Miscellaneous: Today, I went to get my midterm essay grade thinking I couldn't...

By Bamamomma01 - 13/03/2009 18:08 - United States

Today, I went to get my midterm essay grade thinking I couldn't have made lower than a B. Got to class and my douchebag professor gave me an F. He wrote "Best essay I read, would've been an A if it was the right topic." I wrote on the Industrial Revolution, instead of the Scientific Revolution. 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 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 stupid - 24/12/2018 18:00

Today, after turning in a paper that I worked really hard on, I got it back with a grade of 0. In the feedback section, my professor wrote: “In all my 37 years of teaching, this is by far the worst essay I have ever read.” FML

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By katsaysner - 17/10/2014 17:56 - United States - Unity

Today, I got the best grade in class on my economics midterm. Rather than tell me I did a good job, my professor criticized me in front of everyone about how I was working "too hard". 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 dany - 26/05/2012 19:34 - United States - Lancaster

Today, I discovered that when my professor had said "For every A there will be an F," he was deadly serious. I earned a 94% mark, which in this class is known as a D. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/02/2012 21:10 - United States

Today, I asked my professor what happened to the assignment I gave him several weeks ago. Turns out he lost it, and graded me zero as a result. Now if I want a mark, he says I'll have to hand-write it all over again, but that I "probably shouldn't bother," because it was "a bit shit, really." FML

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By Anonymous - 27/04/2022 12:00

Today, I got an F because I’m an idiot and wrote my essay on WW1 instead of WW2. I offered to resubmit a correct essay, but my mom stormed to school to demand it be changed to at least a B, because it was a good essay, even if it was on the wrong war. God, she’s impossible and embarrassing. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/05/2016 17:51 - United States - Westfield

Today, I got my grades back. I got a very poor evaluation for my lit class, which was odd because it didn't match the impression from my end-of-class meeting with the professor. It does, however, include a nod to the supposedly-anonymous negative class review I gave her, though. FML

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By dumb4$$0rz - 23/12/2010 21:01 - United States

Today, the grades for one of my courses were released. The class average was higher than that which the department allowed, so the professor had to scale everyone's marks down to meet the policy. I ended up failing because my class was too smart. FML

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derfboy23 0

Friday 13 March 2009 21:55

so he's a douchebag because you can't read instructions?

shantoyamuchluv 0

Friday 13 March 2009 21:56

You're too stupid to figure out the difference between the INDUSTRIAL revolution and the SCIENTIFIC revolution and you call your professor a douchebag? Sounds like the pot's calling the kettle black.

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digapygmy 0

Saturday 14 March 2009 2:10

Uhm. I wouldn't really call him a douchebag... I'd call him kind of nice for not telling you that you're a ******* idiot.

factotum 0

Saturday 14 March 2009 2:37

Wow. I'm really sorry... I've had nightmares before about this type of thing happening to me.

your_face 15

Saturday 14 March 2009 2:46

Your fault for not being careful, but it does suck that you couldn't get any credit for writing such a good essay.

jet_fml 0

Saturday 14 March 2009 3:38

Yeeeah, NO SYMPATHY AT ALL. Seriously, what the ****. I can see this being a semi-FML, but how the hell is the professor a douchebag? You're just an idiot who can't take the blame.

Lou_Briccant 0

Saturday 14 March 2009 3:57

So what the problem is? You wrote the wrong essay, you're not gonna get a grade on it. I mean, I wouldn't have my drivers license if I showed the instructor how well I can ride a bicycle.

AlyshaDeShae 10

Saturday 14 March 2009 4:07

So, yeah . . . Everyone who has called you an idiot, I agree with them. You are an idiot. For all assignments, especially one as important as this one obviously was, you double check everything before even getting started and then you triple check after you finish! On the other hand, if you aren't lying about the professor writing that it was the best essay he read and that it would have been an A if it had been the correct topic, then you should speak to him and ask him to allow you to redo it on the correct topic for a letter-grade lower than what you would normally receive. He might even give you full credit if it's good enough.

ashley0673 0

Saturday 14 March 2009 4:16

i totally did that once in one of my classes. i wrote my paper on a movie from the wrong time period..

Flying_Pink_Lulz 0

Saturday 14 March 2009 4:35

Haha, I did something similar once :P But it was just a piece of HW, not a major assignment to the teacher let me redo it :)

puhffft 0

Saturday 14 March 2009 4:43

Oh, hush. He isn't a douchebag for giving you that grade. The Scientific Revolution and Industrial Revolution are two completely different things. That would be like an American history teacher assigning a paper on the Civil War and receiving one on the Peloponesian War instead. Of course he couldn't give you an A; he couldn't even grade the paper.