Today, my professor let a guy into my philosophy class 30 minutes late because his excuse was, "Time is just an illusion." This is the same professor that kicked me out of the classroom for being 2 minutes late. 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, one of my teachers yelled at me for being two minutes late to class. He was so concerned with my punishment that he didn't notice the four other people that walked in after me. FML
Today, I went to college, where I'm studying for my dream job. Despite getting up at 5am to catch the earliest bus into town, I arrived ten minutes late. My professor knows my circumstances, but is still threatening to kick me off the course if I don't "arrive on time like everyone else." FML
Today, I was written up and given a penalty for being 3 minutes late to class. By my instructor. Who was 17 minutes late. FML
Today, I purpose woke up early so that I could be prepared for a class taught by a professor who thinks I'm an idiot. This professor was the first to tell me that I'm 2 hours early and asked very slowly if I know how schedules worked. She seriously sounded concerned. FML
Today, I had to go meet my professor at 12. I wound up showing up almost an hour late. Why? Because she doesn't teach at the campus I registered at. I wound up having to visit TWO different campuses before I reached the right one. FML
Today, I finally got the guts to walk out of class 30 minutes early, only to find that the back door was locked. As I stood there like an idiot trying to get it open, all 200 people in my class turned to laugh. My professor stared at me. I then walked back to my seat, sat down, and unpacked. FML
Today, I drove 3 hours to get to a class, just to have the professor leave a note on the classroom door saying that she wasn't coming. FML
Today, I was in class. I am an older student going back for my PhD. I was kicked out of class for "sassing" my instructor for telling him he was wrong about what took place at an event I was actually present at. My instructor is a 22 year old TA. FML
Today, I tried to explain to my professor why I’d missed two classes. Even with a doctor’s note explaining my very serious health issues, she rolled her eyes and huffed, "Maybe if you’re ‘oh so sick,’ you should just drop out!” Gee, sorry for trying to improve my life through adversity. FML
Today, I decided to show up to my new class an hour early, to be able to choose my seat, and figure out how the computer lab works… only to find out that the lab was locked and I had to wait until the professor unlocked it. FML
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xJChristine 16
Next time go to his house at 3 AM, say that "time is just an illusion" and stay for 2 minutes to make it up :)
Skoff_fml 27
Test this out, turn up to class late again and give a crafty excuse.
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Comments (64)
cornyrob 33
"Time is an illusion. Lunch time, doubly so." Ford Prefect
Ray_of_midnight 23
Came here for the Hitchhikers' Guide quote, leaving satisfied.
cornyrob 33
"Glad to be of service!" -- Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
MrConcise 35
Be smarter. Clearly you aren't intelligent enough to play him.
Carebeareatu 23
Time to come up with better excuses,OP!
MrsPegg 45
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that with OP writing an FML because of their injustice, that they are a hard working student. That's why OP is so offended and upset over the ridiculousness of them being 2 minutes late and getting in trouble, while the other student while witty, still should've gotten the same treatment. Teachers are usually tougher on students that are bright because they have high expectations for them. Devils advocate: Teachers can be tougher on sloppy students too; or maybe the teacher is just an asshole. Many theories here. . .
LOLouis_fml 24
Shush now.
Death69 24
If you're late again. Just tell this dumbass professor: "Time isn't the illusion...You are!"
Altafjhetam11 6
Well then you clearly didn't have a better excuse..
dreadlocmask 15
Your prof is a tool. Report him
mergeterge 24
You deserve it for majoring in philosophy. ;)
littlekellilee 45
Most fields have to take ethics and logic as well, which commonly falls under philosophy.
betweenwinds 18
You're probably not in college yet, so you couldn't know, but most colleges require humanities credits in order to graduate. If you're majoring in engineering, you're still going to need to take composition/art/philosophy/etc to get those out of the way and graduate.
thatsme293 28
From a man who majors in debating the laws of life, this does not surprise me. Don't worry op if you work hard in college it will always pay off.
Frungy 9
OP, something to think about, but I sincerely doubt that your professor physically drop-kicked you out of the class. Instead he (or she) stated that you should leave and you ceded to their arbitrary and illusory authority and left the class voluntarily. The other student, by opposing the professor and giving a smart-ass answer, indicated their unwillingness to accept the professor's authority to "boot" them out of class. Realise the truth, that your professor's authority is a carefully maintained illusion in which you are an active and willing participant. Go up to him and discuss it with him. He might have a different perspective, but there's nothing a philosophy professor loves more than a student willing to think about a situation rather than just accept it. P.S. Wait, correction, philosophy professors love the sound of their own voices first... but a good discussion with a student who's thinking rather than whining is a close second.