By wasted time - 19/12/2013 09:09 - United States

Today, I learned, 90 horrifying minutes into a college exam, that my 85-year-old calculus teacher had spent the last three weeks teaching us the wrong chapter. FML
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Queen_bee1234 21

His qualifications as a teacher just don't add up. Hope you can work out your problems.

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DocBastard 38

I may be speaking in hyperbole and I hope I don't go off on a tangent, but I think this is a sine that sumthing is wrong with how he functions as a teacher. Looking at it from another angle, obviously you can't count on him to teach you the right material. I hope he eats some humble pi and retires as he is clearly past his prime. Good luck.

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The_Tenth_Doctor 14

That sucks and calculus is hard enough as it is.

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foxy_grampa 19

It took you 90 minutes to figure that out?

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doodlecloud 26

Haha, that was my first thought too, surprised no one else has mentioned it earlier. Doesn't really make it anymore FML-y either so seems an odd thing to add...

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doodlecloud 26

I suppose maybe OP's trying to emphasise that he had 90 whole minutes of hell....but personally I think I'd rather 90 minutes of confusion but being distracted and hopeful by still trying to figure it out then realising immediately and having a whole exam of knowing I'm completely ******.

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Zebediabolical 39

I'd much rather realize we weren't taught the material so I could challenge it immidiately. Beats the hell out of wasting 90 minutes.

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kellyem2 20

File a complaint with his department. If possible, get other students involved. You might be able to get a new exam or action taken on your behalf.

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fleur_de_fevrier_fml 22

85 year old and he is still teaching??? Don't you have a retirement age in the US?

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Rainhawk94 27

Yes we do. We also have a Hulk

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hurricanemonster 9

Nope, it's called tenure.

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j_cat187 19

There seems to be discontinuities in his method of teaching.

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JMichael 25

Or maybe you spent three weeks learning the wrong chapter compared to what the class was doing.

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Mintaka_fml 11

I wonder if there is a Limit to the teacher's incompetence or if it stretches on to Infinity. There can certainly be a Differential when learning the correct chapter. In fact I would think it Integral, plus a Constant.

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sanecatlady 13

I heard a lot more people can't afford to retire even in their 80's now, in the US anyway. Sad.

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sanecatlady 13

Where I live a lot of older people have minor jobs like the cashiers at the grocery store probably because they need the money and most of the younger people have gone to at least halfway across the country to find real work. Double sad.

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