Today, was teacher appreciation day at my school. They played a slideshow of all the teachers. The students cheered wildly for every teacher. When my picture came up, nobody clapped. The whole room was quiet. 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, in art class, everybody was showing the paintings that we have been working on for weeks. Everyone was cheering and clapping. When mine came up, nobody clapped. FML
Today, it was my very last day teaching my dance class. After the class ended, the owner of the studio started clapping and told all my students to give me a hug. No one hugged me. No one. FML
Today, I was at a school rally I was talking to my friends when I noticed the entire gym had gotten quiet. Not knowing why I thought it would be funny to yell out "it's too quiet!" apparently it was a moment of silence for a teacher that had recently died. FML
Today, I gave a big presentation to my class. It included PowerPoint slides and video clips of the country I'd been researching. Another student did a presentation on the same country, except he just read from its Wikipedia page. He practically got a standing ovation. I got a single clap. FML
Today, our favorite teacher walked into our history class and everyone started whistling, I decided to join in by screaming, "Sexy!" The room went quiet and all heads turned to me. FML
Today, I had to present a powerpoint in front of my class. When I was finished, no one clapped. On my way back to my seat, I slipped on a pencil and fell straight on my face. That's when everyone clapped. FML
Today, I changed my teacher's PowerPoint picture to me making a funny face. He saw it and changed it to a picture of him, with a middle finger. 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, at the elementary school where I teach, the kids all voted for their favorite teacher. I was the only one to receive zero votes. When I asked a small group of students why no one voted for me, one boy replied "because you're the ugliest". FML
Today, I went to attend my summer school class again after being out sick for a week. When I said "Here" during roll call, everyone started cheering and clapping. Apparently, my professor has been badmouthing me while I've been absent for pretending to be sick. I'm sure my grade will be fantastic. FML
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Outpail 1
Hard teachers are usually the ones that teach life lessons... I know mine were.
koda_fml 0
YDI for being a bad teacher. FYL for having dumb children. Either one works.
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Comments (259)
Albarufus 13
Learn from it!
loucypher 2
That has to be a wake up call. On the upside maybe they lesrn more in your class. Your job is to teach not be their friends but maybe look at your style
jak1224 1
You obviously are a bad teacher. Makes me proud to know Obama pays loser teachers
doglover100 29
I'd take this as an example. Maybe the class is too hard, you give too much homework, your mean to your students. They should atleast have clapped. If you don't like the teacher you still have to be respectful.
Dahgman 4
I'm a teacher in California, USA. If they booed because you act like a dick (hey, I'm off the clock and on Summer Break), then it's hard to sympathize. If it's because you have strict standards and expectations, then you have to be true to your beliefs. It's kind of nice to have them respect you and like you well enough. You don't need to be their best friend, but at least be fun or funny at times so they look forward to coming to your classroom. It makes the work day a lot more enjoyable. Ya might want to do a bit of soul-searching...particularly if all of your other colleagues received applause (I'm sure you must have some strict colleagues on your staff). All the best to you.
FeedMyChickens 0
what a rip off
Steffi 26
Be a more friendly. How hard the class is doesn't change how much we like a teacher.
Sir_drink_alot 20
Teacher appreciation day? My toilet works and i live in a house, how about plumber/architect appreciation day. You are well paid and have total job security, stop expecting people to worship you for being a teacher
Skylansmile 11
I feel like these posts are so fake. Like... Realistically... The students are going to *wildly* be clapping and cheering for ALLLLL other teachers, but you come up and there's crickets? Out of simple respect, if not for you as a teacher, then for the function recognizing the teachers that the school put together, I think most of the students, even if they don't like you, would politely clap.
livefreely12 11
Agreed!
sammyjo06 14
Unless you are a terribly horrible person, I think the kids would've at least politely clapped when your picture came up. Maybe not cheered wildly like they did for the teachers they like, but they would've at least clapped...