Today, one of my students corrected the problem I had solved on the board, explaining that you do multiplication before subtraction. I teach the second grade. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was teaching a class when a student pointed out that I'd used the wrong "your/you're" while writing on the board. FML
Today, I was babysitting, and a little girl asked for help with her homework. I cheerfully began an explanation, only to freeze mid-sentence. I could not for the life of me remember how to do long-division. I'm about to graduate from Cornell University, and her little brother had to correct me. FML
Today, the kids I teach informed me that I had spelled my name incorrectly on the board. I looked at it and assured them that I had spelled it correctly. I'm 22 and a graduate student, they're six and mentally challenged. Guess who was right? FML
Today, I had to find simple words to explain to the idiot I was tutoring that "1/4" is not of a greater value than "1/3" just because the denominator is bigger. FML
Today, disappointed with my results on a mathematics test, I went over it and realized my teacher had added up the marks incorrectly, leaving me with 17% less than I earned. The person who's supposed to be teaching me math can't even perform basic arithmetic. FML
Today, I was helping my kid with homework after work. I tried to Google “third grade long division explained simply.” Autocomplete filled in “because I don’t understand it either,” which I read out loud without thinking. My kid stared at me and said, “So… who’s teaching who?” FML
Today, I told my class I was giving them 60 seconds to do a problem. A girl replied furiously "At least give us one minute!!" I teach a high school honors math class. FML
Today, my math TA showed the class how one of her "dumb" students answered a test question. Everyone laughed as she wrote out the students answer, including myself, until I looked down at my answer sheet and saw that I submitted an identical answer. FML
Today, while grading my kindergarteners' spelling tests, one kid spelled all the words wrong, including his name. FML
Today, I was playing a math game with a 4th grade boy (I'm a college graduate). I cheated during the entire game, and still lost 7 of the 9 rounds we played. FML
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cookies61889 15
teacher became the student
duztx 0
Way to go...
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pinkspaceboundro 0
that's funny! but remember to use Please excuse my dear aunt Sally! - parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction!
dizzaymizlizzay 11
Yes it is! P for parentheses, E for exponents, M for multiplication, D for division, A for addition, S for subtraction. and the order of that DOES matter.
monkeysinatree 6
hmm that sound better than BODMAS which uses 'brackets' and 'of'. looks like the Aussies skipped out on the exponents :P
rbubbles 20
81. lmao I'm from Sydney, I was taught BODMAS too, 13s example sounds better. we were robbed!!
geeksaresexy 18
Our 'O' is 'Orders' which is our equivalent word for exponents..
YacL 15
Here in Canada, it's B for Brackets, E for Exponents, D for Division, M for Multiplication, A for Addition and S for Subtraction. BEDMAS. But it doesn't matter if you add or subtract first. That's the way I was taught.
geeksaresexy 18
D and M are as they occur left to right but before A and S which you also do left to right. It's a confusing way to teach it really because a LOT of people think you have to do division before multiplication or vice versa when in fact they go L to R
Nick_1993 2
Hey look at it this way. He is going to grow up to be a doctor or a surgeon. You on the other hand... That's why your teaching the 2nd grade! Nothing wrong with that!
elizabeth713 8
"Hey, look at" -incorrect punctuation after "hey" "look at it this way:" -needs a colon at the end "You, on the other hand" -incomplete sentence *you're teaching - wrong "your" "Nothing [...] that" - lacks a verb Don't disrespect teachers, dick.
YurTriniFantasy 1
at least you know your doing a good job at teaching him
aliceisbored 11
Go back to second grade then.
FeedMonkeyking 4
You look like a long haired Jimmy Fallon
maxschagerstrom 0
and people wonder why kids gets less and less smart.
Mr_Saikaly 35
well all I can say, is that I feel jealous from the students you are teaching :p
Lozza111 0
everyone makes mistakes, my calculus teacher actually gives out lollies to people who correct him. don't worry about it. =)
JawDropJuliaxD 0
your stupid.
luki13 0
How many times do you need to be corrected by simply adding an apostrophe and another letter? Every now and again fml comments forget a letter here or leave out an apostrophe there but #15 typed your doing a good job instead of you are or you're, then this dude only a few comments below types it the same way. Honestly how many people have to use your incorrectly before it is understood that your and you are/you're aren't-are not-the same word?
Piratbox 0
The day people abandon their egos and take a look at how stupid they are as opposed to merely criticizing the stupidity of others is the day we actually get some effort directed towards correcting terrible ingrained habits. In other words, #65... you'll be waiting until the stress and frustration put you in an early grave :(
the_easter_bunny 1
Well said 85. 65, you need to calm down. It's not a big deal.
Jesio 2
someone using "your" instead of "you're" and calling other people stupid - priceless
rat3dxx 0
agree
puppy23 3
If I had a kid and he/she/it was in your class you'd be out of a job before the end of the day. Everyone makes mistakes but not something as basic as that.
BB_ava 0
I bet you've made some mistakes in your life worse than that.
ItWasAllWorthIt 0
But you can call your kid "it" and it's fine?
MurphyS94 4
So you would be one of those annoying parents that call up the school complaining about every little thing and trying to get everyone fired? My mom is the vice principal of a school, people like you make her job a living hell.
FYLSLOWLY 0
One mistake you just made was referring to another human being as "it"