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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

duztx 0

Friday 24 June 2011 11:54

Way to go...

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bpell15 5

Friday 24 June 2011 14:53

And you're about to get demoted to 1st grade. or kindergarten. then a student will be telling you not to eat the glue...

TheRealTallGuy 3

Friday 24 June 2011 14:54

at least he was paying attention.

Haleyz_a_BOSS 0

Friday 24 June 2011 14:58

Tell them you were trying to test who was paying attention.

Cheesedays 2

Friday 24 June 2011 15:05

was, said student, asian?

jonathan6773 5

Friday 24 June 2011 15:11

The grasshopper becomes the master.

sarahvball98 0

Friday 24 June 2011 15:12

wow!

the_easter_bunny 1

Friday 24 June 2011 15:13

I guess OP proves the saying right: "Those that can't, teach."

NightTenshi 0

Friday 24 June 2011 15:44

looks like someone forgot PEMDAS

seeunexttuesdays 6

Friday 24 June 2011 15:44

deniiieeedddd

mrjude 3

Friday 24 June 2011 15:56

Maybe he could teach all the idiots that answer that FB question with "0".

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