"My_elemschool textbook really was something else

Before getting straight to it, here's how my journey began: I was signed up for language lessons at three years old and I made good progress. I had a language coach for 3 straight years, but then she quit and moved away from our town. I was signed up for a new coach, but things didn't really go the way I wanted them to. She was very strict on us and made sure we used proper grammar at all times. I, coincidentally, was not the best at grammar and I can't honestly say that I still am. So I concluded that I wasn't made for language lessons and I quit in second grade. By the way, I'm Czech. Then I found out that I got accepted into a language-focused high school for the following school year. Why did I sign up for it if I already hated learning a language? Well, I was looking forward to studying at a different high school than most of my classmates, and I have to admit that the dorms looked amazing and I was jealous. I knew it would be a pain to study at such a high school, but I also knew I could endure it. However, this all happened right after Russia invaded Ukraine, and I, considering the circumstances, was very afraid of Russia expanding their invasion to Eastern Europe. And therefore I was not afraid to admit that I am a coward. I was planning on moving to Canada with my dad, but they put a pause on new PR applicants. My dad then found out about a language school similar to the one I got accepted into. Instead of Czech students, the students were Slovaks who wanted to get into a Czech university. And it's exactly as it sounds - a five-year plan where they would go to high school, learn Czech and pass their Matura exams, and then hopefully get into a Czech university. The big difference between the two schools, however, was that this school was focused on teaching Slovaks Czech, while I would be learning two completely random foreign languages. Needless to say, I chose to go to the Slovak school. The last two years were a bit of a rollercoaster, but I made it through and I finally got my Matura certificate. I then applied for university and I got accepted into the first semester. The following month, we had our traditional Matura party and it was honestly... amazing. I had so much fun, but it was also kind of sad because I wouldn't get to see most of my classmates again. It was only after the party that I realized we wouldn't be seeing each other again. And it really hurt. Maybe it's because of that that I decided to look back on whatever we did during our five years at school. I found all of my Slovak textbooks and diaries, but I couldn't find any of my German or English textbooks. I then remembered that we were always told to get them signed and then return them, so I couldn't really take them home with me. However, I think we were allowed to keep all of our first-year textbooks. I looked around again and I finally found them. I was really happy, but then something caught my eye. A textbook from my elementary school years. When I grabbed it, a bunch of random sheets of paper fell out. I picked them up to put them back into the textbook, but I noticed the date on the top. It was the date of the day before our final elementary school exams. I decided to give it a read and for the love of god, it made me laugh like crazy. Here's a translation: "I'm leaving elementary school. I was lazy during the past nine years, but not lazy enough. I took my German classes, which took 3 whole years of my life. I did well in them, but it was pointless, because I'm studying Slovak anyway." We really knew how to make jokes about ourselves back in those days. "I got called a baby twice, n-word once, and a pregnant potato once. Not sure if I should feel honored." I have no idea who gave me these nicknames or why, but I'm sure they didn't call me these names maliciously. "I was called a genius once. It didn't really stick." I have no idea who ever called me a genius. I do know that the Czechs have a saying that goes: "There's no bigger idiot than a child genius." Which is why I'm kinda glad they didn't call me a genius again. Not sure if that's what they meant, though. Chances are that they were just being sarcastic. "I didn't learn how to ride a bike in elementary school, but at least I got to learn some German. Given the circumstances, I'm expecting to see a war in Europe in the next few years, so I just might have to put my skills to the test in the future." The circumstances being a war in Ukraine. "I didn't make friends in elementary school, but I got a younger brother." This part was deep. "I'm moving away from my hometown due to the upcoming war. I hope my family won't have to fight and I hope I won't have to join the army. If I do have to join the army, then I'd rather join the Canadian army. It's better than the Czech one." I'm perfectly safe in Czechia and I'm studying at a university located in the city that I had always dreamed of moving to. I never moved to Canada and I'm not planning on moving in the near future. "I'm not going to high school next year, but I'm not going to the military either. I can't wait to move away and leave everything behind." It won't be the first time I move away, but I guess I had never been this excited to do so. "Concerning high school, I can't wait to speak Slovak 5 days a week for the next five years. Wish me luck." Looking back, not speaking enough Slovak was definitely one of my biggest mistakes. I won't make the same mistake with Czech when I start working full-time and stop going to university. "I'm leaving elementary school. I was lazy during the past nine years, but not lazy enough. I took my German classes, which took 3 whole years of my life. I did well in them, but it was pointless, because I'm studying Slovak anyway." I guess I repeated some of the sentences on purpose, but I'm not really sure why. Probably to show that not much had changed throughout my nine years in elementary school.

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