Today, on my first day of being a trainee teacher in a classroom, I told a boy to stop using that stupid accent or else I'll give him a detention. Turns out he just moved here from Romania. FML
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Today, it was my first day at school in the United States. Being from France, my French accent is really strong. After being made fun of all day, I met someone from Montreal. I was so excited and said, "Parlez-vous Français?" And his response? "HUH?!" FML
Today, I had my first interview. Everything was going well until I made him repeat his name numerous times, as I couldn't understand what he was saying due to his thick accent. FML
Today, we had a substitute teacher. She was taking attendance and had trouble pronouncing my last name. When I corrected her, I heard her mutter under her breath about, “Goddamn Mexican immigrants…” I’m from Greek ancestry, born in the USA. FML
Today, my teacher, who's Irish, called me insensitive and stupid for imitating her accent. I'm Filipino and my parents immigrated to Ireland where I was born, and then we moved to Canada when I was 14. Her response to my explanation? "Bullshit." FML
Today, a client came in and was struggling to speak properly. He said, “Sorry, no good English” so I offered a Spanish speaking colleague who could assist. He frowned and said he was from Greece. He threw a fit and got my manager involved. I got a write up and have to do an online sensitivity training. FML
Today, the parent of a student called to ask me about a homework assignment. At the end of the call, she told me that I seem to be losing my "Asian accent" from when she first talked to me in the summer. I was born in the US, grew up in NJ and speak perfect English. FML
Today, a customer asked me if I was English, because I was struggling to understand what he was saying. I said yes. He then called me a liar, and said I must be "one of them Polish immigrants." Oh, and he also had a thick Scottish accent. FML
Today, I started my first teaching job ever. As I was teaching, another teacher interrupted my class about 5 times because she thought it was her class. Not only did she ruin my confidence, her behavior caused my students to laugh at me. FML
Today, my English teacher kicked me out of class for being "rude and disruptive." In actuality, I had called her out for having blatantly used Google Translate for several example sentences, all of which sounded as if a semi-literate foreigner had constructed them. FML
Today, my French teacher set up a role-play scenario to act out in front of the class. During one of my lines, I mispronounced a phrase and called my teacher sexy. FML
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claiiire_fml 17
Way to be a jerk, OP.
raphanne_fml 33
Poor kid...
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Comments (271)
hidrox94 5
Wowww. Know the facts before yelling at children.
YtotsDI 0
It's like calling an autistic kid an idiot
hailphire130 0
93-You can usually tell if a kid is autistic.
hailphire130 0
93-You can usually tell if a kid is autistic. EDIT: God damn it. I thought that I hit the send button twice.
herpitydurteedur 0
Sometimes it's hard though. For years people just thought I was odd. People still don't get it unless I tell them. Yes I know, cue "cool story bro" comments :P
tweetbaby14 18
Not if you've never been around an autistic child.... With the special ed kids that don't have some kind of physical abnormality, I think they're just a normal kid until someone makes some asshole-ish remark about their problem....
fuckyalol 0
-103 no not really. I am and none knows exept my Family
Llama_Face89 34
103- not always. I have an autism spectrum disorder called aspergers. Think of it as autism without any mental retardation. So while I can function normally in society I come across as kinda weird and I'm slower to pick stuff up. I was almost fired from my current job because it took a while for it to click.
itswhateveridk 0
**** you for racism
THE_A_TEEN 28
How is this racist, jackass? What the op did was a mistake. People like YOU make me sick, for pulling the race card you stupid shit.
haw008 14
Handing out detention the first day?! I would have hated to have you as a teacher.
evilplatypus 39
And for something stupid no less. IF it were fake, just let the kid get bored of their game unless it's genuinely disrupting the educational process.
Alexisthebestest 16
OP is definitely one of those trainees that no one takes seriously. How are you gonna threaten someone with a detention when you're not even a "real" teacher?
Confuciussay 6
14 - I believe most people would have.
pianolove003 2
Nice way to talk to a kid. Ydi
Ohmie 5
Don't come to conclusions so quickly
KayleeXLoVe21 0
Omgg! :( poor kid. Thats pretty bad.
loserman67 36
So, it's safe to say that you do not plan on achieving tenure with the school district. Did you tell the kid with Spina Bifida to sit up straight? You have a lot of heart!
zarkx_fml 0
You are my favorite person today
think9572 0
sorry guys, hate to be a newb, but what does OP mean?
SwedishDerp 3
Original poster I think
sailorzoe 14
Original Poster
lightburns 10
Original Poster or something like that. Basically, the OP is the one who wrote the FML (or person who started a forum thread, etc.)
fml8396 0
Oh wow that is so rude!
sailorzoe 14
What a bitch haha
FUCKNAMESBREH 0
Love you're ink, and you're city ^-^ no creepin' intended.