Today, while I was substitute teaching a middle school class, a boy, named Chris, refused to get in the boy's line for the bathroom. After I had said, "Chris, what makes you think you're a girl?" in a very loud voice, one of the other students said "She is a girl." I've scarred a child for life. 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, on my first day as a middle school substitute teacher, the class I was in had blue passes for boys and red passes for girls. The kid in the front row raised a number two for the bathroom, so I handed her a red pass, only for him to brush his hair back and say, "I'm a boy." The whole class laughed and called him "Babe". FML
Today, I was riding a bus. After having a conversation with my friend, I looked down and saw a little boy looking at me. He asked, "Are you a boy or a girl?" As if that wasn't bad enough, when I responded that I was a girl, he said, "Oh. So, why do you have a boy voice then?" FML
Today, I had to suspend a student. Apparently, someone convinced him that he turned invisible. He walked into the girls locker room thinking he could not be seen. I work at a high school. FML
Today, as two of my students walked into my classroom, I said, "Hi, ladies". One of them screamed at me: "Did you just assume my gender?!" FML
Today, a little girl came up to me and asked, "Are you a boy or a girl?" I said, "I'm a girl of course!" She walked away, looking dazed and saying, "Whoa." FML
Today, while in class, I was called down to the office. The principal showed me a video of two guys fighting in the school parking lot. I'm accused of being one of those guys. I'm a girl. FML
Today, I’m doing my clinicals at a teaching hospital. An irate patient began hurling slurs and demanded I leave the room during her exam. She didn’t care that I was a student; she thought I was a man. I’m not now nor have I ever been male. FML
Today, I tried to stop a teenage boy from entering the woman's bathroom. When he argued with me I had him thrown out. Turns out, according to their parents and driver's license, it was a girl. FML
Today, I was teaching and a boy sitting in front kept laughing and smiling, even after I asked him to cut it out. I got so annoyed that I jokingly said I'd knock his teeth out, and asked him to leave the class. The kid went to the principal and told him I intended to hurt him. I'm a college professor. FML
Today, a coworker at school yelled at one of our students to be quiet. The kid got pretty upset, so I went to comfort him. He held my hand for the rest of the class, telling me in vivid detail how he was going to kill my coworker. Now I'm afraid to look at him. FML
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sccrismyantidrg 4
That's horrible!
Kevlar29 0
Lolz next FML "Today, I got fired from work for making a 5 year old sob uncontrollably"
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jewjewbee 6
OP, you're an idiot. Who are you to question a child's gender, not to mention "in a very loud voice" around her classmates? I hope Chris reported you to the head of school and you never substitute teach again.
sallen0046 4
So you find it completely acceptable for little boys to use the girls bathroom? Who are YOU to decide what's appropriate when other people's children are involved?
Emrysa 1
I believe the original statement was addressing the teacher's moronic approach to the situation, not stating that it is ok for a boy to go into the girl's restroom. But I suppose it's difficult to comprehend that there are better ways to approach the situation than loudly asking a child if they are aware of their own gender in front of the classmates they have to spend the next six years interacting with.
lovelove24 1
Wow, way to stereotype. Moron.
jummpy117 0
that happened to me once
me5 0
but you said: a boy named Chris?!
lostfaithinpppl 19
Well, OP, you are a dumb ass and if I was that child's parent I'd make sure you never work in the school system again.
letsgetouttahere 3
There are some kids you look at and you realy can't tell, but I guess the name is what made you think it was a guy. Can't blame you there. There are some fully-grown men/women that you really can't tell. They're generally really obese though. The kid probably gets that all the time, don't worry about it, if she chooses to dress like a boy, she knows people will be confused!
CallMeBloo 31
Where did it say that she "dressed like a boy?" Girls nowadays wear T-shirts and jeans as often as boys do. Pretty much any substitute teacher (and I should know, as I have been one) gets an attendance sheet at the beginning of class that includes every child's name, student ID number, listed race, and sex. The sub could have just as easily referenced the sheet, but instead chose to be a judgmental dumbass.
ImaginaryFoe 1
I have read some truly ignorant comments on this site and this just made the top ten. I am going to keep telling myself you weren't serious until I start to believe it. She wasn't ser -- no, screw that. Are you honestly going to say you've never seen a short-haired girl in non-girly clothes? You are either extremely sheltered, incredibly unobservant, or just plain stupid.
iheartglasses 0
They deserved it. Its common for people to have unisex names but she shouldnt have been dressing like a boy. Dont sweat it
wondergurl 0
Why shouldn't she be dressing like a boy? Why is that wrong? It's because of people like you who make the LGBT community as ostracized as it is.
ImaginaryFoe 1
Apparently girls should not be wearing trousers. It's only 2010 and society cannot yet accept prebuscent girls in jeans and a t-shirt yet.
skyeyez9 25
There is a lesbian couple whose child goes to my daughter's school. One of the moms is named Chris as well. She is very tall, skinny and manly looking.
Emrysa 1
And that has what to do with the FML?
TeenieAmerica 9
Damn, really? That was insensitive. And "What makes you think that you're a girl"? Um, I'm pretty sure that by the time they're in middle school, they're gonna know their gender.
syed121417 22
Not really. I'm in highschool and sometimes I honestly can't tell. And if it's a girl who's skinny, with short hair a baggy clothes, it's not really OP's fault