Kids: Today, I was reading a picture storybook to a kindergarten kid....

By thebiteof87 - 22/07/2015 06:32 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, I was reading a picture storybook to a kindergarten kid. She could pronounce more words than me, and corrected me. I'm about triple her age. FML

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By Noname - 10/03/2009 15:46 - United States

Today, the kids I teach informed me that I had spelled my name incorrectly on the board. I looked at it and assured them that I had spelled it correctly. I'm 22 and a graduate student, they're six and mentally challenged. Guess who was right? FML

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By Lesley - 17/02/2009 01:11 - United Kingdom

Today, while at work I was reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to me class of 5 year olds. I got near the end of the book and said "Look at the big fat caterpillar" to which one of my pupils replied "Just like you, Miss!" FML

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By Nanny - 30/04/2009 17:42 - United States

Today, I was babysitting a 4 year-old with a speech impediment. I asked her, "Do you got your bag?" And she said, "No. I have my bag. Babies say got. I'm a big girl." I am 20 years old and in the honors program in my college. I was corrected by a 4 year-old with a speech impediment. FML

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By Talkingbeforethinking - 16/03/2019 18:00

Today in class I accidentally called my teacher very old and almost dead. As we were discussing a book I said that the book character is very old and close to death since it fitted to the context. Turns out this character is one year younger than my teacher and she wasn't amused. FML

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Hey! Teachers! Leave those kids alone!

By Anonymous - 24/09/2021 13:58

Today, while grading my kindergarteners' spelling tests, one kid spelled all the words wrong, including his name. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/01/2016 01:46 - United States - Encino

Today, a friend told me that when I read, I make all the expressions the characters in the book are making. Apparently, I have been doing this since I was a kid, and no one ever told me. FML

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By anon - 25/09/2014 05:48 - United States - Germantown

Today, I have learned a lot of "big" words from reading so much, but can actually only pronounce about half of them correctly. FML

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By csc4lyfe09 - 03/03/2010 00:00 - United States

Today, while at my tutoring job, a middle school kid couldn't find a word in the online dictionary. I told him he could check a regular paperback dictionary. His response was, "That's what you did in your day. That's not what we do in our day." I'm only 19. FML

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By englishfail - 15/01/2010 17:39 - United States

Today, I was teaching a class and my student pointed out that I used the wrong "your" while writing on the board. FML

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Pure evil

By PiaNO - 10/11/2009 21:41 - United Kingdom

Today, I was teaching a ten year old how to play piano. Halfway through the lesson, she made a minor mistake, which, trying to be a good tutor, I corrected her. She smiled up at me, paused, then slammed the key cover down onto my fingers. FML

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TheHinduHomie 12

Wednesday 22 July 2015 17:51

An education might be in order.

Lilkat39 5

Wednesday 22 July 2015 17:54

You need to go back to school. Right now.

Comments

Saraishi 24

Wednesday 22 July 2015 22:42

Amazing for her, not so much for you OP.

fpants2010 18

Wednesday 22 July 2015 22:52

Are you sure you're triple her age? You can't read, let alone do multiplication!

FalloutScrolls 25

Wednesday 22 July 2015 23:01

Unless this storybook is written in a language you're newer to and still learning, I think this is a poster story for "stay in school, kids."

The_Big_Boss 20

Wednesday 22 July 2015 23:06

Triple her age? So that makes you about 12?

DedeleMan 21

Wednesday 22 July 2015 23:19

Well you got a problem...

Jord_Fox 14

Wednesday 22 July 2015 23:47

Sooo your about 15/16?

Tarlachia 33

Thursday 23 July 2015 0:52

Jeff Foxworthy called and says he wants you in his new TV show: "Are You Smarter Than A Kindergartner?"

heyitsmikayla 14

Thursday 23 July 2015 0:59

That's embarrassing

vikky538 28

Thursday 23 July 2015 1:08

Looks you are not a teacher anymore in That room

thebiteof87 27

Thursday 23 July 2015 1:37

Hey, OP here. Loving all the comments. I'm actually a straight A student in everything, including english, and I don't have any learning disabilities. It wasn't a dr seuss book, but it may as well be by the way it was written. In my defence, the girl could have read the book over multiple times and learnt how to read all the words. I do have a bit of an accent and have trouble with pronunciation, and I don't often read out loud. I'm taking the advise of reading for an hour everyday. I'm also still in school, and am looking to become a doctor. And most kindergarten kids are around the age of 5