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Drivin’ home this evenin’
Coulda sworn we had it all worked out
You had this boy believin’
Way beyond the shadow of a doubt, yeah
Well, I heard it on the street
I heard you mighta found somebody new, yeah
Well, who is he, baby? Who is he?
And tell me what he means to you, oh, yeah
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I performed astonishingly poorly on my freshman year in high school. While I definitely could’ve gotten better grades, I basically didn’t care. I spent much of that year ditching school, though doing nothing of consequence. It’s not as if I spent it doing drugs or the like; I honestly can’t tell you how I spent that wasted time. Interestingly, I do have an educated guess as to what triggered that disastrous year, but I won’t bore you with that today. It was really by pure chance that I only failed one semester of one class (World History); I could’ve done a lot worse damage.
However, once I started my sophomore year, my trajectory drastically shot upwards. I discovered that I could easily remember details from the lessons; all I needed to do was attend class. I only missed one day of school that second year; that day was after a bike accident. Those grades were slightly elevated by my class selection (fewer honors classes), but not by much.