/lit/ - Literature

>>16947267
I thought I was talented and that my teacher just had it out for me. Turns out I was just retarded.
>Be me
>16 y/o edgy teen
>nobody understands me
>depressed
>english class asked to write a story adapting a classic fairy tale into modern day
>choose the ugly duckling because its "just like me"
>nobody understands or respects me now, but I'll come back as majestic swan and prove them all wrong
>begin my magnum opus
>Story is about a Vietnamese orphan girl in the 80s
>It begins in media res with her about to jump off a cliff
>recount her entire life until that point
>She feels alone because she's a foreigner
>Tries to make friends with other Vietnamese kids, but she doesn't speak Vietnamese so she feels different from them too
>Nobodyunderstandsme.git
>Pushes away her one friend
>about to jump
>talked down by old man
>Story has nothing to do with the fucking ugly duckling
>We have to read the entire thing to the class
>Awkward applause
>Think it was an amazing story and went over really well because people clapped despite them clapping for everyone
>teacher gives me a C
>how could he not see my genius?! He clearly doesn't know what good writing is, he's obviously out to get me.
>drop from extension English back down to advanced

I still want to kill myself to this very day for reading that cringe fest to the entire class. I watched a lot of pic related so it probably makes sense that I'm a fucking retard.