Being a student is quite challenging, especially if you are not financially stable. You see your parents or guardians working so hard to earn money with their blood and sweat just to send you to school. You feel sad because just the thought of it makes you cry out of guilt. Some parents didn't have the privilege to finish their studies; that's why they keep saying to their children that the only thing they can give them is education. They work day and night even when there's a storm on their way. Heavy rainfall and high tides can't stop them from working because they want you to finish your studies despite all the hardships they face. As a student, you tried your very best to make them proud as well as to repay all the kindness they show to you. You always study so that you can't get low grades because you think that having low grades won't make your parents happy. You did everything you could so that you could make your parents proud, but there's always someone who will rob your hard work. Some people who are just taken for granted, they copied to you, they will cheat in every quiz, they will manipulate their answers in every opportunity they get. Those people who don't even excrete some effort got higher grades than those students who did all they could to pass. Is it not unfair? Is it right to be just taken for granted while others are barely sleeping so that they can pass? Life is full of biases in every corner. Some will favor those students they know better than those students who excel and study hard. Those taken-for-granted people usually bragging about the high scores they've got and confidently saying that they can graduate from college with flying colors. Others are trying so hard, yet there are some who just suck out some source, but if that source is not useful anymore, they will be discarded. Those leech-type people who cling to every person they can be used are very toxic. They don't have shame nor feel shameful for their acts. They always make you feel small and try to stomp on you, but the truth to be told, they are nothing without all those illegal acts they commit. Always remember that not people who approach you and tend to want to be friends with you are real. Some are just leech disguise as a person, so always be alert to your surroundings. Don't let any leech suck up on you and leave you drain.
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Life's Boisterous Echoes
Short StoryIn a world where social media highlights the lives of others and perfection seems just a click away, a third-year college student grapples with the weight of comparison and the relentless pressure to conform. As she navigates the tumultuous waters o...
