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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 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

stargirl_95 24

Monday 13 October 2014 10:37

I think that a lot of people are forgetting that because of the character limitations, the OP can't give us a lot of information. He could very well have written a detailed list of instructions and rubric that stated that the article had to be an actual scientific article. Therefore, if the student didn't meet the criteria OP had every right to fail them. If anyone is at fault it's the student for failing to comply with the criteria.

Katthebamf 29

Monday 13 October 2014 11:59

Good on you OP some people are utter morons

Ki11erC 18

Monday 13 October 2014 12:22

You mean what they report in The Onion isn't real? :o

dammityou 10

Monday 13 October 2014 12:55

what about city raiding flying viking ship riding angry berserker ghosts

russiancat464 12

Monday 13 October 2014 13:03

what hoax

Migillope 10

Monday 13 October 2014 13:04

Okay, I recognize that she definitely didn't deserve an 'A'. However, is it really fair to give her a 0? Depending on what grade it is (if this is Sophomore year of High School, fail her sorry ass) she should probably receive a 'C', or the opportunity to make it up for a lowered grade. You may have overreacted just a tad, but I'm not going to try to dictate how you teach.

Ichiya 29

Tuesday 14 October 2014 0:35

People need to nip stupidity in the bud.

123765 18

Monday 13 October 2014 13:09

Who would write that for a project?...

Randomxnp 10

Monday 13 October 2014 13:16

Did she analyse it scientifically? If so then it would appear she fulfilled the task. A project does not have to be positive, we do not have to only write about things that we agree with or are correct.