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Elaine C Apr 1
Class of 2024
Was ninety five pupils
Back in 2019.
Whittled down to less than 90 by now

Stabbed myself with a compass
in maths paper 3
Just to see if I could still bleed
Or if the high stress made me a machine

"Just two exams, then I'm done"
I like to say.
But when it's all over
Will I keep it together?
takes inspiration of something i ACTUALLY DID in a maths exam. still have a scar from that on my hand, haha
Elaine C Mar 31
general certificate of secondary education
so why the hesitation
this generation
can be whatever they wish
if they do themselves a favour
get a grade 5 over 25 papers
because having a gcse
tends to be
the best way to succeed
but if you need
a 5 in maths and english
to get a history degree
whats the point in trying to reach
what you dream to be?
i wrote this while completing my GCSE exams, last June. it was a very stressful time for me, and poetry truly helped with it! at times i felt almost robotic, a theme that will come up a couple times in my poetry, including in a poem i will post later!

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