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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Hossammubarakk on 2026-03-10 01:04:24+00:00.
This actually started a couple of weeks ago, but the fallout is hitting me now. I’m an international student in Malaysia, and I’m required to take a mandatory Malaysian Language course. It’s a Pass/Fail subject that doesn’t affect our GPA, so most people just try to breeze through it.
Our lecturer is a piece of…. . He’s always late and makes us do "assignments" like posting uni promo videos on our personal social media and hitting a "20 likes" minimum for a grade. He even says he will repost our videos on his own account (without asking for consent) . We all just put up with it to get the credits.
The first FU: During the final in-class test, the guy was already on edge because he caught someone else cheating. He had already singled me out before the test started since I was talking with one of my friends , forcing me to sit alone in the front. Halfway through, I went to the bathroom (with his permission). When I came back, he became obsessed with me. He marched up by the end of the test and demanded I empty my pockets.
Since I had nothing to hide, I pulled out my pen and my locked phone. This was my mistake. I should have stood my ground then, but I unlocked it when he asked cuz I got nothing to hide. He didn't just check for notes; he went full FBI mode scrolling through my WhatsApp, Google Translate, and my private Photo Gallery. He found a random screenshot of a ChatGPT query in Malay from weeks ago (completely unrelated to the exam) and started screaming that it was "proof of trying."
He snatched my phone and my paper and walked to his desk. I followed him to get my property back, and in front of the whole class, he physically pushed me. Instead of walking away, I lost my cool. I’m usually respectful, but being touched was the limit. He shouted at me trying to scare me so I shouted back, "I am not afraid of your shouting!" It turned into a massive scene. Later, I tried to be the bigger person & I apologized and showed him the date on the photo to prove it wasn't from today plus how can I cheat while my phone was (locked) inside my pocket. He just hushed me like a child and said he had "evidence" and the he knew that I had the "intention" to cheat .
The second FU: Fast forward two weeks. I’m sitting for a high-stakes final for my actual major (the ones that actually count). Who happens to be the invigilator? The same guy.
He sat there doing nothing for an hour, but the second we made eye contact, his eyes literally "sparked." He spent the next 40 minutes pacing behind my chair like a shark. I didn't have my phone this time, but I was wearing a smartwatch. Big mistake. He confiscated it and spent 10 minutes trying to bypass the lock screen. When he couldn't, he demanded I unlock it. Knowing he was looking for any notification to fail me, I lied and told him, "It’s my friend’s watch, I only use it for the time, I don’t know the code" Cuz I knew what he was trying to do.
He didn't get into the watch, but he spent the rest of the exam whispering to my subject lecturer and pointing at me. He made a huge effort of singling out my paper at the end. Now I’m sitting here thinking that I’ve managed to fail a major subject and a "easy" language credit all because I decided to shout back at a man with a fragile ego.
TL;DR: I talked back to a lecturer who searched my private photos and pushed me. Now he’s "haunting" my other exams and trying to hack my smartwatch to prove I’m a cheater.