Kids: Today, on my first day of being a trainee teacher in a classroom,...

By KillMeNow - 18/10/2011 16:08 - United Kingdom

Today, on my first day of being a trainee teacher in a classroom, I told a boy to stop using that stupid accent or else I'll give him a detention. Turns out he just moved here from Romania. FML

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By Frenchgirl - 16/09/2011 01:42 - United States

Today, it was my first day at school in the United States. Being from France, my French accent is really strong. After being made fun of all day, I met someone from Montreal. I was so excited and said, "Parlez-vous Français?" And his response? "HUH?!" FML

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By NoJob - 24/09/2016 06:41 - United Kingdom - Middlesbrough

Today, I had my first interview. Everything was going well until I made him repeat his name numerous times, as I couldn't understand what he was saying due to his thick accent. FML

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Some people don't belong in education

By Panagiotis - 01/10/2022 18:01 - United States

Today, we had a substitute teacher. She was taking attendance and had trouble pronouncing my last name. When I corrected her, I heard her mutter under her breath about, “Goddamn Mexican immigrants…” I’m from Greek ancestry, born in the USA. FML

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By meh - 18/01/2012 05:21 - Canada

Today, my teacher, who's Irish, called me insensitive and stupid for imitating her accent. I'm Filipino and my parents immigrated to Ireland where I was born, and then we moved to Canada when I was 14. Her response to my explanation? "Bullshit." FML

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By kdubz23 - 17/02/2014 22:41 - United States - Pittsburgh

Today, the parent of a student called to ask me about a homework assignment. At the end of the call, she told me that I seem to be losing my "Asian accent" from when she first talked to me in the summer. I was born in the US, grew up in NJ and speak perfect English. FML

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You can talk, mate

By Anonymous - 30/07/2019 12:07 - United Kingdom - Bristol

Today, a customer asked me if I was English, because I was struggling to understand what he was saying. I said yes. He then called me a liar, and said I must be "one of them Polish immigrants." Oh, and he also had a thick Scottish accent. FML

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By teacher - 07/09/2014 21:05 - United States - Apo

Today, I started my first teaching job ever. As I was teaching, another teacher interrupted my class about 5 times because she thought it was her class. Not only did she ruin my confidence, her behavior caused my students to laugh at me. 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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C'est la langue de l'amour!

By Anonymous - 19/10/2017 05:00

Today, my French teacher set up a role-play scenario to act out in front of the class. During one of my lines, I mispronounced a phrase and called my teacher sexy. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/08/2012 18:33 - United States - Auburn

Today, I had to explain to my teacher that Czechoslovakia is no longer a country. She kicked me out of class when she found out I was right. FML

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Tuesday 18 October 2011 22:07

Way to be a jerk, OP.

raphanne_fml 33

Tuesday 18 October 2011 22:07

Poor kid...

Comments

BagelBoy97 13

Wednesday 19 October 2011 12:29

It never crossed your mind that he could've been from another country?

philliesfan983 1

Wednesday 19 October 2011 13:46

You are a terrible teacher!

brina53 4

Wednesday 19 October 2011 14:41

congrats on scarring a kid for life teach

MyPerspective 4

Wednesday 19 October 2011 16:28

Way to go, Jerk-zilla.

technochik3 12

Wednesday 19 October 2011 17:28

Kids are just being kids and trying to have fun. So what if the accent may be fake or not, you can easily look up their records to see where they're from or talk to the parents. You don't need to threaten detention to a kid just because you ASSUME he's faking his accent.

theTCWalsh 0

Wednesday 19 October 2011 17:45

Asshole

iwadasn 32

Wednesday 19 October 2011 18:08

...The teacher's a man.

iwadasn 32

Wednesday 19 October 2011 18:11

In high school, my math teacher was Romanian. She was a horrible teacher and everyone hated her. I don't know if this is racist or not, but now Romanian accents always remind me of calculus.