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Slipping up

By Noname - 21/02/2009 21:43 - United States

Today, I got an email from my professor with my grade for a paper. It said, "Solid writing, but you should have proofread your final draft more carefully." In a moment of annoyance, I typed in the reply box, "God should have proofread your FACE more carefully." My elbow hit the send button. FML

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Same thing different taste

By pissed_off_girl - 01/04/2013 02:59 - United States - Falls Church

Today, I had to proof-read a terrible paper containing a bunch of mistakes. It took me 4 hours and I didn't eat dinner until I was done. His response when he got it back was, "What the fuck did you do to my paper?! You bitch!" FML

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Despair

By TeachingSucks - 17/05/2023 11:00 - United States - Cabot

Today, I'm grading final projects for a junior level college class. A student finally turned in their work, after months of encouragement and coaxing. Half of it was plain wrong, the rest had so many spelling and grammatical mistakes, it appeared to be written by a drunk autocorrect program. FML

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Don't hold back

By You asked... - 17/08/2024 13:00 - United States

Today, a friend of mine asked me to proofread her essay. "Don't hold back," she said. I took a look at it. It looked like it was written by a third grader, and she's in college. After spending a huge amount of time marking all of her mistakes, I gave it back. She got upset at me for being "extremely critical." FML

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By shaifox96 - 17/04/2015 03:34 - Canada - Saint Catharines

Today, I received a terrible grade for an essay I worked really hard on. I had two friends, one being an English major, check it over. However, apparently I "clearly didn't use spellcheck" on this essay just like the last one I submitted to her. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/06/2011 00:59 - United States

Today, my professor handed me back a paper I spent hours hours working on. At the bottom in red it said "D" followed by, "That was a gift." FML

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By tirf - 09/02/2015 22:58

Today, while correcting essays, I spilled ketchup on a student's paper. I managed to successfully turn it into a happy smiley face but when proudly looking at the result, noticed it was right next to the big "F" that I had graded it. FML

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By ScreweD- - 16/11/2015 21:39 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I got a writing assignment back. After meeting with my professor specially after class and meticulously combing through every word of that paper, I got a low D. Turns out, he graded me down on every suggestion of his that I took. FML

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The ole answer/forward conundrum

By Master's_degree_in_failure - 17/10/2020 22:30

Today, I "answered" an email instead of "forwarding" it. As a result, there is a chance that my Master's thesis supervisor gets a message from me starting by the F-word, and complaining about my bad work and inability to understand a deadline. FML

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Smart

By Anonymous - 22/08/2014 16:56 - New Zealand - Auckland

Today, my boss chewed me out for correcting several spelling and grammar mistakes in one of his reports. The words "Think you're so damn smart, don't ya?" were uttered. I'm his secretary, and proofreading his shit is part of my job. FML

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By stupid - 24/12/2018 18:00

Today, after turning in a paper that I worked really hard on, I got it back with a grade of 0. In the feedback section, my professor wrote: “In all my 37 years of teaching, this is by far the worst essay I have ever read.” FML

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Melanie_fml 0

Sunday 22 February 2009 0:59

I suggest using the 'my little brother did it' defense!

matt0794 1

Sunday 19 June 2011 0:08

you do know the irony of your comment an your name right?

Comments

skitz 0

Sunday 22 February 2009 3:18

lmaoo, it sounds like something i would say

jpacker 0

Sunday 22 February 2009 3:40

AHAHAHA this is amazing

darkimmortal777 6

Sunday 22 February 2009 4:32

haah i loved this one, it was by far the best ive read. im sorry about that =[ but lmao thats funny shit.

Pattheog 0

Sunday 22 February 2009 5:43

just say a roommate did it or something.

alwaysalady 0

Sunday 22 February 2009 5:55

Don't email in anger. its a bad idea.

awefjio 0

Sunday 22 February 2009 6:21

agreed with 8.

arms_akimbo 0

Sunday 22 February 2009 7:52

I don't quite believe this. Your elbow hit "Send"? C'mon now.

LordP123 0

Sunday 22 February 2009 9:52

I only comment when something clearly isnt true. While I enjoy laughing at someone else's expense...enter usually just skips to the next paragraph. And what were you doing? Typing it out to see how it would look and then just looked away and carelessly leaned forward and hit the send button with your elbow? I call bs on this. Someone craves attention.