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By Anonymous - 12/10/2014 20:46 - United States - Gainesville

Today, I received an email from an angry parent, demanding that I give his daughter an A on a project which I had given her a 0 on. The project was to pick an article related to science and to write an essay on it. Hers was a hoax article relating to Ebola patients rising from the dead. FML

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By student101 - 26/03/2014 03:37 - United States - Sun Prairie

Today, I got a history project back that I worked very hard on. The teacher didn't bother to write any feedback, besides, "Did you even understand the assignment?" on the back. FML

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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 ITM21 - 09/03/2012 06:43 - United States

Today, I accused a student in my class of getting his dad to do his homework. It turns out that his dad died two years ago. FML

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By Core5555 - 18/12/2016 05:54 - United States

Today, I was paid to take pictures of an anti-vaxxer parent, who'd decided he would disprove the theory of gravity too. He'd read it was a hoax on the internet. 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 - 28/02/2017 00:00 - Canada

Today, my classmate told me she can copy an article from the internet and hand that in, as long as she cites it at the end. FML

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By jazzie7719 - This FML is from back in 2014 but it's good stuff - United States - Arlington

Today, I went into an exam room to do a check-up on one of my patients. I told the little girl's mother that she needed her flu shots. When the girl heard this, she took an apple out of her pocket and threw it at me. FML

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Indianboy9321 25

Monday 13 October 2014 6:50

It's one thing to politely ask you to allow his daughter to redo the assigned work with a proper article, and it's another thing to "demand" a near-perfect score for nowhere near acceptable work...

SharnaaaBanana 22

Monday 13 October 2014 6:49

It really amazes me how ignorant some people can be.

Comments

FaultfulJoy 7

Tuesday 14 October 2014 4:11

The idiots just keep rolling out.. It's the new "trend", to be a complete moron!

wanted_2_want 40

Tuesday 14 October 2014 5:07

At #48 It actually is my own cat at dark ready to jump me. And nope it wasn't photoshopped. And yes it is alive.

kyrasrayne420 4

Tuesday 14 October 2014 5:20

back on ebola topic. they only found 2 cases of it in Texas but need to keep in mind there are more out there bc the guy from liberia came in more contact than with one person you know security ect..

Dietcok3 6

Tuesday 14 October 2014 6:16

A zero is a little harsh, considering she did do something...

Ichiya 29

Tuesday 14 October 2014 8:00

She did 0% of the assignment so she got 0% of the credit.

acke01 14

Tuesday 14 October 2014 8:00

She's probably one of those who believe everything on iFunny

Thatguy334 7

Tuesday 14 October 2014 9:15

To everyone saying"well the student still wrote an essay they should get some credit" lets say you're a mechanic and I ask you to do an oil change. You give me a new transmission. Do I owe you anything? NO!!! Because you didn't do the work asked for. Neither did this dim bulb. She write an essay about some pseudo-science fiction, not a scientific article: which was the assignment.

leaahhmariie 6

Tuesday 14 October 2014 18:25

It actually is not a fictional topic; the disease can send someone into a "coma-like" situation where the heart rate is slowed to a point where it is not detectable. When they awaken from this, it appears as if they are rising from the dead.

TheMalygos 21

Tuesday 14 October 2014 12:04

Thank you?

hegchog12 18

Tuesday 14 October 2014 14:59

To be honest she did do her assigned work. She wrote an essay on an article that is related to science as it was on the topic of the ebola virus even if one of the symptoms were false it was still on a factual virus. Unless you read it over and marked it fairly (which you never since you gave it a zero) then you could be in serious trouble if the work was related to her grades.

Ichiya 29

Tuesday 14 October 2014 16:06

It wasn't related to science though.

hegchog12 18

Tuesday 14 October 2014 17:36

Related to science. Currently ebola is being scientifically studied by a wide range of people.

Ichiya 29

Tuesday 14 October 2014 21:53

Science fiction does not equal science!

leaahhmariie 6

Tuesday 14 October 2014 18:23

This actually is a thing. One of the effects of the Ebola virus is an almost coma-like occurrence. It sends your body into such a deep sleep that a heartbeat is almost unrecognizable. Taking into account the technology where this was discovered (Africa), it was reasonable for them to suspect such a thing. This is a real situation, just with a different explanation, and does in fact relate to science.