Today, out of habit from twelve years of karate classes, I bowed to my teacher as I exited my classroom. My chemistry classroom. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was teaching when I saw a student leave her chair and brazenly head for the door. I clapped her on the shoulder and said, "Going somewhere, miss?" She vomited all over my pants. FML
Today, I was escorted out of the building for getting in a scuffle at my anger management class. FML
Today, in my karate dojo, I was being taught how to fall properly. My sensei instructed us not to fall with our hands out because it could sprain our wrists. As I was getting ready to help demonstrate a backwards break fall, I actually fell over. Guess where my hands went. FML
Today, I finally got the guts to walk out of class 30 minutes early, only to find that the back door was locked. As I stood there like an idiot trying to get it open, all 200 people in my class turned to laugh. My professor stared at me. I then walked back to my seat, sat down, and unpacked. FML
Today, I fell asleep in class. I'm the teacher. FML
Today, I witnessed my karate instructor whimper and practically piss himself as a guy walked up to him in the street and demanded his wallet. What a total waste of hundreds of dollars' worth of lessons. FML
Today, as I was leaving for my chemistry exam, I stepped on one of the countless sheets of chemistry notes that littered the floor following last night's studying. I managed to slip and knock myself out in my own living room. FML
Today, I was late for class. I have extreme social anxiety, so I quietly slipped into the huge, packed auditorium, trying to be as quiet as possible. When I was almost to my seat, I accidentally kicked a teacher's coffee down the steps. The entire class looked at me and some clapped. FML
Today, I stood up in front of the class and dropped my pen. As I bent over to pick it up, a boy in the front row loudly broke wind. I will forever be known as "that teacher who farted". FML
Today, at my art school, during the class my teacher left the classroom. I stood up from my seat to ask my friend something. When I sat back down, one of my guy classmates was sitting there. I sat on his lap and right at that moment my teacher came back. FML
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Top comments
AlliTheKat 27
It shows that you've learned respect, maybe a little out of context, but there is a bright side to this
Demig0d6 14
I want to tell a chemistry joke but all the good ones argon
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Comments (68)
gerald_digbick 3
That's more just funny than bad
amisenho 11
They'll love you in Japan. If it's one thing the Japanese can't stand, it's a gaijin who doesn't respect their traditions and etiquette.
raphanne_fml 33
They're pretty understanding though. They realise that foreigners can't know everything about Japanese culture, and they will forgive your ignorance if you do any gaffes. They do appreciate it when foreigners make the effort to get to know more about the Japanese way though.
lmartinez 4
Did he now back?
erenjaeger 16
I do that to everyone. It's nothing bad. If anything, it shows you're respectful of other cultures.
wingedelephants 17
Now I won't feel so bad about walking into English Lit. class and saying "Hola." I have Spanish class right before it.
Witchylady 18
I used to do that too when I studied karate years ago. I used to bow entering cafés.
superdom 12
Done that
okometve 5
Bro I feel you.
TheyCallMeDamien 18
Sounds like you have a good martial arts instructor.
Tannasgh 22
Nothing wrong with respect.