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By ihateloopholes - 21/06/2015 20:42 - Lebanon - Beirut

Today, I forbade a student in the writing seminar I instructed from continuing to present his disturbing poems about demons. He responded to this by convincing nearly every other student in the seminar to write and read out loud several of his poems. FML

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By depressed - 03/09/2013 21:43 - United States - Yorktown Heights

Today, my new creative writing teacher informed the class that we should consult him before writing anything "dark or disturbing." I only took the class because my therapist recommended that I join the class so I could freely express my darker thoughts without her help or a fear of being judged. 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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By Anonymous - 12/06/2020 05:05

Today, my boyfriend came across an old poem I wrote. I like to write horror stuff, but he was disturbed, called it “silly” and “sad”, and said he didn’t want to have a girlfriend who thinks about stuff like that. I'm now discouraged from becoming a writer. 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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By WhyIHateTeachers - 25/06/2015 03:49 - United States - Ormond Beach

Today, I submitted a poem for my English class. I had fun writing it, so I wrote a second which was not nearly as good. My procrastinator of a friend never did his, so I gave him my extra poem. Mine was given a 75% while "his" received a 93%. FML

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By PrettySureItsReal - 09/04/2015 19:38 - United States - Saint Peters

Today, a parent of one of the students I teach called me to complain that I was teaching her child "lies" and "fairytales". I was teaching them about the Holocaust. FML

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By burnbabyburn - 11/11/2015 17:47 - United Kingdom

Today, a student set me on fire while I was lecturing my class about proper lab safety. FML

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By Noname - 28/01/2009 11:03 - United States

Today, I gathered the courage to participate in a class discussion. My professor laughed at me. FML

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By Yudansha - 14/02/2009 03:10 - Canada

Today, we wrote Valentine's Day poems in class. I wrote a very depressing poem about how I was rejected by all the girls I like and how it hurt to be alone. When it was read to the class, they laughed and told me it was hilarious. Even the teacher. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/10/2011 15:52 - United States

Today, I was bitched out by my 17 year old son's teacher. It seems the idiot teacher made the kids advocate for his own political beliefs in a presentation, and my son ended his speech saying, "And it remains my opinion that our instructor is cramping my motherfucking style." Instant suspension. FML

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MrConcise 34

Monday 22 June 2015 10:27

Actually, I kinda agree with the student. **** your censorship, OP. Stephen King has written many masterpieces.

drayloon 50

Monday 22 June 2015 10:29

Is it a creative writing course? You shouldn't be forbidding a student from writing about what they want then, as long as isn't criminal.

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MrBlaTi 7

Thursday 25 June 2015 9:41

I think all of you are going in a wrong direction in a crucial point. Not allowing something cause it's inappropriate is not equal to censorship. Not allowing something in a domain where one is the one who calls the shots isn't censorship. If he forbade him to recite or share his poems outside from class, THAT would be censorship. The freedom of speech gives you the right to say or write everything you want, but not everywhere you want. You still gotta obey to authorityfigures in their domains. As cursing and cussing is forbidden in schools, I think it's OPs right as a teacher to decide what he want's to work with. I bet you people would be losing your shit if the poems were homophobic or racist or anything. But maybe for OP these poems of demons weren't any better. Maybe they were bothering him. Maybe they were affecting his life, giving him nightmares. Who are you people for trying to blame OP for trying to make his workplace pleasant for him?

TallMist 32

Friday 26 June 2015 2:02

There's a difference between writing something homophobic or racist and writing about demons.

TallMist 32

Friday 26 June 2015 2:04

Oh, as well as the fact that the majority agreed that the student's poems are not disturbing at all and liked them (Based on the fact they took the student's side.)

wikki1237 4

Tuesday 30 June 2015 8:07

1. That is offensive to Spn fans 2. He's being creative not mass murdering everyone

wikki1237 4

Tuesday 30 June 2015 8:11

I mean it might be different, but it's not harming anyone just scaring them it's called creative writing for a reason I really don't see the problem here they are many worse things in life or hell on Tumblr then some persons demon stories