Today, I went to see the school counselor to schedule my classes for school. She asked me if I knew how to speak English. My parents are Chinese and I don't even know how to speak Chinese. I've lived in America my whole life. Plus, I even spoke to her in English to ask about classes. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, the parent of a student called to ask me about a homework assignment. At the end of the call, she told me that I seem to be losing my "Asian accent" from when she first talked to me in the summer. I was born in the US, grew up in NJ and speak perfect English. FML
Today, I was eating at a Chinese restaurant, when I stopped the waitress to tell her that even though I am of Chinese heritage, I can't understand a word of Chinese. After an awkward silence, she told me she was actually speaking English. FML
Today, at a tutoring center, one of the tutors looked at my worksheet and laughed. She then showed all the other tutors my mistakes and they laughed along with her. The best part? They all speak Chinese and they think I can't understand them. I'm Chinese. FML
Today, I had a conference with my dad, my counselor, and my history and English teachers because my dad was "concerned" about my grades in those two classes. We talked for a while and it was going well, then my counselor asked what I wanted to study in college. I said I wanted to be a teacher. He laughed. FML
Today, my parents had a fight as to which one of them is the most cultured. As a result, they've begun writing my chore lists in a variety of languages. If I don't do them, I'm grounded. I only speak English. FML
Today, I found out that my parents don't know the difference between a foreign person and a deaf person. They've been yelling at our exchange student for the past 2 days. FML
Today, my college English teacher told me if I wanted an explanation for my grade I would have to schedule a conference to come to her office. It's an online class. I took an online class because I can't come in. FML
Today, I had a Chinese test. Our teacher decided to wait until yesterday to tell us about it because she "knew" we wouldn't study anyway and she didn't want to stress us out. I'm pretty sure I failed. FML
Today, I found out that I was moving to Germany. I'm going to be put back a year in school because of the system change. I also don't speak a word of German. Why? Because my mother wants to brag about this experience to her friends. FML
Today, my mom hit me in the face after an argument she didn't win. According to her, Mexican and American are languages, and not dialects or nationalities. She even argued with my teachers, and threatened to remove me "from a school full of uneducated people" after they told her I was correct. FML
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RageWolf16 31
I hate the human race sometimes
Alikia96 20
The racism is strong in this one
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penpen1332 8
This is pretty much what happens to me in public. I'm Vietnamese, yet I don't speak the language, and I have been living in America all my life. Everyone speaks very slowly as if I don't understand what they're saying. FYL, op
awkward_gothlady 32
I hate it when people do that. I've lived most of my life in South America, and people sometimes talk to me really slowly, or if I don't react right away, it must be because I don't know Spanish very well, just because I happen to have blue eyes and light skin and light-colored hair. Then, I went to the Netherlands and had the opposite problem. People would talk to me as if I were a local, when I actually had only a very basic level of the Dutch language.
Strider207 5
That racist bitch
awkward_gothlady 32
"Yes, I do. Do you?"
HammyBear13 8
What the heck is with all the racist cards being thrown around? FYL op, but maybe the counselor just wasnt paying attention. who frickin knows! Calm yalls selves with the racist crap.
LotsOfConfusion 9
This doesn't like an FML on your part but an FML on her part. She's a moron.
JessieTaft 17
Wow. That was rude
Johnson_Mcgee 1
I'm sorry, I only know enough English to tell you that I don't speak English as well as this sentence explaining the previous one.
Sakuraashita 15
Tell her, "Sorry, I only speak English, but don't worry I understand fluent Racist."
cinimod97 9
你是中国人, 可是你不知道怎么说中文吗? 太不好,太不好。
Gunny20 25
Translation: You are Chinese people , but you do not know how to say Chinese? Too bad , too bad .
mattmsk005 8
You're parents are Chinese it's not to much of a stretch to think you are to, if this is the worst thing that happens to you, you must have a great life.