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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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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whiterabbit420 4
wow that sucks hardcore for you. guess you should, you know, not teach
IloveyouJon 11
For one common mistake?
geeksaresexy 18
For one common mistake which may not have been a mistake. If they were doing word problems or if the kids are too young to be taught the order of operations the kid was just being a smartass because he's ahead of the others. If not fair enough, correcting a teacher is hilarious.
whiterabbit420 4
I personally don't consider messing up something as simple and fundamental as pedmas a small mistake. the kid may or may not have been a wiseass that's irrelevant, however teachers who mis-spell, do basic math incorrectly, or make other mistakes on fundamentals are setting kids up with a poor foundation. I pay their salaries with my taxes, and I don't even have kids in the system. the least they can do is set the kids that will be paying my social security up with a good foundation.
geeksaresexy 18
We weren't taught order of ops until we were 11+ so any time before we had to know it at school we didn't used it. When I was 7 we did maths left to right, we were just learning the basics of multiplication etc. Really the kid is advanced for the syllabus they are being taught. At 7 I wouldn't have understood the order of operations and would not have needed to know it yet. So really OP wasn't doing anything wrong. Also you are not paying OP's salary..
Leadamp 7
And you call yourself a teacher
bbucaro98 0
that is the answer......^
bailey80 3
Hahahahaaha I hope ou learn from the student
ChrystiannCrazyy 0
haha you'll never win, Are You Smart Than A Fifth Grader?, you can't beat second graders!
woahheylex 0
PEMDAS
harbqll 0
Now we know why you teach second grade, and why most kids these days are idiots. I'm guessing that one is learning at home with his parents.
momo1972 3
or does 2nd grade teach you?
FYLSLOWLY 0
In Switzerland, 2nd grade teaches you!
burgerburger 0
in what state do second graders do multiplication? honestly?
geeksaresexy 18
In the 'state' of Switzerland..