• Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There’s a whole culture in America celebrating carelessness, doing poorly in school, and idolizing people who got successful doing nothing except breaking the rules

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      1 year ago

      Back in the 80s and 90s this was already a thing. Being a “rebel” and being “too cool for school.” If you did too well at school you were a nerd and that had some social stigma.

      Maybe today it is worse with social media and online gaming.

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        1 year ago

        In the 90s I purposefully did slightly worse in school as a way to fit in. No one seemed to like the people who did really well.