Miscellaneous: Today, I turned in an overdue English assignment at college....

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 R - 05/09/2016 10:27 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, my teacher called a friend and me out of class and told us we had been reported for plagiarism because our answers to a problem were nearly identical, and he said that I shouldn't have shared my work. This for an assignment where significant marks were awarded for collaborating with peers. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/08/2021 22:01

Today, I failed an assignment because the person I paid to do it plagiarized the entire thing. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/11/2009 06:43 - United States

Today, I got a paper back that was given a zero for suspected plagiarism. Everything I wrote was my own thought and analysis. My instructor basically thinks my paper is smarter than I am. He won't listen, even when I explain my thought processes throughout the piece. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/06/2014 15:05 - Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Today, I got cited for "internet plagiarism" and called to the dean's office. I'd been sitting a closed-book written exam, and my teacher had been breathing down my neck the whole time. FML

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By dumbteacher - 23/05/2011 14:35

Today, my AP teacher once again accused me of plagiarism. Apparently the words "demise," "ultimately," and "rural," are too sophisticated for an 11th grade AP student to use and MUST have been copied from the Internet. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/04/2021 13:01 - Australia - Sydney

Today, I got yelled at for 10 minutes by my head of department for failing one of my students for plagiarism, because, "we can't be sure." It was my work he plagiarised, but because it's not in our system, it doesn't count. FML

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By jzidar24 - 22/10/2015 02:37 - United States - Bloomfield Hills

Today, at school, I got in trouble for plagiarizing on a paper. The subject of said paper was where I see myself in ten years. 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 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 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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Monday 31 October 2011 15:14

*facepalm*

LaDeFreakinDa 4

Monday 31 October 2011 15:14

I'm fairly positive that due to the quotation marks OP's professor was the one who used the wrong form.

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bigbubbamike 0

Monday 31 October 2011 18:07

obviously you plagerized it bc "to" is spelled "too" in this context

derver26 3

Monday 31 October 2011 18:10

I highly doubt that this is true considering that your grammar is incorrect right now. I think you mean "TOO" good

Duoceros 22

Monday 31 October 2011 18:28

This FML just proves the point of the saying, "those who can't do, teach."

n_bolt 0

Monday 31 October 2011 18:32

To is spelt as too

n_bolt 0

Monday 31 October 2011 18:32

To is spelt as too

tedyesca 0

Monday 31 October 2011 18:54

what an idiot. lol. wonder who s/he slept with.

majortom01 0

Monday 31 October 2011 19:00

"to"? Really? It's "too".

skyeyez9 24

Monday 31 October 2011 19:05

One would think college professors like to read well written papers.

FMLsOhilarious 6

Monday 31 October 2011 19:09

Haha, don't you just love professors who think they know everything? I once had a professor that confused here with hear. Granted she was a A&P professor, but still. People really need to learn their homophones.