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My School Life Pretending to be Worthless

It started slowly. A retreating gaze, grades hovering just above failing, a uniform hanging loose on my teenage frame. I became a master of mediocrity, a living ghost drifting through high school’s fluorescent halls. Why would anyone choose invisibility? Statistics paint a grim picture of adolescent angst. According to a 2022 survey by the American Psychological Association, 1 in 3 teenagers…
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