In my province we needed to do provincial exams in highschool, which was a big part that they take into consideration when applying for universities

For my 12th grade English provincial exam our topic was 'friendship' prior to this we've had our school teachers prep us, me and some of my friend also had a personal tutor.

Most people I know wrote about how their friends helped them. We were also told to relate the topic to a personal event by our teachers, because supposedly the markers of the test love that. And specifically not to make up a story because it's not believable. We were also told to make the story positive because it's more '' encouraging''

I wrote about how having no friends through school ruined me and made me paranoid and resentful of people, overall a very negatively toned writing. The story was in no way shape or form true, I had good friendship in school and if anything I had a very positive time when it came to the people.

Grades came out at the end of the year, it was a down year for our school but good year for the district. Most of my friends got 76-85, and I got a 99. Highest grade in the class from pretending to be an emo fuck.