Geek: Today, out of my whole class, I received no awards. All my teachers...

By Llamadroid - 22/05/2016 18:19 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, out of my whole class, I received no awards. All my teachers thought that I would get plenty from the others. Now people think I'm stupid. I have a 3.66 GPA and they won't believe me. FML

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By Imslow - 05/04/2011 16:40 - United States

Today, I found out that our neighbors told almost everyone on our street that I was mentally handicapped. All this time I wasn't sure why they would speak slowly and loudly at me. Now they won't believe me when I tell them I'm a 4.0 GPA student. FML

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By CantWin - 07/06/2016 22:38 - United States - Provo

Today, after finally applying myself and busting my butt all semester, I found out the school is accusing me of cheating because they couldn't believe I could have gotten near-perfect grades considering my grade history. If this is how society rewards academic turnarounds, why do I even bother? FML

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Today, I found out that, despite my above average performance in school, I was right in the middle of my class ranking at graduation. My school stated that your respect for others would affect your ranking, but the fact that nearly all of the people who placed above me were gigantic pricks says otherwise. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/02/2017 20:00 - United States - Holyoke

Today, I was told that when I was in middle school and thought I was considered class clown for either making jokes or acting stupid, people thought I actually was stupid and/or mentally challenged. FML

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By terrible kenny - 30/01/2011 09:24 - United States

Today, as I went into my calculus class, the teacher announced that someone had received a negative grade on the test we were getting back. I laughed and said, "Which f*cker managed to get a negative?" Turns out I'm the dumbass. FML

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By IamTheSalt - 25/04/2017 02:00

Today, I got my grades back. They were all 98's and 99's with also a 104 (extra-credit). I got refused from entering an honors club, because it's "impossible to get above a hundred in a math class". I even got investigated for cheating. FML

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By purpleivy - 06/09/2011 18:53 - United States

Today, after a conference with my teacher who had previously accused me of not doing my homework, she finally discovered she'd been losing it all this time. I've been getting straight Fs for a month. FML

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By AlwaysAfraid - 23/10/2015 22:33 - United States

Today, I received the honorary title of "Student of the Month," because I'm the only quiet kid during class. Truth is, I just have no friends. I was given an award for being socially awkward. FML

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By live2dance4ever - 06/07/2019 14:00

Today, I went to attend my summer school class again after being out sick for a week. When I said "Here" during roll call, everyone started cheering and clapping. Apparently, my professor has been badmouthing me while I've been absent for pretending to be sick. I'm sure my grade will be fantastic. 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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bella_nana347 23

Monday 23 May 2016 14:05

Your teachers should have coordinated that better tbh

rockergal21 16

Monday 23 May 2016 14:05

don't let others get to you. you know you have good grades and do well, that's all that should matter. If you do start to get annoyed, show them your report card, then that should clear everything up!

Comments

Whatapuffchild 23

Monday 23 May 2016 14:55

Where I study having that GPA means you are stupid...

PhoenixChick 26

Monday 23 May 2016 16:23

Wait...so at your school having between a B and an A average means you're stupid? So ...nobody ever gets anything less than a perfect A for everything unless they're stupid? Sounds like your school is seriously inflating grades, then. An A is supposed to be for excellent work.

fezhafeez 12

Monday 23 May 2016 16:27

as someone from the same country, i gotta say that is right! 3.6 is the lowest you can get if you want to get the good courses!

Mathalamus 24

Monday 23 May 2016 15:02

you don't need awards to know that you are intelligent.

slavka012 11

Monday 23 May 2016 15:09

At the end of the day nobody cares about stupid school awards. GPA is all that matters, so you will be ok.

snarkytruth 37

Monday 23 May 2016 15:13

If there is an assumption that everyone will get one - then they are mostly meaningless crap . Only highest achievement award or Who's Who award will count for anything. College only cares about GPA and class ranking. Your GPA is good. But not outstanding so why do you expect an award based on that? Was that the highest in your class? Were you the highest ranked in any of your classes? Anyone that matters knows how hard you worked and how smart , stupid, or average you are and that's all that matters. Life is brutal. Life isn't fair and it really doesn't give a shit about your feelings. You have to grow up and recognize what's really important from the fluff. Be proud of yourself and move on.

jamieblue6 16

Monday 23 May 2016 15:28

Who cares? As long as you know the truth

yerawizardlizzy 27

Monday 23 May 2016 16:23

Yeah, that's how I'm feeling about it. I got a few awards when I graduated high school, but they mean **** all now that I'm older. Your accomplisments in university are so much more important, OP. Don't put so much stock on high school.

bnp2692 6

Monday 23 May 2016 15:52

Rewards are for smart kids. 3.66 out of 4.0 isn't really all that impressive in high school.

BoxFullOfLazy 25

Monday 23 May 2016 15:57

You're in college, so you'd better learn something from this. Like not giving a damn what other people think. Grow through adversity.

kirbo2 21

Monday 23 May 2016 15:59

Maybe your teachers think you're an ass for believing that awards and a high GPA mean everything in life

TheBiggerBoot 7

Monday 23 May 2016 16:00

On an application your GPA will matter way more than some school given awards.

DanaeZee 18

Monday 23 May 2016 16:04

Just interested: Is it normal in the USA to get awards if your grades are good? I am from Germany and had the best Abitur ( advanced school-leaving certificate?) of my city and just got a handshake from my principal "Well done!":D How nice getting recognized with awards instead! OP, I am sorry you didn't get one although deserving one! At least you have a great GPA! Congatulations

yerawizardlizzy 27

Monday 23 May 2016 16:20

A lot of schools have ceremonies at the end of high school where students are officially awarded scholarships and other academic-related accomplishments. At least where I'm from. We have a few different ceremonies for the graduating students.

DanaeZee 18

Monday 23 May 2016 16:40

Thank you for explaining! Sounds really nice

DanaeZee 18

Monday 23 May 2016 16:47

Oh...Then I am glad we didn't have it THAT way. The speech was given by the "pupil's school president" (I have no idea how to translate this).I would have been a bad choice because I was neither as cool or witty. Who knows, if it's a new thing it might be swapping over here, too.