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by babypanda444

The Outcomes of High School

Want to know something funny?

We're students. We're 15-18 years old. We're supposed to be young.

We do our homework. We study for tests. We memorize the answers.

We take all honors. We memorize formulas. We take eight AP classes- like it's normal!!

We play three sports. We're in four clubs. We are model citizens.

We take the SAT prep courses. We compete against each other. We apply to colleges.

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We're tired. We're exhausted. We're anxious.

It's been four years. It's been long nights. It's been no sleep at all.

It's been panic attacks. It's been ADD pills. It's been disappointment.

We've memorized every answer. We've learned every formula. We've applied to every college.

It paid off, right?

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But...

Ask us how we're doing...

Ask us if we're okay...

Ask us ABOUT ourselves...

And we'll freeze. We don't know.

Because there wasn't an answer. There wasn't a formula. We didn't learn this.

That's not in our textbooks. Not in our notes, not on the SAT.

All that prep work. All those resume builders. All the sleepless nights.

All of it.

It didn't work. It didn't mean anything. We didn't learn how to think.

We only learned how to memorize.

If we're losing our minds.

If knowing the answer is more valuable than learning the lesson.

If our "education" is clouding over our personalities.

Then our diplomas are more important than our sanity.

Isn't that funny?