Today, my professor was doing roll-call. As usual, she didn't say my name because it's so close to the person before me. So to differentiate, she decided she would call the girl before me "the pretty one". 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 was hitting on a girl who was getting ready to walk into the same class as me. We were waiting outside the room, so I told her that I'd heard the professor for the course was a total bitch. We walked into the room. I sat down at a desk. She stood behind the podium. FML
Today, I realized how invisible I am when our professor was showing us that he knows the names of all the students in our class. When he reached me, he just smiled at me and skipped to the person next to me. I took 3 courses with this guy yet I'm the only one he didn't know the name of. FML
Today, I was the only girl in my lab class. The instructor was learning our names. When he came to me, I went to say "mine will be easy" and it came out as "I'm easy." FML
Today, it was the last day of school, and I said goodbye to one of my students. She then told me how to correctly pronounce her name. I'd said it wrong all year. FML
Today, a woman from my office called, asking who was in. Only one other woman was in the office. I couldn't remember her name, so I had to awkwardly guess random names while both women listened, obviously aware of what was going on. FML
Today, I found out that since there are 3 people with the same name as me at work, I'm known as "the ugly one". FML
Today, I accidentally called my teacher "Babe." FML
Today, I went to attend my summer school class again after being out sick for a week. When I said "Here" during roll call, everyone started cheering and clapping. Apparently, my professor has been badmouthing me while I've been absent for pretending to be sick. I'm sure my grade will be fantastic. FML
Today, my Spanish teacher told me that the reason the girl I'm tutoring hasn't contacted me yet is because she emailed the teacher saying she didn't like my name, therefore she didn't want me to be her tutor. FML
Today, I gathered the courage to participate in a class discussion. My professor laughed at me. FML
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ILostMyFxcks 13
You can be the hot one then
Vivi99 12
You should have a word with her op that's not right and nice at all have a good day.
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Comments (50)
mazbry 9
Sorry to hear that OP, hopefully a little chat after class to let your teacher know you won't stand for the bullying.
Ebolaconflict 11
pretty sure the teacher can lose their job over that
Vestin 18
#1: I think there's a difference between "bullying" and not being nice. I think you don't.
Noah197099 17
#26: You think he don't what?
Vestin 18
#33: I think he doesn't... think there's a difference between "bullying" and not being nice. I guess I should be glad he didn't call it "harassment" yet. If all you people truly think such terms adequately describe the this FML's situation, I envy your innocence. May you never face harsher reality that would force you to reevaluate the meaning of such words.
EatUrGreens 20
Dude that makes no sense.. mocking someone repetitively in front of others is called bullying. She should talk to him, if he doesn't stop she should report it. End of. She's already living in the "big mean world". We all are :P
Vestin 18
#44: "Reported"? You're saying kids aren't ever supposed to grow out of this? "Authority, authority! He implied a negative thing about me by comparison ;_;!". Seriously? That's PRECISELY what Plato said about sick societies: people there are unable to handle any sort of negativity without involving a third party to arbitrate. That's pathetic. Go ahead an bury this under a mountain of downvotes, but it will still be pathetic. It would be a failure to act like a civilized adult to involve more people in solving this non-issue; It would be a personal failure to allow such a pitiful bit of casual banter to cause anyone emotional distress. It's making a mountain out of a molehill.
syed121417 22
It's not because of "emotional distress", it's because 1) the teacher doesn't know their place 2) there's this thing called consequence. If a random person says something rude, it's one thing and it's not worth worrying over, I agree. But people need to learn respect. OP never cried over it or anything, she acknowledged that it was a bias and mistake of the teachers part. I get what you're saying, I really do because I'm usually one to follow that philosophy. But consider that it was a teacher who should know better than to express how one student might be better than another and it was in front of the rest of the class.
Vestin 18
#49 I could understand arguing against, say, maliciousness, but what you're saying is bewildering. Why is it that a teacher "should know better than to express how one student might be better than another"? The process of GRADING stuff is one of the most basic tasks a teacher performs, and it explicitly, numerically separates the good from the bad. People ARE different. Why should anyone pretend otherwise? Some are smarter, some are dumber. Some are prettier, some are uglier. Some are more polite, some are less polite. I get it that this particular exchange can be argued against, but the general statement you are trying to make is something I can hardly agree with. I strive, in many ways, to be better than others. I like when people acknowledge that. Turning a blind eye to differences between people would feel pretty demotivating...
ILostMyFxcks 13
You can be the hot one then
Wizardo 34
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[email protected] 14
LMFAOOOO
_Heisenberg__ 15
Tell the principal and get the teacher fired so you can be the happy one
trex454 21
professors don't usually have principals.
JustinJK 21
There's always department deans though! Unless your professor is the dean of the department...
iwanttogotoparis 26
She probably just says that to make the other girl feel better about her looks, she probably thinks you're already pretty and don't need to be told
JohnTheDonJuan 11
Oh to be young and so full of hope again... if only.
Vivi99 12
You should have a word with her op that's not right and nice at all have a good day.
mnote 17
There are other ways to differentiate. One of you could go by a nickname or the prof could address you by your last name. I was called Megan brown eyes for a year because there were two Megans in class. There also was the time when there were four Megans in the same class. But nothing else would work besides numbering us because three of us had the same letter start our last name.
hippodankamus 22
You can refer to that teacher to other teachers as the Lazy Stupid One
feven 32
Why didn't she just say your first and last name, or even just your last name?
Econforthwin 15
I really hate when teachers bully or degrade students because they know there isn't much the student can do in return.
interesting33 37
Although the student has a great case here. Most schools have anti-bullying policies which include teacher-pupil bullying. And i think this applies. This is outrageous and I urge OP to file a complaint. It is disgusting behaviour
logicrules 11
Just wait till she's next to another professor and call miss then when they both look say Sorry I meant the skinny/smart/pretty/ whatever comes to mind one. See how she likes it.