Students and Health: Unbelievable

Unbelievable

By snoozer - 23/03/2009 06:12 - United States

Today, I received two withdrawal grades in school for dropping the classes due to a kidney infection that kept me in the hospital. I wrote a petition to the dean asking to remove the grades. He replied to send a doctor's note. I did so, and he then said that I was faking and the note was forged. FML

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By pyook - 06/09/2018 23:30

Today, my college class has a strict rule that ANY absence, even if it's because you're sick and have a doctor's note, will drop your grade a letter grade. I have a chronic illness. Today is the second time in the first two weeks that I've had to show up to class with a bucket. FML

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Cruel world

By where’s the humanity? - 21/02/2022 03:00 - United States

Today, I tried to explain to my professor why I’d missed two classes. Even with a doctor’s note explaining my very serious health issues, she rolled her eyes and huffed, "Maybe if you’re ‘oh so sick,’ you should just drop out!” Gee, sorry for trying to improve my life through adversity. FML

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FAKE NEWS!

By cocomitchie - 07/07/2021 00:01

Today, I have a serious bladder problem, which causes me to frequently urinate. If I'm unable to, I get really bad cramps. To ensure I always can go, I got a note from my doctor stating I can go during class. My professor threw it away and claimed it was fake. Hello, cramps. FML

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Rules are meant to be broken

By hospitalflunky - 28/03/2009 06:35 - United States

Today, I got an email from a professor saying he was going to fail me for missing the allotted absences, which is school policy. I pointed out I was in the hospital for two weeks with a life threatening illness and that he even came to visit me. He told me, "Rules are rules." FML

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By ... - 07/02/2014 20:30 - United States - Glen Carbon

Today, I told my professor that I'll be missing class next week due to upcoming surgery. I asked if I could take the exam that I'd otherwise miss another day. He said no, and that I'd just have to take a failing grade, then wished me luck with the surgery. FML

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By nobodywasthere - 29/11/2017 01:30

Today, I explained to my teacher that I wasn't at school yesterday due to three doctor appointments for my moderate epilepsy. Yesterday was senior skip day. She gave me detention for lying. FML

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By shit.jpg - 25/08/2015 19:22 - United States - Waban

Today, a fifth grader gave me a note from his "father" excusing him from PE. It was riddled with spelling errors and shockingly poor grammar, so I rejected it as a blatant fake. Several hours later, I was informed by his very angry father that it wasn't actually fake. FML

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Red tape

By Anonymous - 04/02/2024 15:00 - Canada - Kelowna

Today, I got kicked out of university after missing/failing two exams on the same day, because I was told I could submit my family member's family emergency documents. Turns out, they didn't recognise it because of different last names. My parents never officially married, so couldn't prove it. FML

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By anonymous - 23/04/2013 05:25 - United States

Today, I had a note to skip P.E. that my grandpa had written because my mom was busy. His handwriting is terrible, so they didn't believe that he'd written it. I'd twisted my ankle and I got to run another mile for "lying". FML

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Busted

By Kameron - 20/03/2024 15:00 - United States

Today, my mom found out that I’ve been faking my exam grades, turning my 30s to 80s and 40s to 90s on the paper exams. She got access to my online student portal and saw my real grades. I'm grounded for the rest of the school year. FML

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Bryan_Z 0

Monday 23 March 2009 16:11

WTF.....Let him call your doc!!!!! What a ******* retard. edit: you're an idiot greenman, let's see you man through that.

Jimboom 11

Monday 23 March 2009 16:19

Sue him for loss of future earnings due to him being a douche and giving you these withdrawl grades. But seriously. That sucks. Maybe get your parents to talk with him. Or get him to call your doctor. But why bother asking for the note if he already decided you were faking it.

Comments

sjam 0

Tuesday 24 March 2009 14:45

What a dick. You can fix it though! Your doctor's office can call the dean, or someone above the dean (the president? There has to be someone). That's totally unfair.

Evilaine 0

Tuesday 24 March 2009 16:35

Totally get that asshat to call your lawyer.

amkoverboard 0

Tuesday 24 March 2009 17:12

sue that ****** before he has a chance to right his wrongs! and then get back into school! you win twice! and he gets his ass handed to him!

myster1ous 0

Tuesday 24 March 2009 18:22

That is so wrong. How can he accuse you of forging something?! If he didn't believe you he should've personally attended to the "problem" and made the effort to go to the doctor that was helping you.

shamille 5

Tuesday 24 March 2009 21:20

oh no. have your doc talk to him.

TVC15 0

Tuesday 24 March 2009 23:49

He's a jerk :S wow. Maybe you can talk to some higher school authority about it?

geeeeee_fml 0

Tuesday 24 March 2009 23:54

oooooooh...... similarly, i was hospitalized twice this year- once for mono and once for a nervous breakdown (different wing, ha ha)- and collectively i missed like 20 days of school. 27 is the cutoff. the absences are excused but not exempt!! i hate handling that stuff!!!!!!!!!!! no matter what, it's never easy.

myfallenidol 0

Wednesday 25 March 2009 0:29

two words: JUNK PUNCH!!

121212_fml 0

Wednesday 25 March 2009 1:20

Sounds like something that would happen at the "wonderful" University of Cincinnati

bracketts 0

Wednesday 25 March 2009 5:47

call me negative nancy, but i'm calling BS on this one... and, if I"m wrong, this guy/gal NEEDS to be fired. Not because s/he isn't right, but because you just don't treat students this way. If you withdraw after a certain point in the semester, you get a W. After a certain point, medically or not, you are assigned a pass/fail with your W. If you were failing the course before your illness, there probably isn't much to be done. If you are failing the course BECAUSE of your illness (documented absences, etc.) then you should be fine.