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By gutav indogop - 24/06/2011 06:47 - Switzerland

Today, one of my students corrected the problem I had solved on the board, explaining that you do multiplication before subtraction. I teach the second grade. FML

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By englishfail - This FML is from back in 2010 but it's good stuff - United States

Today, I was teaching a class when a student pointed out that I'd used the wrong "your/you're" while writing on the board. FML

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By IvyLeague? - 15/01/2013 02:52 - United States - Buffalo

Today, I was babysitting, and a little girl asked for help with her homework. I cheerfully began an explanation, only to freeze mid-sentence. I could not for the life of me remember how to do long-division. I'm about to graduate from Cornell University, and her little brother had to correct me. 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 Mightaswelltutordogs - 21/12/2014 01:16 - United States - Gainesville

Today, I had to find simple words to explain to the idiot I was tutoring that "1/4" is not of a greater value than "1/3" just because the denominator is bigger. FML

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Maths is hard

By Anonymous - 01/04/2014 17:07 - Canada - Cranbrook

Today, disappointed with my results on a mathematics test, I went over it and realized my teacher had added up the marks incorrectly, leaving me with 17% less than I earned. The person who's supposed to be teaching me math can't even perform basic arithmetic. FML

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By TeaSea - 11/02/2018 01:30

Today, I told my class I was giving them 60 seconds to do a problem. A girl replied furiously "At least give us one minute!!" I teach a high school honors math class. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/12/2009 17:35 - United States

Today, my math TA showed the class how one of her "dumb" students answered a test question. Everyone laughed as she wrote out the students answer, including myself, until I looked down at my answer sheet and saw that I submitted an identical answer. 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 riahta - 06/08/2010 06:45 - United States

Today, I was playing a math game with a 4th grade boy (I'm a college graduate). I cheated during the entire game, and still lost 7 of the 9 rounds we played. FML

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By wasted time - 19/12/2013 09:09 - United States

Today, I learned, 90 horrifying minutes into a college exam, that my 85-year-old calculus teacher had spent the last three weeks teaching us the wrong chapter. FML

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Friday 24 June 2011 11:55

teacher became the student

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Friday 24 June 2011 11:54

Way to go...

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kims0706 10

Wednesday 25 April 2012 9:34

I'm not sure what's worse, the fact that you got a second grade problem wrong, or the fact that a second grader corrected you on your math 0.0

Megan98 18

Monday 18 June 2012 17:50

PEMDAS Pink elephants might dance awkwardly sometimes. :)

J3NNI3LYNN 9

Monday 20 August 2012 19:55

PEMDAS

chinagirl3343 8

Monday 27 August 2012 5:49

I hope you laughed it off with grace and didn't get mad at him/her. Learning lesson for the kids in math and how to go whoops with grace.

RedNeckFamily 7

Saturday 20 July 2013 2:58

What in the hell kinda math ate they teaching in 2nd grade now I learned how to add and subtract when I was that age

picturescrazy 24

Thursday 22 August 2013 8:25

It happens. Even my college professors will have a student correct them every now and then.

doglover100 28

Tuesday 19 November 2013 20:25

Please excuse my dear aunt Sally

leanna19 10

Monday 16 December 2013 9:07

PEMDAS

DeadPixel4 29

Tuesday 8 April 2014 4:47

PEMDAS

Motafota 14

Tuesday 5 August 2014 0:10

You teach BEDMAS in grade 3? I didn't even know of BEDMAS before grade 7...

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Today, my mom kicked me out of the house because I missed my curfew and overslept at my boyfriend’s house. She said she’d let me back in on one condition: that I was still a virgin. My boyfriend’s parents won’t let me live with him. I’m currently staying in the Walmart restroom. FML

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