Grade 8s Guess FOMO Meaning for November English Exam, TikTok Video of Answers Has SA in Tears

Grade 8s Guess FOMO Meaning for November English Exam, TikTok Video of Answers Has SA in Tears

  • A teacher on TikTok filmed some of the answers she got from her students in their final English exam paper
  • The educator was amazed as the children tried their luck figuring out what the term FOMO means
  • Many viewers on TikTok were amazed by the variety of answers the teacher got from the grade 8 learners

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A South African teacher was amazed by her students' answers on their November final English exam paper. The professional educator showed how one question got the best of most of her class.

TikTok video of English teacher marking Grade 8 exam
An English teacher showed her Grade 8 students' answers as they tried to answer the meaning of FOMO. Image: TikTok / @teacher_neo_/ Getty Images/ PeopleImages/ JGI/ Jamie Grill
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In the video, the teacher received thousands of likes. Many people commented, discussing the answers provided by the grade 8 students.

Grade 8 students guess what is "FOMO"

An educator on TikTok @teacher_neo_ shared a challenging question that grade 8 students struggled with. In the video, she revealed that the end-of-year exam English paper asked students to write FOMO in full.

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The educator got interesting answers such as "fear of my obsession", "fomophobic", and more. Watch the video to see the wild responses she got from her students:

SA amazed by grade 8 FOMO guesses

Many people flooded the comments, joking about the answers to what "FOMO" means. Netizens argued that children could not be expected to know the trendy lingo from the 2010s.

Karabo was in awe:

"Mara what is English doing to us? ."

Thobile:-) referenced a TikTok sound:

"Everybody is so creative ."

Mfana noted:

"This question is a bit outdated for ma2010 ."

Dimpho Tlhwaele joked about one answer:

"Flip over my ostriches?! How did he/she even think of that."

Amogelang laughed

"Aowa these kids."

Matriculants complain after the exam

Many students in their final year are bracing for the toughest exams they will ever write. Pupils often share their final preparations in TikTok videos and complain about the questions they received after the exam.

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Teacher marks test after 10 months of lessons,

Briefly News previously reported that a South African teacher shows people how hard it is to teach mathematics. After showing netizens one of the tests she was marking, the educator received thousands of likes.

Many people shared their opinions about the child's school work. Most online users had endless jokes.

A primary school mathematics teacher, @michele_phaahla, went viral. She showed people the results of her teaching time since January.

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Rutendo Masasi (Human-Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 2 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za