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By Anonymous - 10/01/2015 22:12 - United States - San Pablo

Today, I gave a presentation to my college class about life with Tourette syndrome. I only got 3 minutes into it before my asswipe classmates started yelling stuff like "Shit!", "Cock!", and "Bob Saget!" I gave up and went back to my seat in tears as our bored instructor said "Next." FML

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By stutterboy - 11/06/2013 20:36 - United States - Rancho Cucamonga

Today, I was giving a presentation to my college class. I've had a natural stutter my whole life, so I stuttered through the whole thing. My professor tried to hold in her laughter for 15 minutes. 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 Anonymous - 05/05/2024 00:00 - Australia

Today, I was giving a presentation in front of my class. Mid-speech, I felt a sudden urge to sneeze and tried to hold it in. Instead, I let out the most obnoxious, window-rattling sneeze imaginable, complete with a spray of snot, which landed on my notes. I think I traumatized my classmates for life. FML

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By no more tp - 17/02/2011 06:22

Today, I ran out of toilet paper in the bathroom. I was forced to use tissues to do the job. As if that wasn't bad enough, the sanitizer in the tissues gave me a rash that made me have to stand up frequently in the lecture hall. Several people asked if I had Tourette's. 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 siddance - 04/09/2015 18:08 - United States - San Diego

Today, I had an extreme panic attack in the middle of class. I interrupted another person's presentation, burst into tears, and ran out of class whilst everyone looked at me. FML

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By hrs220 - 21/05/2016 21:55 - United States - Lake Zurich

Today, I gave a presentation for my final on class. While I was giving the speech my shirt strap broke. I ended up flashing everyone including the teacher. At least I got an A. FML

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Performance anxiety

By Anonymous - 15/06/2022 20:00 - New Zealand - Auckland

Today, I had a presentation for my university class. The bus was 5 minutes late, and I ended up getting to class right on time. As I took a seat, my group was asked to present. I panicked and totally bombed my presentation. FML

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My finest hour

By Anonymous - 25/04/2023 00:00

Today, I presented the worst seminar presentation probably in the entire history of my graduate department. I kept stumbling over questions, and overall, making an ass out of myself. I probably should leave my masters program at how thoroughly I burned myself. FML

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Stay safe, stay home

By Anonymous - 17/03/2020 05:30

Today, my professor gave me a huge lecture in front of the class about showing up sick, about how I was endangering the lives of other students, and kicked me out of class. As I left, everyone applauded. I'm not sick, but suffering for horrible allergies. FML

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Sunday 11 January 2015 9:21

I would imagine that college students would have the maturity level to act like adults for a small portion of their life. But i guess some people can't. Sorry to hear Op. Some people still act like 7th graders even when they're adults and its a tad stupid to put it frankly

BLEED_MY_SOUL_07 9

Sunday 11 January 2015 9:20

Bob saget?

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SMHsohard 22

Sunday 11 January 2015 11:00

This sounds like one of those Gawdawful lecture hall 400 student Freshman classes we all had to suffer through. The instructor is probably a lowly TA who is not much older than the students and has no desire or ability to maintain control or command respect. You have to decide how far you want to take this-college isn't cheap, either you or your parents are probably paying out hard earned money for your education and it sounds like you aren't getting your money's worth.

Emmers__27 7

Sunday 11 January 2015 11:17

College? Really?? They sound incredibly immature. Including the instructor.

ADBurns 22

Sunday 11 January 2015 11:22

OP - from your comments about what your classmate said - it seems he was shouting out all the things he likes to eat... :) Honestly - your life is better for not knowing people like that on a personal level. Cheer up and just start calling him **** sucker every time you see him- if he get upset just say it's your Tourette's :D

CA4495 17

Sunday 11 January 2015 11:34

Wtf? How can some people be such insensitive assholes? And the instructor didn't even do anything either!

Frenchtony 17

Sunday 11 January 2015 11:45

The Bob Saget part was hilarious ! I mean it's obviously disrespectful and inconsiderate, but they probably meant you no harm. It's just some stupid joke, and anyone who knows South Park would laugh at this. On the bright side, if it makes you feel better at the end of the episode... /////Spoiler Line Do Not Cross////// ...the kid who fakes having turret syndrome, gets so used to yell whatever he wants whenever he wants that he eventually ends up telling out loud ashamming things about himself without being able ton control himself. This may happen to your classmates. Cheers, and never take things too seriously.

RobinGoodfellow 47

Sunday 11 January 2015 16:53

How is this helpful?

interesting33 36

Sunday 11 January 2015 11:56

My jaw actually dropped in disbelief and horror when I read this. I cannot fathom how people can act so cruelly. I am so sorry OP - I'm sure there were people there whom your story touched and you are so brave to tell it. The teacher acted like a total jerk too. Don't let this stop you talking about it though - it is important and you are making a difference - I think you are very brave OP.

zeemonster424 15

Sunday 11 January 2015 22:55

More people need to be brave like OP and dismantle the stereotypes about Tourette's. Very proud of OP for trying, but some people will just always be stupid. This is probably the most heartbreaking FML I have ever read.

that1guyyy 12

Sunday 11 January 2015 11:59

I'm curious what college that is. I go to college in California too but I would be extremely surprised if anything like that happened. I will assume it's a community college in a ghetto area.

ksks1234 33

Sunday 11 January 2015 15:45

Oy! There are a lot of adults going back for degrees at community colleges. The one I attended (Gasp! A community college! Quick! Throw tomatoes at me!) was amazing with a high percentage of adults.

NostalgiaFreak9 41

Monday 17 June 2019 19:00

I attended community college first, and I can assure you, most of my classmates were middle aged adults going back to school, and the younger people (for the most part at least) had a sense of maturity. Yeah, you had a few immature assholes here and there, but it wasn't nearly as much as a university. And I can guarantee you that if one of those assholes pulled a stunt like that during a presentation (at least where I went), not only would the instructor rip him a new one, the other students would too.