hysteria;
note: the following is completely fictional and may or may not have been based on real life. all similarities to reality are coincidental and who knows? maybe it will happen.
someday.
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ah. they're giving back out the project marks.
i smiled to myself. this shouldnt be too bad. i'm pretty sure i had done rather well for this one.
i remember all the effort i spent on this particular school project. all the past test hadnt gone too well on my subject, but with this project, it was bound to pull up my marks.
finally, it was my turn.
"register 34!"
i walked up to the teacher's desk, already feeling rather confident for once.
"here's your marks,"
great! now to read the score. out of 50 marks, i obtained...
"...erm, mrs? i think there's some sort of a mistake."
the teacher looked at my paper and squinted.
"register 34, class 21. right?"
i nodded in agreement.
"there's no mistake."
i stared hard at my paper.
"this has to be a joke," i pointed a finger straight at my obtained marks. "some stupid, sick joke. it's not funny, okay. this is.. below, my self expectations. WAY below. far from being acceptable. i mean, come on!
you cant be telling me i FAILED this project?"
"there's no need to make a fuss."
"a FUSS? i'm on the verge of failing a subject that will keep me from being promoted to my next school level and you're telling me not to make a fuss??? Did you know how many BLOODY hours i spent pouring over that project? Do you have any FRICKIN idea how much enerygy i put into this??"
"dont you dare use-"
"i dont fuggin CARE about damn vulgarities!! i will not leave you or this place until you give me my deserved marks! i WILL NOT have all the damn time of my life spent wasted on a crappy project that i actually BOTHERED to do with hard effort!"
i could feel a scream almost escaping my throat.
"i am going to take you to the principle."
"no, you make her come here. i've told you, i am not going anywhere, neither are you."
"this has gone too far-"
she got up and headed off to the office.
"where the F- do you think you're going?!?!?"
she had left already. off to get reinforcements to restrain a quickly maddening student.
"you think i'll stop here today?? i WILL get my marks, whether you like it or not! and you WILL sign your signature of approval for the mark change, and i WILL MAKE SURE!! YOU CAN GO RUN IF YOU WANT, BECAUSE YOU BETTER BLOODY WATCH OUT, I WILL GET WHAT I'VE WORKED SO HARD TO DESERVE!! YOU HEAR ME???"
by now i was screaming into stunned silence, the teacher had left long ago, the next door students, teachers and my own classmates staring at me in shocked faces, for never had they ever seen the girl they thought to be mild to have so much fury.
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