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well im officially a fuck up
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guitarniac
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well im officially a fuck up
just got suspended for ditching too many classes, even though im working on a professional feature film that is about to go on the festival circuit and no one appreciates any of the work i do. I feel like shit. My parents hate me, the school hates me, i hate the school, im sick of my parents, im sick of doing shit i dont care about. Oh yeah i just got into one of cali's top films schools Brooks based on my essay, but meh no one gives a shit its all about missing classes, and how i destroyed my life becuase ive missed a few classes. America is shit.
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Yeah, dude.
Just be glad you aren't in my sister's place.
She was personally insulted by the principal, and got no credits, though she had all A's anyway.
"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees through narrow chinks of his cavern."
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Of course all that school cares about is if you go or not, how else will they brainwash you to be like everyone else? Your situation is just another example that school doesn't care if you're successful or not, just that you go to pointless classess, and listen to pointless lectures, probably won't help you in the future. And parents just go along with it, because they are brainwashed into thinking that schools are good for us, and that we'll ruin our lives if we don't go. Its just all a bunch of bull shit.
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Suicidal-kun Wrote:Of course all that school cares about is if you go or not, how else will they brainwash you to be like everyone else? Your situation is just another example that school doesn't care if you're successful or not, just that you go to pointless classess, and listen to pointless lectures, probably won't help you in the future. And parents just go along with it, because they are brainwashed into thinking that schools are good for us, and that we'll ruin our lives if we don't go. Its just all a bunch of bull shit.
probably?
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thoughtmaker Wrote:Suicidal-kun Wrote:Of course all that school cares about is if you go or not, how else will they brainwash you to be like everyone else? Your situation is just another example that school doesn't care if you're successful or not, just that you go to pointless classess, and listen to pointless lectures, probably won't help you in the future. And parents just go along with it, because they are brainwashed into thinking that schools are good for us, and that we'll ruin our lives if we don't go. Its just all a bunch of bull shit.
probably?
Fine, they won't, happy?
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I've never "fucked up" that badly, but I often feel like that when I skip lots of schoolwork. Wouldn't it be hilarious if you released your film online for free and became massively successful and popular while still being a fuck-up?
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just tell them to et pissed youve got a courier and they cant do jack shit because even if they grade you really low, you have a professional feature film project........ WHO'S gonna CARE?
so I stole your good luck stick charm ey? Why dont you just sue me??????
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Congrats on the film thing
Ignore those idiots. As long as you're doing what matters most to you, it's all good.
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guitarniac
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thanks guys, i love this place i can come here and let out my frustration. thanks for the support guys.
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Suicidal-kun Wrote:Of course all that school cares about is if you go or not, how else will they brainwash you to be like everyone else? Your situation is just another example that school doesn't care if you're successful or not, just that you go to pointless classess, and listen to pointless lectures, probably won't help you in the future. And parents just go along with it, because they are brainwashed into thinking that schools are good for us, and that we'll ruin our lives if we don't go. Its just all a bunch of bull shit.
Good description, I'd go with "probably"
You can't tell the future, so who knows, maybe something you learned in school will help you in a situation one day.
Not that you have to go to school to learn those things, that's just the brainwashing talking
I hate the teachers and the principal
Don't wanna be taught to be no fool
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school
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wow so i go back to school today after being suspended, and kids start telling me the people were going around the school in classrooms with a picture of me asking where i was. uhh im suspended where the fuck do these people think i am. to top that nonsense off i go into to my counselors cuz i needed to drop a class and she tells me that im missing a year of math when on my online transcript which ive been referring to its says ive completed all of mine, she then proceeds to tell me that that is incorrect and signs me up for another math class, great what a bunch of bullshit. She then tells me i only need 2 years of science when ive been told i have to have 3 and i barely plassed my 3rd year so i was retaking it this year and have to drop it. why didnt they tell me that 2 years ago it wouldnt have been helpful. im so pissed at how unorganized and retarded my school runs, no wonder they call it public school, no one knows whats going on ever. so yeah i cant wait to get the fuck out and do what i want to with my life.
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trust me, id rather go to a public school rather than a private school where they are all strung up about your uniform and how you look, it sucks, it sucks knowing that they caremore about what you look like than what you know, and it hurts because they say things to try and improve out self esteem like "it doesnt matter how you look, its who you are"
fuck off, its a bunch of contradictions.
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My sister goes to a private school right now. They are bitching at her because she dyed her hair red.
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