When people discuss the test which you just dramatically failed

Maybe the worst thing about this problem is is that it always happens twice: right after the test ánd when the test is handed back to you.

You didn't really feel like studying this weekend, you were glad that for a moment you didn't have to think about school and used your time sleeping, catching up on tv series and mentally preparing yourself for another week of school. You convinced yourself it would all turn out just fine tomorrow: they probably wouldn't ask the most difficult questions in the chapter which you didn't do and you attended all the classes, so some knowledge of the chapter must by chance have entered your brains.

Turns out it didn't.

They díd ask all the difficult stuff which even the smart people didn't know when it was discussed in class and you didn't remember anything of the information they gave you in class. To conclude: you failed the test embarassingly and your only hope is a few of the questions which you actually started but didn't finish because you got stuck somewhere in the end.

Finally the test is done. You try to move on and just be happy you don't have to study for this particular topic anymore and can forget all of it (though there isn't much to forget, since there wasn't much you actually knew). However, your dearest classmates think it is fun to discuss all of the questions, their thoughts while doing them, gotchas which they saw through because they are very smart and no one can fool them, and compare their answers to see who is right. You try to ignore them but similarily fail this too and hear all of their answers, which not in any way sound a little bit the same like yours. The last bit of hope for a not that bad mark has now totally faded away and you hope you still pass the year since this actually was one of the most important chapters.

Two weeks later

You already forgot about this test, when the teacher announces he has graded them. Everyone is happy and like 'yeah so excited, I really want to know my mark,' and you just silently hope the teacher won’t say them out loud because you are willing to accept the lowness of your grade, but not everyone staring at you feeling sorry for you and asking themselves how you ever made it till fifth grade.

As usually, your silent prayer isn’t heard and the teacher reads the marks out loud, starting with the lowest one (yours) and ending with the highest one (your neighbours). Then part two of the discussing starts. While everyone is enjoying their marks and ‘Oh look how many stupid mistakes I made I could just easily have avoided!!!11’ (they all got a nine or higher) you try to look like you don’t care about school or marks and ignore them.

Solution

Well... just studying?