When you get back an exam paper, there's bound to be somebody who goes around asking everyone what they got, and then comparing marks. I think it's annoying. It's like a housefly flying around your head when you're trying to sleep. When you're about to fall asleep, it flies past your ear and you hear the buzzing sound of the fly and then you wake up.
And it's worse if the someone doing the comparing does it all the time. I know of one. No matter if he gets high or low, he compares, and being seated near him, I'm always one of the first people he asks. Usually, I try to show a bit of love and tell him my marks. If it's crap, I add things like 'I don't like this topic' or 'I didn't study'. If the marks are good, I just tell him the marks as straight-faced as I can, trying to give the impression that 'Hey, it's just full marks, nothing much.'
But no matter what he gets, he still compares. I love it when he gets a grade he thinks is good, and then asking me what I got, and when my score is better. (Of course I do this as straight-faced as I can, but inside you know I'm laughing.)
And then there are times when I do not get good grades, and people ask me what I get, thinking I'm always the one who's top in class. And really, I don't like people asking how much I got. Sometimes I blow up because of this, although I try to smile to make it look like I'm joking. And there's no better way of insulting anyone else then by doing it with a smile.
Advice of the day: Don't ask me how much I got, or beware the smile-treatment.
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