America, hell yeah brother

By Anonymous - 03/10/2012 23:00 - United States - Tallahassee

Today, my teacher's comments on my essay read, "I know it's college, but you use a lot of unnecessary words with a lot of syllables." He basically scolded me for having a complex vocabulary. I go to an accredited state university. Nothing says "America" like under-achieving professors. FML
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By lrn2spel, teach - This FML is from back in 2013 but it's good stuff - United States - Mogadore

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
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Paria12 2

He could have meant you just use them unnecessarily to sound smarter when they don't really make sense to use in the moment...

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Isa_fml 20

Maybe you're just a pretentious dickhole.

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iwadasn 32

It depends on your writing style. Do you actually have a good vocabulary, or did you shoehorn in a bunch of big words just to look smart without being sure how to use them properly? Also, some subjects require more concise language than others. In an English class, for example, flowery sentences may be fine, but other subjects, like history or science, usually require you to get to the point quickly without any unnecessary purple prose. Instead of just assuming that your professor is an under-achiever, you should talk to him about what he wants in an essay.

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melisa_hope 9

No what the professor was saying was don't use 10 words when 2 will do. It is not because you have an extensive vocabulary it is that you were fluffing you paper with words instead of thoughts.

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TurkeySlab 9

I freaking hate it here everyone is too lazy for anything other than driving 10 minutes to the nearest mc Donald's. Mercia

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caitiebug1119 15

Your professor was just saying you don't need to use big, fancy words to get your point across. He understood what all of the words meant, but a simple word would've done just as well (maybe better). Honestly I bet teachers get exhausted of reading papers where it's pretty much assumed the student looked up every other word in the thesaurus just to sound smarter. If you're not one of those students, that's great but you still sound like a pompous a**.

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tbuscariollo 2

Well actually u may just be using unnecessary words. I peer review a paper today with a guy that kept using word that didn't need to be there. It makes your paper confusing.

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Abracadavre_fml 9

Having a vocabulary is good, but not when it bores you to tears.

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TcheQ 12

Having a good vocabulary is great. Having a useful and vast vocabulary that is deployed at appropriate times? That is what you should aim for. Nothing says tryhard like intrinsically apprehensive cogitational digerati transcending multiproportionate silopsist ramifications. It is more important that your intent is clear and succinct. Verbiage is necessary some of the time, but it isn't the rule. Sincerely, Professional Scrabble Player and Physicist

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