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
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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, while grading my kindergarteners' spelling tests, one kid spelled all the words wrong, including his name. FML
Today, I was reading a picture storybook to a kindergarten kid. She could pronounce more words than me, and corrected me. I'm about triple her age. FML
Today, it was the last day of school, and I said goodbye to one of my students. She then told me how to correctly pronounce her name. I'd said it wrong all year. FML
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
Today, I found out I've been misspelling my middle name for 25 years. FML
Today, my 10-year-old niece asked me how to spell "embarrassing." I confidently spelled it out. She giggled and said, "No, that's wrong." She was right, and to make matters a tad ironic, I'd just finished bragging about winning a spelling bee back in middle school. FML
Today, I got back the essay I wrote about how my country's education system is fucked. At one point, I made a spelling mistake. My teacher wrote a note about it, basically calling me illiterate, and telling me to pay attention in school instead of whining about it. She misspelled "school". FML
Today, I confidently corrected someone in a group conversation. I was wrong. Very wrong. Everyone stared while Google proved me incorrect in seconds. I nodded and pretended I meant something else. FML
Today, my 8 year-old niece and I were arguing over how many letters were in the alphabet. Guess who was right. FML
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pogostick_fml 2
WTF? How does ANYONE spell their own name incorrectly and still get it wrong when checking it over?
Milord_fml 16
never underestimate those little rascals lol
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Comments (118)
vno_fml 1
Maybe you're dyslexic? No shame in that.
jesusjr 0
On the bright side, you're not mentally challenged, just retarded.
AcessDenied 0
@ 12 I totally lol'd. And sad thing, is I've done the same thing, but, on a test paper. Luckily there were no other kids in my class with a name even similar to mine. I have a habit of speed reading or writing when I'm working on something, so I tend to.. Well.. I've skipped over entire word phrases, missed letters, misused letters, etc.. But on a chalkboard? Dude, when mentally challenged kids are correcting your spelling, you need someone to pop up from the background and go 'here's your sign'.
gingbabe 3
haha ^win :D
fcuk_mylife 0
#7 - HAHAHAHAHAHHA dont ever attempt to tell someone they've FAILED when you cant spell the word yourself. wow.
iluvfmls456 0
I think the point was to spell it wrong since op spelled his/her name wrong. but idk
ChrisFrancia 0
their contagious haha. your just lucky one didn't run up to you and stamp EPIC FAIL across your forehead
Fmlgirl08 0
first of all, mental illnesses aren't contagious. Second of all, you wouldn't be posting this if someone u know was mentally challenged. get a life douchebag. maybe someone should stamp epic fail on YOUR forehead
LittleMissMack 0
LOL @ #7 (I see what you did there and I approve) anddddd #14 you fail too =)
cubbiezgurl03 0
Just because they're mentally challenged doesn't mean they're stupid. Quite the opposite really. They have huge huge memories. Always show them that their opinions mean something and don't shoot them down because you freaken think you're smarter.
Zic_fml 7
Dropped a clanger huh? Never underestimate human brain under pressure!
whitey_fml 0
NEVER take a special ed. kid for granted. i know a lot who can beat me silly at sports, math, etc. they all have some genius to make up for their handicap.
Fmlgirl08 0
I agree. my best friend has aspergers and she gets straight A's in every class....
TheThrasher_fml 0
aspergers simply means your social skills are a little off. no biggie
Strafeh 9
I have a little. It isn't just "off" You physically ******* suck at communication
calchik00 0
Lol. Everyone beat me to it, but #7 man..... you failed