Books, Students and Miscellaneous: Help!

Help!

By technicallywroteabook - 21/08/2015 05:15 - United States - Grapevine

Today, I turned in an essay about a book I'd read over the summer. My teacher later called me to her desk and began to gush about how interesting the book sounded and asked to borrow my copy. The book I wrote about isn't real, and the main characters are named after my childhood pets. FML

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By oh dang /: - 25/05/2011 11:34

Today, I turned in an essay after staying up late to work on it. I was away when the teacher assigned it, so I'd asked my friend what the subject was. It transpires that she'd given me the wrong one, all because she was mad at me for not returning her pencil. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/03/2013 11:29 - United States - Charlottesville

Today, my teacher read my story about a haunted house for a class assignment. She liked it very much and turned it in to the office to be sent into a state writing competition. An hour later, I was called to the office where the guidance counselor called my work "disturbing" and said I "need help". FML

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Pet Store Madness

By I Heart My Cats and Dogs - 16/09/2019 22:01

Today, I was filling out an application for a job at a local pet store. At the end of it, they wanted a paragraph about any pets I had. After a while, I found myself finishing a 3-page essay about them. That's the longest essay I've ever written. FML

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By Quirk - 29/10/2009 05:17 - United States

Today, in class, everyone read my Creative Writing submission. It was a touching story about the unconditional love that exists between dog and his owner. Everybody unanimously agreed that it was probably about bestiality. FML

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Vote of confidence

By SMRT - 13/01/2010 06:08 - Canada

Today, I finished my position paper for my social studies class and read it to my mom to get her opinion on it. After I'm done reading it, she asks me if I copied it from somewhere because it sounded very professional and smart, and it didn't sound like me. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/11/2009 00:32 - United States

Today, I had to make up a story about my "friends" at school so my mom doesn't keep telling I'm a loser. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/06/2014 15:05 - Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Today, I got cited for "internet plagiarism" and called to the dean's office. I'd been sitting a closed-book written exam, and my teacher had been breathing down my neck the whole time. FML

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Look Rufus…

By jumbledgirl - 10/01/2012 05:25 - United States

Today, my teacher started talking about me quietly to the stuffed cat, called Rufus, that she keeps on her desk. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/10/2011 10:09 - United Kingdom

Today, I turned in an overdue English assignment at college. My instructor accused me of plagiarism, writing that my sentence structure was "TO" good. Seriously? FML

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By Teaching - 12/11/2009 07:17 - United States

Today, I was reading my students' Halloween stories I made them write for my creative writing class in high school. One of my students wrote about attacking me. She got my street address perfect and everything. FML

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tuslaw12 13

Friday 21 August 2015 17:04

Maybe you have a natural talent in writing. You should look into writing an actual book

OfficialEarth 12

Friday 21 August 2015 17:03

Looks like it's time to write a book

Comments

Steve_Dudley_UK 10

Saturday 22 August 2015 11:29

Easy enough to say your essay "was a work of fiction not fact which of course does not take anything from the literary value of the work".

theycallmerash 13

Saturday 22 August 2015 12:56

Just tell the truth. He/She might give you full points for creativity!

interesting33 36

Saturday 22 August 2015 18:40

yes at this point it might be best to just say 'I made the book up'. You may have a talent for writing which she might recognise and she might get you to write more, or get you to read a book. But it might be best to just tell her

42069666 18

Saturday 22 August 2015 13:39

just say it was (for example) your aunts unpublished novel so you can't really give it away. or maybe just read a ******* book next time, ydi

dannidoll93 24

Saturday 22 August 2015 16:31

Haha betcha she didn't recognise the title, googled it to find it didn't exist, and is now psyching you out. Better get writing quick OP ;)

DoDaJulio 13

Saturday 22 August 2015 18:03

Hello future author!

Mercipoo 13

Saturday 22 August 2015 19:24

Tell her you got it from the Library

zeffra13 31

Saturday 22 August 2015 20:11

Then the teacher would try to get it at the library and they'd tell her it doesn't exist.

zeffra13 31

Saturday 22 August 2015 20:08

It's possible she was on to you and was trying to make you admit it. I still hope you responded with something like, "my aunt visited over summer and lent it to me, but she took it with her when she left." Otherwise YDI.