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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
hateevryone 15
nice going teacher
Teehee2 0
you deserve to have you're car egged.
SwedishDerp 3
Is he a quintuplet by any chance( plus 4 internetz to whoever knows what I'm referencing)?
HahaYDI 0
South Park.
thatmirandachick 7
No.
atarisrocks 6
You live in England I'm surprised you only have one kid with a accent round here we have 63 different languages spoken. So prepare yourself for loads of different accents
iFizzgig 11
Today, I went to my first day of school in a different country. My teacher called me out in front of everyone and told me that I have a stupid fake accent. 179 days to go...FML
CryMoreFMLs 15
36, that fad died out months ago, from what I saw. Don't bring it back please, it was really, really stupid.
lmaoatall 6
Just think, this is your first day of being an ass teacher. Keep up the good work and in a year or two the most hated teacher in the entire school. Hell, the kids will even give you your own nickname. Something to look forward too!
EmilyJoSmyth 4
I had a teacher who was a right b-watch, her last name was wood so everyone called her plank.
Bigdanish9785 3
Don't assume he's kidding asshole
crownlogic 25
Seems pretty cynical to not give the kids the benefit of the doubt on the first day...Plus, I don't think fake accents are the "prank of choice" these days really.
Pendragon525 0
I sincerely hope you apologized to the child & explained that there is NOTHING wrong with his accent. Don't let him agonize because you're embarrassed!
TalkinSmack 6
And your still employed? Enjoy it now, because I'm sure once he tells his parents, you won't be.
HomeAl0ne 20
Yeah, once night falls and dad gets out of his coffin, you're toast!