Love: Today, I uttered the phrase "the pot calling the kettle black"...

By Anonymous - 30/05/2013 15:20 - United Kingdom - Northampton

Today, I uttered the phrase "the pot calling the kettle black" in class. Moments later, I'd been called a "racist twerp" and kicked out of class by the same English teacher who once tried to have another kid suspended for using the word "titillate", because apparently it's "pornographic". FML

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By assumed - 01/03/2011 16:47

Today, during a class, I noticed some racist statements and symbols on a table. While erasing them, I bent down to pick up my dropped pencil. I look back up to see a teacher, and got a suspension. FML

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Get out

By hackshack - 08/06/2012 19:45 - Brazil - Porto Alegre

Today, my English teacher kicked me out of class for being "rude and disruptive." In actuality, I had called her out for having blatantly used Google Translate for several example sentences, all of which sounded as if a semi-literate foreigner had constructed them. FML

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By eemp - 05/02/2010 05:01 - France

Today, I got sent to detention for saying, "That's what she said" after a girl in my class said, "Push a little harder" while dissecting a frog. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/10/2011 15:52 - United States

Today, I was bitched out by my 17 year old son's teacher. It seems the idiot teacher made the kids advocate for his own political beliefs in a presentation, and my son ended his speech saying, "And it remains my opinion that our instructor is cramping my motherfucking style." Instant suspension. FML

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Nice recommendation, thanks!

By Anonymous - 19/01/2024 07:00 - Canada - Halifax

Today, I watched a movie my old teacher recommended me. She was one of my favourite teachers. I saw the title, opened it, and found out that the premise is racist towards my ethnic group. She marked me harshly. FML

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Teenage riot

By Anonymous - 05/04/2024 02:00 - United States

Today, I finally had it with the redneck bully who's been tormenting me. He was repeatedly poking and pinching me and laughing out loud during class, so I slung him to the ground, pinning him. I got suspended. They only called his parents, who never do anything; my "caring" parents are looking into teen boot camp. FML

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By sassman - 01/12/2009 19:49 - United States

Today, I was in class. I am an older student going back for my PhD. I was kicked out of class for "sassing" my instructor for telling him he was wrong about what took place at an event I was actually present at. My instructor is a 22 year old TA. FML

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Read the room

By Anonymous - 11/10/2022 22:00

Today, I was teaching and a boy sitting in front kept laughing and smiling, even after I asked him to cut it out. I got so annoyed that I jokingly said I'd knock his teeth out, and asked him to leave the class. The kid went to the principal and told him I intended to hurt him. I'm a college professor. FML

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By Jay - 04/11/2017 04:00

Today, I got called into the principal's office of my son's school. Why? He'd called his teacher a "fudge packer". No more weekends with his uncle. FML

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By WTF? - 03/10/2013 16:42 - United States - Albuquerque

Today, I got kicked out of English class shortly after our teacher told us we have to write an essay on how the storyline of Harry Potter is one big allegory for "the futility of socialism." Apparently, reacting with disbelief makes me a "disruptive influence." FML

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Pwn17 25

Thursday 30 May 2013 19:12

I thought teachers were supposed to have some level of intelligence...

Mossears133 15

Thursday 30 May 2013 19:43

Then there's that awkward moment when 31 realizes this is in the UK.

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Ray_of_midnight 22

Friday 31 May 2013 4:59

Someone needs to get her a map of Peru and point out Lake Titicaca....

SirEbro 7

Friday 31 May 2013 5:13

There really are a lot of irrational and just plain stupid teachers out there sometimes.

Kenuru 21

Friday 31 May 2013 7:46

It's ironic that a supposed English teacher doesn't know the meaning of a common idiom.

Gwyddone 29

Friday 31 May 2013 8:16

Well, I'm not too surprised. Back in high school, we got an (American) university prof for our advanced English lessons for a year (I'm Hungarian); he supposedly taught literature back home, specialised in ancient literature. He didn't know who Enhaton was, I had to explain him (we were in 9th grade)... that pharaoh wrote a beautiful hymn to the Sun, so even if he didn't like history, this was still shocking for the class. And we had problems with using some old English (specifically Victorian ones, learnt from reading Oscar Wilde) idioms in our assignments, because he didn't know them.

mollyjynxjax 28

Monday 17 June 2013 4:10

We don't learn about Enhaton in the US. Or at least I never did.

RocketNinjaFish 12

Friday 31 May 2013 8:18

I didn't know Team Rocket was teaching English now.

Major_General 10

Friday 31 May 2013 8:47

Just be glad you didn't use 'niggardly' in a sentence. And to cut off the ignorant from bitching: nig·gard·ly [nig-erd-lee] adjective 1. reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly. 2. meanly or ungenerously small or scanty: a niggardly tip to a waiter. adverb 3. in the manner of a niggard. Origin: 1520–30; niggard + -ly Related forms nig·gard·li·ness, noun Synonyms 1. penurious, miserly, mean, tight, avaricious, mercenary, illiberal, close. 2. poor. Antonyms 1. generous. Dictionary.com Unabridged