__ I had better teachers

 

__ The stuff we had to learn wasn't so boring

 

__ My parents would stop bugging me about grades

 

__My friends were doing better

 

__I cheated like everybody else

 

__I wasn't loaded all the time

 

__I had more time

 

__I could see how I could use this in the future

 

__I wasn't so stupid

 

__My teachers cared more about me

 

__Someone knew how I learn and could show me how to study better

 

__My home life wasn't so f---ed up

 

__I didn't have to work

 

__I could remember things better

 

__My friends didn't get me in trouble all the time

 

__My parents cared more about education

 

__I got paid for better grades

 

__I had a better vocabulary

 

__We didn't have grades to worry about

 

__I could read better

 

__I tried harder

 

__I wasn't being forced to go to school