Today, the "Child Care and Development" class at my high school assigned all 50 students to carry a fake baby around school all day for a week. I can't even read a page of my notes without hearing a robotic crying noise. Today is the first day. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, for my Teen Living class, all the students got a fake baby. In order to stop the baby from crying, you have to use the bracelet they provide. I lost the bracelet. I have the baby all weekend. FML
Today, my class got baby dolls for the week to teach us how to be good parents. After school, I went to the store with my mom with the baby doll. When I got home, I realized that I left the baby doll in a shopping cart. FML
Today, after our teacher had said this class would be very important and that we should take notes, instead of writing notes, I brought a recorder to class. After class, I listened to the recording, and all I could hear was muffled voices. FML
Today, I worked my first day at a nursery. At nap time I spent about an hour trying to get all the kids to calm down and go to sleep. I'd finally got the last one to drop off, when my phone rang. Loudly. FML
Today, I emailed out class requirements for the upcoming school year. I had to include, "No toys, no bottles, no pacifiers, and children must be fully potty trained in order to attend." At least 3 parents complained. I teach second grade, and none of them is special needs. FML
Today, I had 15 teenagers literally laugh in my face when I asked them to be quiet. I'm a student teaching in a high school, which is the culmination of 2 years of my life and $20,000, and I might in fact actually hate doing it. FML
Today, I’m a high school teacher and I finally learned how to use the smartboard properly. I connected my laptop to demonstrate a lesson… and projected the last thing I had open: a half-written email complaining about how loud this exact class is. Thirty teenagers read it in silence. One kid raised his hand and said, “Fair.” FML
Today, I have to attend a mandatory parenting class due to a false report filed against me with CPS. My son's school play is at the same time as today's class, and I'll have to miss it so I can learn how to be a "better mom". FML
Today, as a natural science teacher, I was drawing a uterus on the class chalkboard. One of my students started messing around and being noisy, so I shouted, "Be quiet and check out my uterus!" FML
Today, I fell asleep in class. I'm the teacher. FML
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HowieDoIt 21
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, anybody?
lissa_jade 22
moral of the story: you only have this baby for a week and it's already driving you nuts. a real one you're stuck with for at least 18 years. DONT HAVE A BABY FOR A VERY VERY LONG TIME. (:
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Jacksparrow72 21
Wear earmuffs?
MitChell127 5
It is quite cold this time of year.
Llama_Face89 34
You knew what you'd be getting into when you took the class.
wooley29 8
14- She didn't say she was in the class. She just said that class assigned the students with the babies.
interesting33 37
They might not be taking the class - other people might though and be carrying babies around school and disrupting everything. The babies around school - although maybe designed to put you off/realise how hard it is, is a bit unrealistic though isn't it? I mean if you had a baby you wouldn't go to school with it, you would find someone to look after it wouldn't you?
Bibliovore 26
Good point, #21 and #23.
tomatosz 23
What if people would hire a babysitter for the fake baby... Imagine the face of the babysitter, must be priceless.
QueenSaru 28
Not really, we had a class that we had those ridiculous electronic babies for when I was in high school, and it was a core health class, we didn't choose it and couldn't skip it. :/
junkman6 22
When we did it in highschool teachers made us leave them outside the classroom. And outside the school library.
vadaaa 11
Be happy that it is just for a week, and not for 18 years. And then be very careful when you have sex. Very, VERY careful.
DropBearMeat 23
Only 18 years? I'll have you know that I'm 35 and I still cry robotically to my parents whenever they're trying to study their high school notes.
interesting33 37
I love your comment DropBearMeat :D
vadaaa 11
25- then give it a thumbs up, don't comment
interesting33 37
Yeah, but it was hilarious so I thought a simple thumbs up wouldn't suffice.
BellaBelle_fml 23
78; Why didn't you follow your own advice and simply give them a thumbs down and not comment?
vadaaa 11
114- I knew someone would say that. But lately I keep seeing people saying "I love your comment" "haha that comment is funny" when it really isn't necessary.
Gaga_is_God6969 13
At least when I had to do it, we had partners...still, I feel your pain :/
BrotherTheo 31
...That....Is....The...POINT.... The thing is supposed to teach you child care/etc right? To help you get a vague idea of what it's like to have a real, helpless life on your hands? The crying is the very least of your problems then.
LeaAnne94 17
Just wait until you're trying to sleep. That's the fun part.
Enslaved 38
I was luckier than the students are now a days. When I did it, I had to carry a raw egg around and takes notes. :) My egg never cried .
Bibliovore 26
Mine was a potato -- less likely to go bad, or to make a horrible mess if someone jostled you in the hallway.
dashizam 10
In our school they still give out eggs
truesarrif 33
they dont cry.. but I hear they make an awful mess when the old lady next door hurls em at you from her window
NostalgiaFreak9 43
Nowadays, I see it as a great lesson as to why you shouldn't become a parent so young.
shadowdragon1 1
Buy it a Xbox 360 it works wonders
aruges93 12
We had to carry eggs in school too we had partners also. So if we got tired of carrying the egg we gave it to the fake baby daddy
usnwife 18
Did that, and now have 3 of my own. Not very realistic... I'm still taking college classes online, but have other people care for my children when I'm studying, and none of my children have cried every half hour all night every night like that stupid fake one did...!!!
greenie213 23
They have to make up for the lack of real poop with more crying.
Enslaved 38
Count your lucky stars that your children weren't colic. Some will not be as lucky as you. And yes, it may not be realistic but you can at least learn about your patience before considering becoming a parent.(:
mansen 15
We had the raw eggs. Teacher kind of tossed mine on my desk....and off it rolled. Many bandaids for my eggy offspring there. I now have 2 kids and am a fulltime college student with a husband working out of town most of the time. Dear god....just...I still count the years, the many many years until I have my Phd...
ballbearing 10
It's lucky that you have resource to afford or family/friends to help with the baby. Teen parents often do not. My own son went through a phase, while I was in college, where he would only sleep 20 minutes at a time and screamed while awake. I did the crying doll in high school. It was but a mere glimpse of motherhood.
usnwife 18
My second was extremely colicky, 3 hrs strait screaming a night. But when she slept it was at least 2-3 hrs at a time. We live far from family and friends, but we cut out what we have to so we can afford daycare so I can get my degree, and actually learn what I need to. Family of 5 on a military salary isn't easy, but we prioritize and make it work
mansen 15
my family lives far away. Friends all work or in school. We had to save for years for me to go back to school and to afford daycare. We also budget carefully to be able to keep being able to afford this. Also the reason why husband has a high stress, away from home job. At night, isolation due to kids in bed asleep, babysitters are expensive so I never go out. A lot of sacrifices but, the end goal to add to family finances and quality of living, and to show children what can be achieved....better be damn worth it lol
ballbearing 10
The hardship is worth it. I wouldn't trade being a mom for anything. But - those dolls are great if they make someone realise how not ready they are to take on parenting. Babies are cute - motherhood (parenthood, really) is not.
mansen 15
my kids I would never trade despite the stress of trying balance my classes and labs around daycare and school schedules, and massive homework plus ensuring the children get one on one time and attention. There is never ever any mommy time. If those dolls help bring that message home to just how difficult life is with a baby...it is for grownups that plan for them! Then all the power to them. Much better than abstinence only education which jist leaves the poor kids in the dark about....everything.
QueenSaru 28
Very realistic depending on the kid! I screamed pretty much straight for the first six months of my life because of colic and food allergies. My parents had to look after me in shifts so that they could get some sleep.