Elementary School
Unveiling Life's Lessons: Delaney Bailey's 'Elementary School' Meaning
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You explode quietly
You experience internal emotional intensity without outward expression.
You keep bad habits for years
You maintain negative behaviors over an extended period.
You retain it like long division
You hold onto things, perhaps emotional burdens, akin to a complex mathematical process like long division.
All the things that they told you to revise
You adhere to advice or instructions for self-improvement.
You learn quiet
You acquire knowledge or skills quietly and discreetly.
You learn to please
You learn to satisfy others or conform to expectations.
You're best friends with the teacher
You have a close relationship with authority figures, possibly teachers.
She looks at you with unease
The teacher views you with discomfort or suspicion.
You take notes all the time
You consistently take notes, possibly recording experiences or lessons.
A change in tone
There is a shift in the way things are communicated or perceived.
And worry they're taking notes too
You worry that others are observing and documenting your actions as well.
Reading you like a palindrome
People analyze you, understanding you in a way that's similar forwards and backwards like a palindrome.
Not sure quite what you did
You are unsure about a specific action taken at a very young age.
At six years old
You received criticism or were labeled as excessive at the age of six.
To be told you're too much
You were being informed that your behavior or personality was too intense or overwhelming.
You were learning the world
You were in the process of understanding the world around you.
You were learning yourself
You were discovering your own identity.
You were learning what you could hold
You were learning about your limitations or what you can endure.
You still hold too much
You still carry burdens or emotions from the past.
Old habits die hard
It's challenging to break free from long-standing negative behaviors.
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