Today, in algebra, I took out my notebook. My Chinese teacher was so impressed with my "Chinese" writings on the cover that I'm now her "favorite student". Those "Chinese" symbols are actually Japanese, but I wanted someone to like me so badly that I didn't correct her. 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, 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 got a perfect score on my French quiz, and I was told to have my mom sign it. What I didn't realize was that all the way at the bottom she wrote "Good Nathaly!" and "I love you!" surrounded by little hearts. The teacher hung it up anyway. FML
Today, the Chinese student I've been teaching English to got on stage in front of hundreds of people to read her final essay. She ended with, "What a fucking day." I don't swear, and I no longer have a job. FML
Today, I had to make a poster for social studies. I decided to write "Nice ass" in hieroglyphics. Turns out my teacher can read hieroglyphics. FML
Today, my art teacher showed off a painting of his name he got in Japan. I can read Japanese, and it actually says "Old idiot". I really don't want to break it to him. FML
Today, I collected my students' notes in class to check them. One girl, who is always drawing weird anime crap in her sketchbook, turned in just one piece of paper that read, "FUCK YOUR CLASS." FML
Today, in calculus, our substitute teacher told me I was smart. Everybody in the class, including my friends, burst out laughing. FML
Today, I gathered the courage and wrote a love letter to put in the girl I like's school bag, at the end of classes. I felt anxious for a response. Her bag turned out to be her cousin's, and I became a joke in the classroom. FML
Today, I cheated on a math test by writing a couple of equations on my hand. Totally satisfied, I handed my test in, feeling like I had aced it. As I was heading toward the door, I happily waved goodbye to my teacher. She saw everything. FML
Today, I was teaching a class when a student pointed out that I'd used the wrong "your/you're" while writing on the board. FML
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theunwiseone 4
I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so
Italiae 7
No wonder she teaches algebra...
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alexFYL 11
I don't agree, but your life does suck. I hear it's hard to go through life being stupid.
nycterrage 0
A lot of Japanese characters came from Chinese they are called Kanji in Japanese. That is why sometimes a Chinese person that don't speak / write any Japanese can pick up meaning of Japanese word here and there.
BlackR6Rider 5
Japanese people use a form called "kanji" which is basically Chinese letters.... Society really needs to up the education budget nowadays....
bam513 0
actually most characters (or symbols as you call them) are universal between Japan and China with slight differences in style and pronunciation.
Izeahs_gf 3
You have school on Saturday? 8/20/11 dis don't seem legit
lmao_wow10 3
8-20-11 is when the FML was posted, not submitted.
lexirules 1
I think someone may have said this already, but just so you know Japanese characters, or Kanji, are mostly the same as Chinese characters.
thamindofme 0
1st You were in algebra, not in Chinese class, how could your Chinese teacher see your notebook if you're in freaking ALGEBRA 2nd She is a freaking CHINESE teacher, she has to know the difference and 3rd Anyone who actually believed this moron is as, maybe even more, moronoic as he is, you dumbshits
ltsune 3
How is this a FML? You are now promises good grades for the rest of the year! You're probably not going to learn a lot, though.
suprmidgt 0
Was it kanji? Because if it was Japanese uses Chinese kanji but in most cases they are used for different sounds. If it was hiragana or katakana your teacher is an idiot. I doubt she can't read her own language though...
GPang 4
I hope you know Japanese people use Chinese lettering. They just mean different things