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)
mynameisTiffany 0
wow it nicee
leadman1989 16
I have sympathy for op... how were they supposed to know some kids fake accents and are actually really convincing but also really annoying.
herponi 2
Ydi
miZscrZee 0
WTF is wrong with you? Uhmm, maybe you should GET TO KNOW UR STUDENTS first. Since ur such a NEW TEACHER in training. Hm.
leadman1989 16
Not everybody goes to a swamp ass school with 3 people per class.
miZscrZee 0
Really? Well, when I went to school, there was 25+ students and we'll get the chance to introduce ourself to a new teacher&& plus to get to know more about the students.
whitecloud197 0
OP your a dick, quit your job and do the students a favore.
skyeyez9 25
You will not last very long as a teacher with your attitude.
carlistar27 10
that is not even the worst that could have happened, just be glad the kid was not born with a speech impediment like me else it could have been worse
Blipp25 0
It's not so much that you should know the students, you just shouldn't punish kids for something as harmless as using an accent. It's not like an accent could hold up the class or something. Anyway, YDI
leadman1989 16
Yes it could, and that would be the specific INTENT to garner attention.
HopeEternity17 8
Wow, I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't get a job if you end up becoming a teacher. And I'm not just being bitchy, my mom's a teacher and I know what it's like, but seriously you didn't have to word it like that, let alone assume the kid was faking an accent.
perdix 31
You're right. He needs to get rid of his silly accent and work double hard to get a proper British one. He sound smarter than he is, provided he comes to the US, where you get 15 free IQ points for having a British accent. An Eastern European accent is -10 points and you are assumed to being a whiner.
Vball6 19
She didnt know it was a REAL accent, she thought it was fake so she told him to quit it. Damn if you're gonna post such a long paragraph then read the FML carefully.
Vball6 19
*He. My bad
crownlogic 25
78, Remember how people always talk about the relationship between sarcasm and the internet?...Refer to perdix.