Whenever I feel anxious about something, I usually grin and bear it and don't tell anyone about it until it's over.

Well, I live in PA, and we have this thing called Keystone Exams, they're supposed to see if the student is proficient in Algebra I, Biology, and Literature at the end of the semester so that they can be eligible to receive a diploma.

I've been stressing hard about passing these exams, and I've been told by various people that these exams don't really matter and that they're just there to grade the school.

And also that the graduation requirement to do these exams just means that you have to take them, regardless of what you make on them.

But, when I go online to see if it's true, everything says that you have to pass them.

Yesterday, I got a letter in the mail, and it said that I got below average on the Algebra I Keystone.

Last year's Keystones.

A whole year later, and then I start getting the results back, why?

I hate this, why is this a graduation requirement? Shouldn't grades be enough to determine weather or not you get to graduate.

I'll go stress some more.