Today, my new calculus teacher taught everything using nothing but soccer terms and analogies, just so the resident idiot meatheads would understand. I didn't learn a thing. 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, I learned, 90 horrifying minutes into a college exam, that my 85-year-old calculus teacher had spent the last three weeks teaching us the wrong chapter. FML
Today, in calculus, our substitute teacher told me I was smart. Everybody in the class, including my friends, burst out laughing. FML
Today, a professor approached me in the hall to ask if, since I'm a math major, I could tutor one of her communications majors in a required Calculus course. Apparently the volunteer tutor the school provides "is a complete dumbass." I'm the school's volunteer tutor. FML
Today, my math teacher decided to use my acne as an example of symmetry in front of the whole class. FML
Today, as I went into my calculus class, the teacher announced that someone had received a negative grade on the test we were getting back. I laughed and said, "Which f*cker managed to get a negative?" Turns out I'm the dumbass. FML
Today, I have a final for my precalculus class. After hours of studying this week, I felt pretty optimistic. Until I got to class and realized that I'd forgotten my calculator. FML
Today, disappointed with my results on a mathematics test, I went over it and realized my teacher had added up the marks incorrectly, leaving me with 17% less than I earned. The person who's supposed to be teaching me math can't even perform basic arithmetic. FML
Today, my math teacher told me to learn how to say "welcome to wal-mart". FML
Today, I had to find simple words to explain to the idiot I was tutoring that "1/4" is not of a greater value than "1/3" just because the denominator is bigger. 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
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Creshto 1
Does that mean you're less intelligent than the idiot meatheads?
flashback.miss 28
okay, just because one student has trouble understanding doesn't mean the whole class should have to be subject to that. maybe you could volunteer as a tutor or refer to a math help center>
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jizzwold 21
I am just surprised that the males in your class would know more about soccer than a female.
spluver0005 17
At least your teacher was trying to keep it relevant. Much better than the teachers who say "you'll definitely need this in the real world" but can never tell you how
JosephMoore77 8
One thing I like about my teacher is she only says the truth, in PRE cal she was talking about sin cos and tan and I asked when we'd need it in real life. She said only if you're going into engineering or something closely related
catsie_fml 14
Tell him that you don't understand what he's talking about and that you're not paying just to hear soccer terms.
Mshrodes 13
Maybe she goes to a public high school. Maybe she's not paying anything. I agree though. The teacher isn't being paid to deliver a lesson only football fans can understand.
jordynsage 17
Never be afraid to ask questions. It's better to ask then to not know.
cmbar831 14
That sucks use khan academy. Good site.
Zaros_fml 24
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
Mynamewontfi 40
It sounds like your teacher isn't really a keeper.
DKjazz 20
Subtle pun. Thumbs up for you.
it__happens 17
How is understanding calculus easier than understanding soccer?
alexmac222 17
The word calculus makes my head hurt.
perdix 31
Like headers! Ouch!
alexmac222 17
Don't be sassy. Give me head.
MortenM 17
It's supposed to be the other way around miss
martin8337 36
Don't worry too much about it, unless you're going to be a rocket scientist or physicist you'll never use algebra or calculus.
littlekellilee 45
As a software developer I had to take calc 1 and 2 and differential equations in university. I still don't get why, I've never coded math, and never used anything above high school calc outside of school. The only reason I needed to pass was for school, unless I got a super math-y job. I agree with you unless you need it for school.
amulya 14
Go in for Extra help? If that doesn't work then look it up; there are tons of resources out there. Sorry you have to deal with this OP.