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)
kbball95 7
I fucken hate it when a teacher are annoying and feel like there thee boss and do shit like that :/
pitafrench 2
Bitch move
romanianboi 0
F U
Buzzy123 7
Someone is not getting that job.
itschrisssybro 8
That poor kid, he would've been so embarrassed. I hope you apologized.
itschrisssybro 8
And plus aren't you supposed to be informed when there is new students or something?
Ins0mau 20
Ah... SHE was the new "trainee" TEACHER...
sk8er2470 3
Hey .. I'm Romanian
ChloroformPanda 21
Ever heard that saying about assuming? If you assume, it makes an ass(out of)u(and)me. Do try and be more accepting if you still plan on being a teacher.
Radtastic 9
I once had a trainee teacher tell me I was pronouncing my own name wrong o_O (I wasn't she was just an idiot) the whole class including my teacher told her she was incorrect.
kitsune3 20
Oh my word, something similar happened to me in my 9th grade drama class. We had a substitute who pronounced my name wrong, and when I politely corrected her, she said, "Oh...well, the way I said it sounds prettier." She said this out loud, in front of my entire class, rather loudly. I swear half my classmates' jaws hit the floor, along with my own. Hated her ever since.
Okayitwasme 0
Hard to say on this one, I remember in school one kid saying he needed to wear sunglasses because he was albino. Another one also did a fake accent, funny as hell. Poor SUB. On the other hand not a good enough reason to blow up on someone. Should have laughed it off and remembered when you were young and rebellious. Also you could have asked another teacher if the kid had an accent.
muzy 23
Hmm seems like they let just about anyone become a teacher today...