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can i have a small rant about something real quick?

today was the first day back at school. so, of course, we had to have an assembly.

the teacher who was leading it talked a lot about failures and how it’s okay to fail and it helps us grow and learn, which i agree with in principle.

BUT THEN he went on to show us pictures of people opening the envelopes with their exam results (idk what the american equivalent is but there are two sets of important exams you do when you’re 16 and 18 in my country) and he basically said ‘failure is okay but if you fail to get the grades you need for what you want to do in life then that’s not good enough and you should have tried harder.’ He also literally used the words ‘probably deserve it’. 

like i’m sorry WHAT

what a great way to encourage people taking those very exams in the not so distant future!

anyways-

how’s everyone’s life been since I last went on here? i’m going to try and be more active