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

hidrox94 5

Tuesday 18 October 2011 22:09

Wowww. Know the facts before yelling at children.

YtotsDI 0

Tuesday 18 October 2011 23:44

It's like calling an autistic kid an idiot

hailphire130 0

Wednesday 19 October 2011 0:06

93-You can usually tell if a kid is autistic.

hailphire130 0

Wednesday 19 October 2011 0:06

93-You can usually tell if a kid is autistic. EDIT: God damn it. I thought that I hit the send button twice.

herpitydurteedur 0

Wednesday 19 October 2011 1:02

Sometimes it's hard though. For years people just thought I was odd. People still don't get it unless I tell them. Yes I know, cue "cool story bro" comments :P

tweetbaby14 18

Wednesday 19 October 2011 1:08

Not if you've never been around an autistic child.... With the special ed kids that don't have some kind of physical abnormality, I think they're just a normal kid until someone makes some asshole-ish remark about their problem....

fuckyalol 0

Wednesday 19 October 2011 6:06

-103 no not really. I am and none knows exept my Family

Llama_Face89 33

Wednesday 19 October 2011 17:54

103- not always. I have an autism spectrum disorder called aspergers. Think of it as autism without any mental retardation. So while I can function normally in society I come across as kinda weird and I'm slower to pick stuff up. I was almost fired from my current job because it took a while for it to click.

itswhateveridk 0

Tuesday 18 October 2011 22:09

**** you for racism

THE_A_TEEN 27

Wednesday 19 October 2011 0:37

How is this racist, jackass? What the op did was a mistake. People like YOU make me sick, for pulling the race card you stupid shit.

haw008 14

Tuesday 18 October 2011 22:10

Handing out detention the first day?! I would have hated to have you as a teacher.

evilplatypus 38

Tuesday 18 October 2011 22:35

And for something stupid no less. IF it were fake, just let the kid get bored of their game unless it's genuinely disrupting the educational process.

Alexisthebestest 16

Wednesday 19 October 2011 5:12

OP is definitely one of those trainees that no one takes seriously. How are you gonna threaten someone with a detention when you're not even a "real" teacher?

Confuciussay 6

Wednesday 19 October 2011 7:28

14 - I believe most people would have.

pianolove003 2

Tuesday 18 October 2011 22:10

Nice way to talk to a kid. Ydi

Ohmie 5

Tuesday 18 October 2011 22:11

Don't come to conclusions so quickly

KayleeXLoVe21 0

Tuesday 18 October 2011 22:11

Omgg! :( poor kid. Thats pretty bad.

loserman67 35

Tuesday 18 October 2011 22:13

So, it's safe to say that you do not plan on achieving tenure with the school district. Did you tell the kid with Spina Bifida to sit up straight? You have a lot of heart!