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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cmb8280 24
No better birth control than carrying a robotic crying machine around for a week. Kudos to your teachers
spikekutter 9
things like this really makes me want to get a sex change so then i can stay a hopeless romantic forever..
rebeccamj7 5
I'd love that
lovecrazy12 14
I got one back in high school, it was for the weekend. The battery of mine died the first night which was a good thing because my brother was ready to throw it out the window.
coolboy675 16
THIS is an extreme case of baby voice. (flails arms around and cries like a baby)
alyspar2 5
I just got mine today too! Kill me now.
Ray_of_midnight 23
I never did the "carry an egg/sack of flour/fake baby" thing in high school. I didn't have to. All it took was a little bit of exposure to other peoples' screaming, rambunctious kids and that was enough to make me never want one of my own. I'm 47 and childfree, and happy that way. The only bad part is that I lost nearly all my friends when *they* became parents. A whole bunch of my friends got "baby rabies" in their mid 30-early 40s around 5-10 years ago. Now they no longer had time to socialize. See you when your kids turn 18 and get shipped off to college, I guess.
amisenho 11
Agreed. I didn't have to take the class to know that kids are a bitch to raise and just not my cup of tea. What's ironic is that, at my school, the ones who took the class were the ones who ended up getting pregnant and having kids before finishing high school. I guess the class was just a preparation course for them. You'd think the number of teenage pregnancies and births would go down after taking the class, but perhaps the variables aren't that simple.
wanted4myeyez 7
Just pull the battery out or stick in a closet
corleon198425 22
You young kids are so ****** up with technology these days it's a good thing you have a crying baby! Don't be a dummy blow it on her tummy
meaganxo 14
I had to do that this month. Honestly, it's not even that bad. Toughen up, at least it's not a real baby!