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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

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By Anonymous - 27/04/2022 12:00

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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

CuriousYel1ow 13

Monday 13 October 2014 18:40

School problems won't be problems as soon as Ebola gets here

kittymisfit 13

Monday 13 October 2014 18:42

I imagine the ability to recognize actual science was a big part of the assignment. Something a lot of people apparently have difficulty doing. *smh*

sousaphonist 14

Monday 13 October 2014 19:46

Did she agree with the article's position? If so, then she deserved the 0. On the other hand, if she tried to argue it's falsehood, then she deserved SOME kind of credit.

Bl4nk3t 2

Monday 13 October 2014 20:00

so what your saying is: as long as you do EXACTLY what i say, you'll do well. ANY creative deviance will result in failure. Welcome to the American teaching system. crush out all differences, everyone must fit into this straight line. Was the essay well written? That's what should matter. not the fact that she got creative. if it was full of "likes" and "umm's" okay fine, but if you failed her simply on the fact of the article she chose the it's YDI. Start teaching individuality, not forcing people into a single mold.

Ichiya 29

Tuesday 14 October 2014 0:50

The student could have chosen any of the thousands of actual science related articles but they purposely chose a known hoax she was being a smartass.

mansen 15

Tuesday 14 October 2014 8:17

If the assignment was to write a piece of fiction or assess a piece of fiction, go for it. Be creative. But to foster critical thinking skills, to help a person develop skills in assessing if something is valid, how to look to see if it is true, and not to fall prey to the many many idiotic conspiracy theory circles that rely on those very lack of skills, then yes, these things have to be taught. It is not crushing out individuality, it is helping create people who are less likely to be duped by every dumb thing they see, read and hear. Being able to properly assess a science article in the news is one of those things that being wildly creative was not asked for for the assignment. If she took that article and came up with verified, sound research to show why it was a hoax, was not valid, and not possible, then fine, it would have been a good essay. But if she just took it and wrote about how people were talking about zombies from ebola victims, then no. She failed.

kaitlin_leann 9

Monday 13 October 2014 20:10

Did you say when giving your assignment that it had to be a real article?

False_Stupidity 41

Monday 13 October 2014 20:31

Sure its related to science.... science fiction that is.

whoredom 21

Monday 13 October 2014 20:33

You didn't have to give a 0. I think partial credit would have been fine since she still did some work.

ArkNon 6

Monday 13 October 2014 20:36

Is the family religious? It's possible they might actually believe in divine healing which may not be science related, but could explain where they're coming from.