Miscellaneous: Today, I submitted a poem for my English class. I had fun writing...

By WhyIHateTeachers - 25/06/2015 03:49 - United States - Ormond Beach

Today, I submitted a poem for my English class. I had fun writing it, so I wrote a second which was not nearly as good. My procrastinator of a friend never did his, so I gave him my extra poem. Mine was given a 75% while "his" received a 93%. FML

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By fuck_thisshit - 09/11/2009 10:27 - Australia

Today, we got our results for our final grade English paper on which I worked my butt off on, and also which I let my best-friend copy off from. I received a E- and two detentions for plagiarism. My friend got a A-. All she said was, "Oh well, at least you tried your best". 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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By Anonymous - 31/10/2011 10:09 - United Kingdom

Today, I turned in an overdue English assignment at college. My instructor accused me of plagiarism, writing that my sentence structure was "TO" good. Seriously? FML

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By Anomaly - 03/03/2015 02:43 - United States - Trenton

Today, I saw a person in my class completing a project that was due two periods later and that they had just started in the bathroom. They got a better grade than me. FML

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By oh dang /: - 25/05/2011 11:34

Today, I turned in an essay after staying up late to work on it. I was away when the teacher assigned it, so I'd asked my friend what the subject was. It transpires that she'd given me the wrong one, all because she was mad at me for not returning her pencil. FML

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By hardgraderorhardass - 24/02/2016 04:46 - United States - Bridgewater

Today, my English professor bragged to my entire class about how good my essay was. He kept on saying great things about it for the duration of class. To my surprise, he'd given me a C-. When I asked why, his only response was: "I'm a hard grader." 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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By ScreweD- - 16/11/2015 21:39 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I got a writing assignment back. After meeting with my professor specially after class and meticulously combing through every word of that paper, I got a low D. Turns out, he graded me down on every suggestion of his that I took. FML

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By This guy - 21/02/2016 02:53 - United States - Jackson

Today, my teacher gave me a 0% on my personal narrative in my writing class. His only comment on the whole paper was, "Too long, didn't read." FML

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By lauren555 - 27/03/2009 03:38 - United States

Today, after finishing a huge French essay, I realized my printer wasn't working. So, I emailed it to a guy in my class to print and then give to me. When I get to French, he said he had already turned his in early and never got my email. It turned out he used mine. I got an F on the essay. FML

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Diarrhea_Volcano 29

Thursday 25 June 2015 11:42

Well maybe next time you'll think twice before helping people who don't want to do their own work.

abNormal62 23

Thursday 25 June 2015 11:45

Roses are red Violets are blue Helping your friend Didn't work out for you!

Comments

echarlotte 19

Thursday 25 June 2015 11:46

That sucks man. At least you still got a decent mark. Let's hope your 'friend' owns up to it?

toaster87 19

Thursday 25 June 2015 18:13

Owns up to what? He gave it to him, the friend didn't steal it.

NykP 25

Thursday 25 June 2015 22:22

If the friend does own up to it then the Op can get in trouble for helping the friend cheat.

blahblah005 16

Thursday 25 June 2015 11:50

that sucks but hopefully u wont help him out again

thejonac 21

Thursday 25 June 2015 11:52

i don't understand why you're giving him your work. you're not helping him, you're harming him by letting him think he can get away without doing work. the teacher'll also have a false impression of his work standard and maybe challenge him even more. he'll then blame you and he'll think he can get work from you next time. sorry, but YDI on this one.

wheelchairchick 11

Saturday 27 June 2015 4:43

Who hasn't let somebody copy off of them?

_awwhellnaw_ 45

Thursday 25 June 2015 11:53

I feel ya, but you willingly gave up the poem. As soon as you said you gave it up, I thought, "You deserve it" because you never do someone else's assignment. Ever.

igg125 30

Thursday 25 June 2015 11:54

So you got a 93, good job.

superpoptart 24

Thursday 25 June 2015 11:58

it could be that the teacher's grading was subjective. always expects high quality from you and the 1st poem didn't meet it. but then expects nothing from your friend but receives one, so they got a higher grade

Captain_Debilos_fml 13

Thursday 25 June 2015 12:08

Ask him to compensate you or threaten him to tell the truth (if the handwriting is the same, it would be easy). If he refuses, he's not really a friend.

juturnaamo 29

Thursday 25 June 2015 14:40

They were both in violation of most academic honesty policies. If he ratted his friend out, he'd be in as much trouble.

toaster87 19

Thursday 25 June 2015 18:16

Are you serious? It's his fault for willingly giving it up, expecting it to be turned in as someone else's work, just as much as it's his friends fault for turning in someone else's work.

Zebediabolical 39

Thursday 25 June 2015 19:20

If you demand compensation or threaten to turn your friend in, you're the one who's not a good friend. I dunno about where you're from but around here friends don't blackmail each other over petty shit like this.