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By oralMistake - 26/10/2009 18:46 - United States

Today, I failed an oral speech because "I didn't look up once." The problem was, every time I looked up, my teacher looked down. Every time I looked down, she looked up. FML

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By wheezy - 03/12/2013 17:28 - United States - Bay Springs

Today, while giving speech in class, I choked on my own spit and had a coughing fit while everyone stared at me intently. When I finally regained my composure, my teacher told me my time was up and to sit down. I hadn't even got finished the first paragraph. FML

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By suhleedah18 - 24/04/2012 18:49 - United States

Today, I realized just how bad my problem with making eye contact is, when I caught myself looking the other way when the singer in a music video looked directly at the camera. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/09/2020 02:01 - Singapore - Singapore

Today, my teacher walked into class and said, "Look to your left and right, one of those persons you just looked at will fail the upcoming exam." When asked why, she said too many people passed last year's exam. She was dead serious. FML

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By perverted teenage girl - 29/11/2016 21:51

Today, my crush was giving a presentation in class. I zoned out and began staring off into space - which happened to be in the exact direction of his crotch. When I realized what I was doing, I quickly looked up at his face. He was already looking at me, with an expression of severe discomfort. FML

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By smileydays - 29/01/2014 03:09 - Canada - Merritt

Today, I had an oral English exam to present in front of three teachers. Halfway through, I completely lost my voice. They failed me because they thought I was trying to play a prank. FML

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By fmlifer - 04/11/2011 04:29 - United States

Today, I went to kiss my girlfriend on the cheek at school. I missed, and walked away awkwardly. Later on, a teacher stopped me and told me how bad I failed. FML

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By macaroni17 - 10/04/2014 02:33 - United States - New Oxford

Today, we had a speaking assessment in Spanish class. When it was my turn, I yawned in the middle of a sentence, said "excuse me" and finished my sentence. She took points off because I hesitated and I spoke in English, not Spanish. FML

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By F-f-f-fuck you, teacher - 29/10/2023 10:00 - United States

Today, I gave a presentation. My teacher deducted points because I "need to learn how to speak more confidently, because you often stumble over your words." I have a stutter. FML

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By stupidteacher - 05/07/2016 15:02 - China - Guiyang

Today, I gave a presentation in class. I felt pretty good about it, until afterwards when I was told I lost points for communication because I'd been chewing gum. I wasn't, I just have a speech impediment. FML

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Smooth move, teach.

By Faceplant - 14/11/2017 10:00 - United States - Port Orchard

Today, I monitored my students as they conducted a lab experiment. I was walking to the other side of the room while looking at a student who seemed about to ask a question. When she looked up at me, I walked into a wall. FML

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Monado 0

Monday 26 October 2009 22:50

Hey, anything oral requires at least one head down ;)

emgirlie5732 0

Monday 26 October 2009 22:51

hahah ur nickname made me burst out laughing... if you think about it not about this situation...

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emiley0413 0

Wednesday 18 August 2010 15:08

thi has happened to me many times

coblercool706 2

Thursday 19 August 2010 5:18

suuuuure that's what happened...

Simba501 0

Wednesday 6 October 2010 8:12

Lol wow

iheartwthcares 2

Friday 25 March 2011 8:42

the same thing happened to me!!!

LilyXmae 0

Saturday 26 March 2011 23:32

this happens to me in forensics alllll the time :/

ChickenLegs937 6

Wednesday 30 March 2011 3:02

I know exactly how you feel. Happens to me ALL the time!

daeemann 1

Monday 20 June 2011 6:24

Ummm...this happens a lot. If you're learning about giving an oral speech in a real-world type of event, people are not always going to be looking at you. The trick is to look down more w/ your eyes and less w/ your head. You also have to learn to grab as much as you can quickly when you look down, and then look up and say what you read. When you first do this, you will only be able to grab about 2 or 3 words and it will sound really bad. But you need to practice this in front of a mirror. This is one of the fundamentals you have to learn before you can get good at giving a speech. There are also a lot of vocal exercises you can use to warm up your voice, so that your voice does not become monotone and you lose interest of your audience.