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1. nikki (nik@letsalllovela.in)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jul-2021 23:55:44 JST nikki
   the higher education system in the US is such a fucking sham
   • nikki (nik@letsalllovela.in)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jul-2021 23:55:42 JST nikki

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     • Vesuvius Fire of Fire
     @xj9 my school did not rank its students luckily, it sounds horrid
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   • Vesuvius Fire of Fire (xj9@letsalllovela.in)'s status on Thursday, 29-Jul-2021 23:55:43 JST Vesuvius Fire of Fire

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     @nik somehow i managed top 10% of my school while also sleeping in class every day.
   • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;; (shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 00:01:11 JST バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;

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     @nik really loved the opportunities it provided, but without a scholarship would've been kind of impossible, yeh; need to figure out some kind of admin-light online system that still counts as "official university" but pays teachers more directly instead of the thousands and thousands for boss' boss' boss or whatever
   • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;; (shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 00:08:23 JST バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;

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     • バツ子（痛いの痛いの飛んでけ;;
     @nik managing teacher drama sucks, though; father did the department head thing for a while and had to stop because it's apparently like dealing with undergrad excuse-making "my grandmother died and i'm sorry sir but a D is unacceptable" stuff but worse XXmaybe would be less fighting at least with online teaching, though
   • nikki (nik@letsalllovela.in)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 00:10:56 JST nikki

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     • Vesuvius Fire of Fire
     @xj9 i just absolutely hated the soul crushing feeling of "if you don't get good grades in high school you will get into a shitty college and then FAIL AT LIFE" pushed by parents and teachers alike, because my mental health literally did not let me get good grades despite having the whatever "smarts" necessaryi was one of like 8 people in my 700 person class that didn't go to uni, shit is whack. and every step of the way people (incl some of the most supportive teachers i had) derided me for making a "mistake"
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   • Vesuvius Fire of Fire (xj9@letsalllovela.in)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 00:10:57 JST Vesuvius Fire of Fire

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     @nik that is nice though. i never felt much pressure from the ranking thing, personally, but it isn't very nice to compete for grades when its mostly a cutoff + SAT/ACT score that matters for uni applications.
   • Vesuvius Fire of Fire (xj9@letsalllovela.in)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 00:10:58 JST Vesuvius Fire of Fire

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     @nik y’all didn’t do GPA rankings? that’s how we pick valedictorian and qualify for state uni scholarships. i went out of state, but i did qualify for a tuition scholarship because of my grades. (Texas)
   • nikki (nik@letsalllovela.in)'s status on Friday, 30-Jul-2021 00:10:58 JST nikki

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     • Vesuvius Fire of Fire
     @xj9 nope. we had GPAs but no ranks, no valedictorian. you could get special scholarships via application and also sometimes standardized testing (psat).