher deserves no sympathy from anyone. #22, SHE could have pulled the op aside and asked HIM in private why he missed two weeks of school instead of opening her mouth and trying to embarrass him publicly. Getting angry, violent, or getting her fired is NOT going overboard. She doesn't deserve the courtesy of being told in private what happened to his father, since she didn't extend that courtesy to him. If she wants to hold a grudge against him for making her look like a jackass, well then sorry about her damn luck. If she does get fired though, then her grudge is a moot point since she's going to be too busy worrying about if and when she's going to get another job.
Twinklestar 0
No school would fire her over something like that, and getting violent would absolutely be going overboard and probably get the OP in detention regardless of the cause. If the OP had just simply said "No actually, I was away because my dad died" the teacher is going to feel bad enough and look stupid in front of the class. I very much doubt the teacher being in the wrong and putting herself in a position to be so easily called out would really make the OP feel any worse about her dad.
jaysaysss 0
53 if that was directed at me i go to school and have had bitch teachers like this one and i like my spelling dickhole
themixedt4pe 0
Apparently you can't read either. There's this button called "reply" that you use of you want to reply to someone's comment. FYI, you're never going to get a job if you "spel lyk dis" on your resume. Good luck dumpster diving for food.
me_right_one 0
yet another reason to hate teachers
PhillyFox 0
At least she probably feels like an ass now.
greeneye_fml 12
I hope you told her that to her face, then reported her.
safmonster 0
I teach at a school in Gloucestershire and we have staff briefing every morning - this is exactly why. I'd say it's a failing on the part of the school as much as the individual teacher because they should have been informed.
namhowell 6
So sorry for your lost!
louie111887 0
oh hrell no ! u should have guilt tripped her. what a heartless low scum bitch. should punched her. may you dad rip : (