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By Anonymous - 17/02/2016 13:16 - Canada - Brossard

Today, I sent an email to my teacher asking if a source was a primary source, he replied yes. I got my grade back for my essay and it was worse than I expected. My teacher said it was because I didn't use a primary source. I showed him the email, to which he replied, "Well, I was wrong in the email." FML
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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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Peacelove0404 26

He shouldn't be taking points off of your grade for his own mistake. That doesn't seem fair

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StaticCode 12

Didn't he say the source was primary? And you didn't use a primary source? I'm confused about this.

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Levvy 22

The student showed the teacher a source. The teacher mistakenly said it was a primary one, then took points off for not using a primary source when the student trusted that to be true and used it. Hopefully that helps.

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videogames4life 10

you should talk to someone higher in charge like the principal or someone in higher position than your teacher. also, make sure you don't take your teacher's word once next time

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amb27 7

I've had this before, it's really shitty. For my essay we had to have a certain amount of sources to reference and I asked my teacher if I had enough, and she said that I did. When I got the essay back I got a shit mark and she told me that I hadn't used enough sources. Such a joke. At least you have the email proving her wrong, I'd definitely go to your principal or whoever and complain.

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vegantreegirl 26

If you're in high school or younger have your parent call in and speak to the principal. They will take parents more seriously than students. If you're in college then speak with the department head. Show the email as proof.

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MadJessTic 29

Never believe what your teachers tell you!

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Whovian42_fml 14

Wow, some really shocking examples of bad teachers in these comments. Your teacher's mistake should not reflect on your grade as he steered you wrong, definitely go further up the chain with your evidence. Hopefully the teacher doesn't take it out on you for calling out his mistake though.

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JessicaGrewal 22

I hope you said something back. You do not deserve to lose points when the teacher is at fault.

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Rose0Madder 14

I'm not sure if anyone else has told you this, but a primary source is written by somebody who lived through whatever event you're reading about. Let's say you're writing about the Holocaust. The diary of Anne Frank would be a primary source. News articles from that time would be a primary source. Speeches would be a primary source. A secondary source is written about that time period, by someone who didn't live through it.

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KayleeFrye 39

Definitely unfair. I'm a teacher, and I've made mistakes, too. But I would never hold it against my student's grade, especially if they had my mistake in writing. Making the original mistake in his email does not make him a bad teacher. Teachers are human and screw up, too. But penalizing you was beyond unfair! He should have changed your grade, since you did what he told you to in the email. If you were my student, I would change your grade if it was my mistake, not yours.

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