I have great respect for any American kid who is growing up right now and still retains a minimum of sanity. Surrounded by school shootings, coronaviruses on steroids, racism, a deregulated economy, a straight-up villainous government, institutional fraud, nepotism, and corruption, religious lunacy, poverty, poisoning, and malnutrition, caught in a circle of work and debt at a young age, and daily walking among the artifacts of the world’s grandest schemes advancing war, pollution, narco-terrorism, sex trafficking, and tropical deforestation yet unable to do anything against it.
Well, I haven’t been able to put up with it very well. Shortly after starting 10th grade, I became depressed and my grades fell to the point that I would not have been able to fix them no matter how hard I tried. This continued throughout 11th grade. Eventually, I stopped doing work altogether, and now, near the end of 11th grade, I took and passed a test that has allowed me to stop going to school. My mental health is better, but I still have to suppress thoughts about what’s going on in this country because not doing so leads to depression and panic attacks.
Most people deal with it by being in denial, using TikTok, watching Netflix all day, playing video games, and focusing so hard on doing homework that they have no energy to think of anything else.
Wait, your life went to shit shortly after 10th grade, and now as an 11th grader you gave up on school altogether? Me too, what are the chances?! I gotta take summer school, but that’s life. (plus that means I’ll actually have something to do.) Lucky for me I don’t really stress about the fall of the Empire, (I don’t got much to lose) I just hope I can do something the upcoming fascism.
Also now that I realize it, what IS the average age on Lemmygrad?
I had a breakdown or two and did the test as soon as I turned 16. There are other kids who are having major issues too I know.
Now I’m almost 20 living on our 5 acres with fam. I’m investing the money I have in crypto, budgeting for things like a good 4K (~$200), maybe PC (~$300). Trying to work on stuff online with people. Close to finishing my TEFL course in case I need to use it.
I get stressed out from a bit of trauma and about how f*cked the world is and how hard it will probably be to do something about it.
Most americans kids don’t know and what they do know they don’t hold that negative an opinion of as you do. America is still better than most of the world for a child.
I have great respect for any American kid who is growing up right now and still retains a minimum of sanity. Surrounded by school shootings, coronaviruses on steroids, racism, a deregulated economy, a straight-up villainous government, institutional fraud, nepotism, and corruption, religious lunacy, poverty, poisoning, and malnutrition, caught in a circle of work and debt at a young age, and daily walking among the artifacts of the world’s grandest schemes advancing war, pollution, narco-terrorism, sex trafficking, and tropical deforestation yet unable to do anything against it.
How are they able to put up with all this?
By mainlining TikTok.
Well, I haven’t been able to put up with it very well. Shortly after starting 10th grade, I became depressed and my grades fell to the point that I would not have been able to fix them no matter how hard I tried. This continued throughout 11th grade. Eventually, I stopped doing work altogether, and now, near the end of 11th grade, I took and passed a test that has allowed me to stop going to school. My mental health is better, but I still have to suppress thoughts about what’s going on in this country because not doing so leads to depression and panic attacks.
Most people deal with it by being in denial, using TikTok, watching Netflix all day, playing video games, and focusing so hard on doing homework that they have no energy to think of anything else.
Wait, your life went to shit shortly after 10th grade, and now as an 11th grader you gave up on school altogether? Me too, what are the chances?! I gotta take summer school, but that’s life. (plus that means I’ll actually have something to do.) Lucky for me I don’t really stress about the fall of the Empire, (I don’t got much to lose) I just hope I can do something the upcoming fascism.
Also now that I realize it, what IS the average age on Lemmygrad?
I had a breakdown or two and did the test as soon as I turned 16. There are other kids who are having major issues too I know.
Now I’m almost 20 living on our 5 acres with fam. I’m investing the money I have in crypto, budgeting for things like a good 4K (~$200), maybe PC (~$300). Trying to work on stuff online with people. Close to finishing my TEFL course in case I need to use it.
I get stressed out from a bit of trauma and about how f*cked the world is and how hard it will probably be to do something about it.
They double down on it and support it, usually.
Tiktok
Most americans kids don’t know and what they do know they don’t hold that negative an opinion of as you do. America is still better than most of the world for a child.