By Gottalovepeople - 31/12/2017 01:34

Today, I found out that my ten-page paper, which has taken me two months to construct perfectly and is worth 30% of my grade, was on the wrong book. It’s due tomorrow. FML
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Symphoniaes 32

Email your professor and tell them what happened, provide proof that you had finished an essay and weren’t just slacking off. Doing so might make them more lenient... well, a D- is better than an F right?

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neuronerd 28

Two months for 10 pages? I'm hoping you're in middle school, but then I'm also wondering why you're on FML. It's totally possible to write a quality 10 page paper overnight.

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Busymomma12 6

I'm sure that you would have had a check in with your instructor on the progress of your paper, so ydi for not realizing until this late

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Glowworm56 26

To quote Sir Raven from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy: "Wait a minute. This is the wrong book! WRONG BOOK!"

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Symphoniaes 32

Email your professor and tell them what happened, provide proof that you had finished an essay and weren’t just slacking off. Doing so might make them more lenient... well, a D- is better than an F right?

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09051308288 17

Just tell the truth. Some teachers are considerate enough.

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manb91uk 22

Presumably a re-read of the assignment overview (or a draft submission) would have prevented this?

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chosha_fml 26

Attention to detail is good, but attention to the main question is also helpful.

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chosha_fml 26

If the book you wrote about is equivalent to the one assigned, your teacher might accept the assignment. But I’d write the real assignment as well, just in case.

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neuronerd 28

Two months for 10 pages? I'm hoping you're in middle school, but then I'm also wondering why you're on FML. It's totally possible to write a quality 10 page paper overnight.

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neuronerd 28

Haha, grad student. I wrote the majority of my 100 page thesis (including references, but not including title page, abstract, etc) in about 3 weeks. Granted, that also involved finding and reading 120+ biomedical journal articles for sources, but I'd write each section (between 10-35 pages each) in a day or three.

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blucorsa 15

It took you two months of writing and editing and never once looked back to the book on the subject? I feel like it would be really hard to not reference the source of your assignment for the entirety of an important project like this.

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WeirdUS 29

I'm calling fake I can't see any reasonable way this is possible.

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