seventh grade. I got back a history test with the highest grade. thing is, I was passionate about history then but had been too sick to study for two weeks before writing it so to at least get a passing grade I had memorized the dates and names without any deeper understanding of the subject matter and padded it out with filler sentences. till then I had tried to answer questions to the best of my abilities and show my understanding and received okay grades for that effort. That year, I started doing the same in every class from math to english and it worked. my grades improved, my free time too which I started using to run away from home and hang with outcasts. I learned a lot of actual math from drug dealers, languages from the homeless and physical fitness from bouncers and prostitutes. in a way, school taught me that the society I live doesn't want you to learn anything real like how to feed yourself or take care of your kin, just teaching you how best to serve the ones at the top and trust authority.

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