Miscellaneous: Today, I got feedback on an essay I wrote, by my mum who is also...

By Anonymous - 08/12/2010 21:31 - United Kingdom

Today, I got feedback on an essay I wrote, by my mum who is also a teacher. She said it was 'worse than most of her pupils'. She teaches 10-year-olds. I'm a 20-year-old student at university. FML

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By badessaymyass - 17/04/2014 19:59 - United States - Phoenix

Today, I had my teacher look over my essay before turning it in. He said it was extremely well-written, so I handed it in. When I got it back, the feedback he left said it was one of the worst essays he'd ever read. FML

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Feedback

By fluent in two, unlike you - 25/03/2014 18:42 - Mexico

Today, the feedback my teacher wrote on my English assignment was so horrible that it took me half an hour and help from both my parents to decipher it. It turned out to be a scathing criticism of my "poor communication skills". I hate my teachers. FML

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Underfunded and underappreciated

By lrn2spel, teach - This FML is from back in 2013 but it's good stuff - United States - Mogadore

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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By stupid - 24/12/2018 18:00

Today, after turning in a paper that I worked really hard on, I got it back with a grade of 0. In the feedback section, my professor wrote: “In all my 37 years of teaching, this is by far the worst essay I have ever read.” FML

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Don't hold back

By You asked... - 17/08/2024 13:00 - United States

Today, a friend of mine asked me to proofread her essay. "Don't hold back," she said. I took a look at it. It looked like it was written by a third grader, and she's in college. After spending a huge amount of time marking all of her mistakes, I gave it back. She got upset at me for being "extremely critical." FML

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By englishornah - 23/04/2015 02:53 - United States - Somerset

Today, I asked my classmate to look over my essay. His comments were longer than the essay itself. 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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Don't mention the helicopter parents!

By Anonymous - 27/04/2022 12:00

Today, I got an F because I’m an idiot and wrote my essay on WW1 instead of WW2. I offered to resubmit a correct essay, but my mom stormed to school to demand it be changed to at least a B, because it was a good essay, even if it was on the wrong war. God, she’s impossible and embarrassing. FML

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By writerflaw - 10/03/2015 17:36 - United States - Juneau

Today, I lost a grade on an essay, because according to my teacher, I put much more detail into my analytical essay than I should have. FML

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By shaifox96 - 17/04/2015 03:34 - Canada - Saint Catharines

Today, I received a terrible grade for an essay I worked really hard on. I had two friends, one being an English major, check it over. However, apparently I "clearly didn't use spellcheck" on this essay just like the last one I submitted to her. FML

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Jorindaaah 7

Wednesday 8 December 2010 23:42

Maybe you aren't stupid, maybe those were just REALLY smart 10 year olds!

geovanni 9

Friday 10 December 2010 16:04

WTF?

Comments

PamParanoia 0

Thursday 9 December 2010 10:10

That's TOO harsh. fyl :/

dt520 4

Thursday 9 December 2010 10:33

Whats worse, 10 year olds doing better than you in school or the fact you are actually paying to do it?

wriptidez 0

Thursday 9 December 2010 11:55

oh man

doggone456 0

Thursday 9 December 2010 13:46

atleast she's telling you like it is and not sugarcoating it just 'cause your her son.

Rae95 0

Thursday 9 December 2010 14:48

YDI for saying "at university"

ksm69 0

Thursday 9 December 2010 17:11

Well shes right. The way you wrote this fml confirms that.

ello_fizz 5

Thursday 9 December 2010 17:16

I'm at Notts. No wonder I got in, if they take on people with the writing skills of 10 year olds...

megaswamp 0

Thursday 9 December 2010 18:22

you got pwned by little kids

doughnutboy99 2

Thursday 9 December 2010 21:32

sorry i know i sound stupid but; Nottingham is where the new robin hood takes place!!

GangstaGalahleio 0

Friday 10 December 2010 8:59

nice mother, you have.

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