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As students around right around the country, except Queensland, sit down to begin their Higher School Certificate – family life couldn’t be more tense in the households of nearly-graduated young men and women.
This year, things are different because the world is dying and these exams mean nothing because we’re all going to die in a few years anyway.
But one local youngster is pushing on despite that.
“I just don’t get it mum” says one local year 12 student, Amy, who is being forced to study an outdated piece of Shakespearean text about Macbeth or something as equally shit ahead of this week’s English exams.
“It doesn’t make sense!”
Even with weeks of study under her belt, Amy is being made to feel like she has left this stuff until the last moment, as her mother does everything she can to remedy the hysteria currently gripping the family living room.
“Don’t take it out on everyone else, you’ve had all year to study for this” says her mum, Karen, who seems unaware that they were only given these topics this month.
However, surprisingly the comments about her daughter’s poor time management skills don’t seem to help anything.
With Amy now on the verge of impulsively dropping out of high school and becoming a stripper, Karen is forced to whip out her inner tutor.
“Amy, look, what are you struggling with?” she asks
Amy explains the confusing, over-the-top question about discourses in Shakespeare.
“Ok” says Karen.
“So, read the question”
