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Grades

October 28, 2019
By zayd__musa BRONZE, Cupertino, California
zayd__musa BRONZE, Cupertino, California
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I’ve got to go home and show my mom my ‘C’. How great. But why am I scared? One ‘C’ on a test isn’t gonna scar me forever. I mean, of course, I’m scared of my parents. But who wouldn’t be? But that isn’t all. I’ve felt that fear before but my feeling now is different. It might be the fear of this being punishment from God. Maybe I’m a horrible person and he’s just punishing me for what I do. It’s close but that’s not exactly what I feel. Maybe I’m just a failure. Why couldn’t I have done better? Am I capable of doing better? Most people I know can and have done better. So why do I just suck? Am I really a failure? Or am I doing this to myself? Am I my own enemy?


The author's comments:

In this set-piece, I’m trying writing like I’m talking to a friend without using dialogue.  I’m also trying to ask questions with an answer I don’t have. I like this because it makes it seem raw and fresh as if I just thought about this and I’m just venting to my friend.


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