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By daddy'sgirl - 21/06/2012 04:11 - United States - Memphis

Today, I was lecturing my high school students on the importance of a good education. I pointed out the janitor in the hall and told them if they didn't stay in school, they'd end up like him. Then one of my students raised her hand and reminded me that the janitor I pointed to was her dad. FML

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By paperbox - 16/01/2011 05:07 - Australia

Today, my maths teacher was giving my whole class a lecture on 'if you don't pay attention at school, you will fail.' She then pointed out out a man working on the roof and said: 'if you don't listen, you will end up like that guy.' That was my dad. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/01/2016 02:51 - United States - Mission

Today, I was talking to one of my supervisors at my new job. He asked if I knew a professor at the school I recently graduated from, and I decided to babble on about how shitty of a professor he was and how much I loathed his class. He then looked at me and said, "That's my dad." FML

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By Anonymous - 06/09/2013 20:36

Today, the mother of one of my students bitched me out about her son's poor grades. He lazes around all day, paying no attention and being a constant nuisance. But, she says it's not his fault, and demands that I give him better grades so he won't get "self-esteem" issues. FML

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By Teaching26 - 15/05/2010 07:47 - United States

Today, I lectured my second-grade class to be more descriptive in their writing. I gave them an assignment to describe something in the classroom. I was grading their work later, and one student wrote, "My class is taught by a fat teacher with gray hair." FML

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By Franco - 10/04/2009 14:07 - United States

Today, I was sent to an elementary school for safety day. One of the dads was asking about my job, when I told him about the long hours and high stress involved. He turned to his son and said, "Now see why you stay in school?" I'm a paramedic. With a bachelor's degree. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/07/2020 02:01

Today, I was doing my job and trying to teach a lazy bunch of 16-year-olds. A girl entered the room just 15 minutes before class ended, so I snapped, "Someone had better have died for you to be this late!" She immediately burst into tears. Turns out, someone had. FML

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By helen_ - 23/04/2009 15:51 - United States

Today, I had to go to my 10 year-old son's school to talk about my job being a chef. As I was almost finished, I asked the kids "What would you like to do when you grow up?" Without hesitation one kid replied with a straight face, "Anything but being a douchebag like you." FML

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By lamb-chop - 02/12/2008 06:32 - France

Today, my philosophy teacher asked me about my parents. I replied that my mum was a cleaner and my dad was a bus driver. In an astonished voice, she said, "But, you're clever..." FML

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By Is McDonald's Hiring? - 23/04/2019 12:00

Today, I was sternly told that if I didn't pass more students, I would be out of a job. I then went to my class to collect papers, and was stymied by how I could be giving passing grades to the 12 of 24 who didn't turn anything in. College students. FML

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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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Thursday 21 June 2012 12:06

Ydi. A lot of people end up with jobs like that because they can't get anything better and at least they have a job.

HandsomeRatch 20

Thursday 21 June 2012 12:08

Serves you right, OP. Why would you even say that? At least he ha s a job, you're not better than him or anyone else who does "dirty work".

Comments

rougeunicorn03 17

Tuesday 24 September 2013 0:04

That was a really insensitive thing to say.

XxQuartersxX 14

Friday 8 November 2013 2:34

Youre just an ass. I happen to know VERY intelligent people with less than great jobs.

JackFaire 27

Friday 29 November 2013 2:20

I chose to drop out of college because it was just wasting my time and money when I didn't even know what I wanted to major in. I chose to join the Army when I found out I was going to be a dad. I chose to live in a place where I can see my daughter every week even though it means taking a crappy paying job rather than moving somewhere that I could make more money. You are not better than me. What you do for a living doesn't somehow magically make you a better person nor does it say anything about your life or the journey you took. Lots of people I know are uneducated but have college degrees. Mostly they memorized what they needed to pass tests but didn't learn anything. I know other people that learned throughout school are still learning and though missing the piece of paper that says they know things are more educated than most people coming out of diploma mills. We are not better than you. The greatest thing that my teachers inadvertently taught me was that the key to success is happiness. That was the motto central to their "stay in school" speech that was all about how no one is happy without a college degree. That Janitor has a daughter that is proud of her hard working daddy. Guy's got a Million dollar a year job.

blondie147 10

Monday 16 December 2013 20:50

...because janitors don't have feelings? That's extremely inappropriate.

RailOfFire 5

Sunday 16 February 2014 22:42

You don't just give out examples of people's lives. Especially if you're giving a lecture. YDI.

RajArjan 1

Tuesday 6 May 2014 1:38

Stupid shit! Have fun removing that mop handle from your ass!

LAuroraD 17

Thursday 8 May 2014 5:34

That's ****** up you don't do that

lukehemmings_fml 10

Thursday 3 July 2014 23:22

that's extremely rude, YDI.

405KING 6

Thursday 24 July 2014 10:04

Oh yeah, being a teacher is such a financial accomplishment right?

tdawg91 17

Tuesday 28 October 2014 3:28

Remember kids! If you get an education then you have the right to be a stuck up prick like me!! I doubt that man worked his ass off for 16 years to pay for her to be educated by an ass like you!