American school system
This is so accurate.
"It was pounded into my brain every day of my life from the moment I started school that I had to be perfect, and if I wasn’t perfect it was the result of some character flaw." god thank you
Holy shit, all of this. ALL OF IT.
And then there is the flip side where you are doing decent in advanced classes but nobody seems to acknowledge it and get mad because you’re not doing as well in it as the on level classes. An example is like making an A in everything but getting a B- in calculus and your parents getting mad.