School and Work: It's maths

It's maths

By bastawhiz - 18/09/2009 02:23 - United States

Today, a professor approached me in the hall to ask if, since I'm a math major, I could tutor one of her communications majors in a required Calculus course. Apparently the volunteer tutor the school provides "is a complete dumbass." I'm the school's volunteer tutor. FML

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By terrible kenny - 30/01/2011 09:24 - United States

Today, as I went into my calculus class, the teacher announced that someone had received a negative grade on the test we were getting back. I laughed and said, "Which f*cker managed to get a negative?" Turns out I'm the dumbass. FML

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By foreveralone.jpg - 29/08/2012 20:51 - United States - Cincinnati

Today, I listened to my roommate and her friend struggle with their math homework for an hour. It wouldn't be so bad, except for the fact that I'm a math major and repeatedly offered my help. They'd rather fail math than be around me. FML

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By yep, she does have a tumblr - 18/07/2015 02:26 - United States - San Francisco

Today, a girl called me a racist, stereotyping asshole. All I did was ask a kid who happens to be Asian to tutor me in math. Which I didn't do just because he's Asian, but rather because he's in college and is actually a brilliant mathematician. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/10/2013 13:43 - United States - Romulus

Today, in calculus, our substitute teacher told me I was smart. Everybody in the class, including my friends, burst out laughing. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/12/2009 17:35 - United States

Today, my math TA showed the class how one of her "dumb" students answered a test question. Everyone laughed as she wrote out the students answer, including myself, until I looked down at my answer sheet and saw that I submitted an identical answer. FML

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By wasted time - 19/12/2013 09:09 - United States

Today, I learned, 90 horrifying minutes into a college exam, that my 85-year-old calculus teacher had spent the last three weeks teaching us the wrong chapter. FML

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By math is literal violence - 20/11/2021 08:01

Today, despite doing extra credit, staying after class to have one-on-one tutoring with the TA, doing online tutoring and watching YouTube videos, I still absolutely cannot do math! I’ve been reduced to bribing my nephew to do my work for me. I’m in college. He’s in 7th grade. FML

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Maths is hard

By Anonymous - 01/04/2014 17:07 - Canada - Cranbrook

Today, disappointed with my results on a mathematics test, I went over it and realized my teacher had added up the marks incorrectly, leaving me with 17% less than I earned. The person who's supposed to be teaching me math can't even perform basic arithmetic. FML

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Brain freeze

By Anonymous - 02/06/2009 23:13 - United States

Today, I was working my job as a waitress near my college. I handed a customer her check, and she noticed that I had added her bill wrong. I apologized, and she pointed to my "student" labeled nametag, asking what I was studying. I said English. I'm a math major. FML

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By Hi, I'm Heather - 01/10/2014 02:05 - United States - Lincolnton

Today, my Spanish teacher told me that the reason the girl I'm tutoring hasn't contacted me yet is because she emailed the teacher saying she didn't like my name, therefore she didn't want me to be her tutor. FML

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kellster 2

Friday 18 September 2009 9:27

You volunteer tutor?? Dude, get yourself paid for that gig! I used to tutor in university and you can make some decent cash that way! Although, no offense, but it sounds like you're not a very good tutor. So, plan: improve your tutoring, then insist on pay.

Intoxicunt 5

Friday 18 September 2009 9:13

bastawhiz, nice to meet you. You're a complete dumb ass.

Comments

SimpleSimon 0

Friday 18 September 2009 15:44

The truth hurts, deal with it.

FerrariCake 2

Friday 18 September 2009 17:05

FAKE. Since when do communications majors have a "required calculus course"?

BakerMan_fml 0

Friday 18 September 2009 19:17

Radio Communications do. The fourier series use a lot of trig too.

camo09 0

Friday 18 September 2009 21:37

I'm a communication major... I have calcus... Calculus for dummies, but still calculus. And yes, it's required, or I definitely wouldn't have done it. Calculus

fxdxhk90 0

Friday 18 September 2009 19:06

If you suck that much, just teach them how to differentiate and integrate using calculator software, rather then using math. Also, just teach em how to use integral sheets to look up answers. You don't actually have to teach that much calculus.

I_am_stupid_also 6

Friday 18 September 2009 19:40

If someone is not able to understand calculus, there is a 0% probability that they will ever have the need for it in real life. Just knowing when to use it is the most important part.

TheKitsune 0

Friday 18 September 2009 20:02

You're the ONLY volunteer tutor the school has? Small school or what?

randomness28 0

Friday 18 September 2009 23:04

You deserve it for being a dumbass? Cmon, if you're really a shitty tutor then why not take some time to work on it first? Nobody wants to take lessons from a dumbass

01phoenix 0

Sunday 20 September 2009 18:25

Did you tell the professor that the" dumbass volunteer tutor" is smart enough NOT to tutor the kid who won't pass without your help?

myang12 0

Tuesday 13 October 2009 22:53

haha.. I feel sorry for you..

Kgirl2cute 6

Monday 5 July 2010 6:35

Or maybe we could consider that the teacher's in the wrong? Obviously the OP isn't bad at maths if the teacher specifically asked them as someone they knew was capable. Rumours and word of mouth can give you a reputation you didn't deserve - the teacher probably heard that the tutor was a dumbass and tried to find someone good at math, aka the OP.