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That time my middle school english tried to make us write a rap song (lemmygrad.ml)
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I'm not complaining in this story, I just think it's funny (looking back).

So basically, we are in 8th grade, and our English teacher (known for being eccentric) always made us do unusual assignments. One time, he decides to split the class into groups of 4 kids and make them write lyrics and compose a beat.

The problem is I got put into a group of 1 (just me). Now picture this, a kid with 0 social skills, music talent, someone who had never even listened to rap before, making a rap song to perform in front of the whole class and their parents (yes, we were going to do a concert).

I remember just not being able to do the assignment and crying (like a stupid removed). I would straight up dodge my teacher for the year outside of class so that he would stop hounding me for a submission.

In retrospect, crying and running away (sometimes literally) from my school assignments was basically my default strategy of dealing with middle school ๐Ÿ’€. It's a miracle that this troubled child grew up to be a model student (in primary school I was known for biting the other kids).

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[โ€“] rostselmasch@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To compose a beat? That's a interesting english class. How did the others do that?

[โ€“] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 week ago

No idea. I think the idea was that the beat didn't have to be complex or novel, so it was fine if you had 1 kid who chose the music elective in your group.