It doesn't feel good to get a bad grade on a paper — unless, that is, it's delivered in the form of a funny meme. That's what one teacher in Chicago decided to do when she was less than pleased with her high school English students' work. "I was just grading and I was really frustrated, and in my head I was just like, I wish my kids could see my face my right now, because the answers they were writing were just incredibly wrong," Ainee Fatima, who teaches a media studies class to high school seniors, told BuzzFeed. "So I was like, let’s print out some memes." She printed out the memes on sticker paper and stuck the stickers on her students' papers. "I was a student who was a victim to the 'red marker' grading while in school, and it gave me immense anxiety about receiving my paper back in class," she told Teen Vogue. "I do not use a red marker, and I think the memes offer a lighthearted look at getting a bad grade." For the papers that elicited frustration, she used the "confused Nick Young" meme — a photo of the baffled-looking NBA athlete surrounded by question marks. Fatima says the sticker was not only fun but also useful for improving her students' work. "It actually pushed students to look at what they got wrong and offer to correct it for a better grade instead of shoving the exam in their bag from embarrassment, which is something I used to do because i didn't want anyone to see the red marks I got," she told Teen Vogue. For the papers that didn't leave a perplexed look on her face, she created stickers from a Gordon Ramsay meme reading, "Good job. You get a gold star for today." When Fatima came into class today, her students clapped for her. "They've been emailing me and shouting me out on their social media," she told Teen Vogue. Anyone else think every teacher should adopt this policy? Fortunately, Fatima shared the confused Nick Young stickers in a Google Drive folder for others to print out and surprise their students with. Related: Student Trolls Professor During Exam With 3-by-5 Foot Notecard Check This Out:<doc-sep>(Picture: Ainee Fatima) A teacher has found herself extremely popular Twitter after sharing a video of herself marking her student’s paper using a meme. 27-year-old Ainee Fatima teaches at East Leyden High School, Illinois, and is currently teaching high school seniors. She had been thinking about using meme stickers to mark her students’ work for a while, because some of their answers were ‘so ridiculous and funny’ that she needed the kids to see the faces she was making. She tells Metro.co.uk: ‘I thought, “why not just show them?” So I printed out the Nick Young Meme and the Gordon Ramsay one to keep some positive ones on hand too.’ Don't worry, I did positive memes too! ? pic.twitter.com/rTfHCGKQwJ — ainee f. (@axfxq) October 18, 2018 Ainee says she loves both of the memes she uses but finds herself making the Nick Young face ‘generally in life’. She added: ‘So many people have sent me more memes to add to my sticker collection, it’s been hilarious.’ So far, Ainee’s tweet has received more than 100,000 retweets and 400,000 likes. She captioned it with: ‘I love grading with my new stickers!’ I love grading with my new stickers! pic.twitter.com/4K66qQblSJ — ainee f. (@axfxq) October 17, 2018 Ainee said: ‘I started using memes because of two reasons, it was kind of appropriate for my class which is a Media Studies English class and we study social media, the impact of it, music, movies, politics and pop culture so the meme sharing has been a regular part of my classroom culture for my students. ‘Second, I wanted to take the pressure off negative grades and give the students a laugh.’ According to Ainee, her students love that she marks their work with memes. She explained: ‘The kids loved it, they started laughing and those who didn’t receive one asked me if they could have one!’ However, she’s unsure how their parents have reacted – but she says all of them are super supportive so she’s sure they’ll find it as funny and lighthearted as she does. MORE : Sainsbury’s and Asda launch a cheese-filled advent calendar MORE : A pub wants to pay someone £500 to drink beer, eat food and watch sports<doc-sep>
Okay, okay, I know what you’re thinking, right? NBC But no. This is good and pure, and let’s get into this with open hearts. Ainee Fatima, a high school English teacher in Chicago, was recently grading papers when brilliance struck. Hamza Quadri / Via Instagram: @hq_fotos “I was just grading and I was really frustrated, and in my head I was just like, I wish my kids could see my face right now, because the answers they were writing were just incredibly wrong,” Fatima told BuzzFeed News. “So I was like, let’s print out some memes.” She did just that, using a regular printer and some sticker sheets. Ainee Fatima And bam! I love grading with my new stickers! Fatima tweeted about her new stickers, and it’s since gone viral, with more than 40,000 retweets. You have to admit, they’re pretty awesome. And her media studies students love them. Ainee Fatima “They love memes — they try to bring them up in class any way they can,” she said. “I handed them back to the kids and immediately they were just laughing everywhere. It took a good couple of minutes to calm them down.” Students were upset if they hadn’t gotten a sticker on their work. And yes, they got regular marks, too. The stickers are just some added fun. The viral tweet even created an opportunity for Fatima to teach her students about social media and what it means to go viral. **just a lil info about my class, i teach a "media studies" english class, we literally study/analyze the media & write! Social media, trends, news, politics, music, film...the meme stickers were deff appropriate for my class.