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[hawkingbird]

I still can't believe we're graded on handwriting. What are we, five?

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[ofone]

Thanks for the help, by the way. I wouldn't have passed Science at all.

[escapeplan]

You can't test out of these schools, can you?

[hulkintraining]

Well, to be fair, have you seen Tommy's handwriting?

[hawkingbird]

No problem, Nico. We're obviously going to need to study more together for history; I'm still sitting at a B- for social studies, apparently. Ugh. I never get B's.

[hawkingbird]

I didn't really ask, actually. But I think Victor was forced to go to high school and he's like, super genius robot tech, so... probably not.

[hawkingbird]

Okay, point but... Why must I be punished that he's not a fully functioning human being?

[hawkingbird]

Uh, Tommy, if you see this, that was a joke. Mostly.

[ofone]

B's aren't so bad! It's the C in handwriting I'm mad about.

[hulkintraining]

Why are you even upset about this? Shouldn't you just be glad that you have classes you can get an easy A in?

[detectivewonder]

I am so glad I got here after my eighteenth birthday.

At least they're good grades.

[hawkingbird]

Except I got a B the first six weeks, when I didn't know we were being graded!

[hawkingbird]

I got B's! Multiple B's! Thank god my father isn't here to see this.

You're lucky you didn't have to deal with this BS.

[hulkintraining]

Why wouldn't you be graded? Teachers give us stuff to do just so they can grade us. It's their thing.

[detectivewonder]

Back home, I tested out when I turned eighteen. My night life was a little too wild, and I slept through class a lot, or missed homework. So I know your pain when it comes to uneven grades.

[hawkingbird]

When was the last time you had a grade specifically for handwriting back home?

[hawkingbird]

Ouch. Killer. I still can't believe we weren't warned handwriting was a graded thing.

[hulkintraining]

I don't know...7th grade? But it's a teacher's job to grade us on stuff. It's what they do.

[ofone]

Seriously! What kind of school is this?

[veryproud]

You really feel handwriting is an unfair thing to grade on?

[hawkingbird]

Teddy. We're juniors. This is ridiculous.

[hawkingbird]

Uh... Yeah? I mean once we graduate we'll be typing everything anyway. No one ever sends handwritten memos on the job anymore.

[hawkingbird]

My dad always thought going to school would "build character", or something. Help me mingle with the slightly less fortunate than me. You're lucky your dad let you test out.

[hulkintraining]

Okay. I'm not disagreeing with you. Have you asked the teacher about it?

[hawkingbird]

You think I could argue the grade to an A?

Tim chooses not to ruin the moment by mentioning that his biodad & adopdad were both dead.

[detectivewonder]

Yeah.