Today, my students all handed in their 1,000 word papers. The assignment was for them to write about a strong, benevolent leader who influenced the world. Around half of the papers were about Hitler. FML
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Today, one of my classmates got bullied and the whole class got to wrote 2000 words about that. FML
Today, my teacher assigned us teams in a class debate. I landed on the team that had to argue the obviously wrong point of view. When I finished, my teacher told me and the entire class how much I disturbed her, and how I reminded her of Hitler and Napoleon. FML
Today, I asked my students to buy a copy of Anne Frank's diary for an assignment. One of them asked me in all seriousness who wrote it. FML
Today, I had my teacher look over my essay before turning it in. He said it was extremely well-written, so I handed it in. When I got it back, the feedback he left said it was one of the worst essays he'd ever read. FML
Today, I had to explain to half of my class that yes, my birthday is on the same day as Hitler's, but no, it does not make me a Nazi. FML
Today, my teacher gave me a 0% on my personal narrative in my writing class. His only comment on the whole paper was, "Too long, didn't read." FML
Today, I finished writing a 60-page essay on the history and people of Australia. Turns out it's supposed to be on Austria. It's due this morning. FML
Today, I made a speech in front of my entire graduating class and their families, despite my fear of public speaking. It seemed to go well and I got a big round of applause at the end. Then I panicked and instead of waving, I lifted my arm straight out in a Hitler salute. 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, my boyfriend gave me his theory on how the world would be a better place if Hitler had won the 2nd World War. FML
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pwnman 33
I did not Nazi that coming, nor you did.
Pleonasm 36
The "not" wasn't necessary, know you.
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ThrossTheBoss 6
First!!
pwnman 33
I did not Nazi that coming, nor you did.
Pleonasm 36
The "not" wasn't necessary, know you.
syki 22
Anne Frankly, I did. This generation's education—almost regardless of country—is going to heil.
pwnman 33
...oh well.
revan546 24
Well, he was a "strong leader that influenced the world", just not benevolent :
Fuaaad1994 31
He did love his blondes though
DraconicFeline 31
That's what I was thinking. Maybe they missed that part. Or maybe most students these days just don't know what "benevolent" means. ...Which would be sad, but not as sad as if people thought Hitler was actually a benevolent leader.
YellowKettleBell 31
I never thought I'd ever see Nazi puns.
ZeroProxy 4
I'd have picked PSY, he leads people in dance!
SgtAssCheeks 21
Oh nein jew didn't
Lang88 13
Do you think he would of loved Justin Bieber too? He's a blonde head.
falon142012 22
95, that's very original! I like that one a lot. Lol.
axeno 7
What's wrong with your students? Reich, seriously.
randome101 12
Hahaha love these puns
Blackhawk706 23
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Well that's a sign of a failed generation
JustinKirby 20
They never said whether they influenced the world positively or negatively. I'm writing a paper on someone who influenced the world and I chose Adolf, I'm showing from both perspectives how he positively influenced The people his crimes were benefiting, and how he negatively influenced the rest of the world.
syki 22
Tomorrow's assignment: define the word "benevolent." Even to his own people, you could call him a powerful leader, an efficient leader, but benevolent would be pushing it.
Chanti_fml 26
Although the assignment did say that the paper should be about a benevolent leader, not only one that has influenced us.
wGx14 12
"Benevolent leader" Was Hitler a leader you would describe as benevolent?
bluefrootloops 13
Who would you have chosen?
tomwantssnow 14
#31 Gandhi, Mandela, etc...
Pleonasm 36
31 there are PLENTY of great leaders to pick from in lots of different eras and cultures, which would have made an interesting topic had everyone not jumped onto the Hitler bandwagon-- it wasn't even in the parameters because I'm sure that this wasn't OP's idea of benevolent, no matter what you might think. So I feel for you, OP, there was a great diversity in leaders and a great oppurtunity to be creative, from anything like Shoguns, Kings, Mayors, Presidents to seemingly-average people or otherwise.
Sadgirox 7
#3 and your the proof
jerryj 27
Oh, the irony.
junkman6 22
I think #17 is proof that most people don't know what benevolent means.....
raww77 12
You must give them a heil grade.
MichellinMan 20
No matter how terrible this sounds, I don't see how this is an FML. Hitler truly was the greatest leader of all time. While all of his actions were just awful unspeakable things, he single handedly almost wiped out a race, while fighting a war and leading a Hitler youth. I would imagine their paper to be in the same general gist, but I don't see how this is an FML. I hope people understand.
nemcali 34
They still missed the brief. The teacher specified benevolent. Now we argue on the meaning of benevolent but Hitler surely does not fall into this category no matter how you want to see it :)
isuckwithnames 22
Hitler was not benevolent and genocide is bad mmkay
tomwantssnow 14
I think part of the problem would be that half of OP's students don't understand the meaning of "benevolent".
letsgooo_fml 23
It's an FML because Hitler was not benevolent.
BoltTheSuperdog 22
#40 You don't say!
PresidentNorth 16
Sometimes I get malevolent and benevolent confused. Maybe this is what happened to the students.
ItsATwinThing 9
Well if you ever get confused a dictionary is always handy. When in doubt, always check.
Jellybellybeanz 22
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Are you a history teacher? Because if so, you failed. If you're just an English teacher or writing teacher or something else, yah FYL
MrConcise 35
Pretty sure it's the other way around since "benevolent" is confused in their vocabulary.
Jeser101 1
You could say it was... just kidding I have nazi-nmy joke book.
slayertack 19
Well they did follow the assignment.
NineInchSacks 11
How do you define benevolent?
MrSassypants 34
Benevolent obviously means "been violent", duh....
magiczebra 9
be·nev·o·lent bəˈnevələnt/ adjective well meaning and kindly. "a benevolent smile"
TheNewMirage 10
I must say, he did influence the world quite a bit. And thanks to him we did got a rush in technology. So yeah, I might would've done the same in the name of laziness... Google gives a lot of information about him
Pleonasm 36
Google gives a lot of information about everything. And his benevolence is quite debatable.
LowExpectations 30
What technology rush did Hitler create? All he did was find better ways to kill people...
askullnamedbilly 33
Rush in war technology, maybe. The rest, not enough to be significant, no.
Voij 16
What we can take from the beginning of human history up until about the 90's is that war has always lead to technological advancements. The second World War is no exception to this. Nuclear fission, infrastructural improvements, radio and radar were all strongly influenced by the need to find implementations that would make them beneficial in war. Those implementations also allowed an easy application outside of battle. Another example, although not credited to the second World War itself, were placebos, who's major uprise happened due to war times.
LowExpectations 30
Damn it... You got a point #90, I guess this subject just clouds my view on the bigger perspective.
GhostChickens 17
Next class assignment: get them all to look up the word "benevolent".
brackaman 18
I was gonna say that. Get them to do a 1000 word assignment on the definition of benevolence.
DaMann360 19
That 8-bit dinosaur profile pic tho...
classiceagle63 16
I now understand why they didn't write it about you. You can't even persuade them not to write about Hitler.
LowExpectations 30
Unless the students openly wore swastikas beforehand I don't think OP could've prevented this...