Lrt my parents put my brothers and especially the one directly after me through HELL chasing those (American) football scholarships and I started typing up a while screed about how fucked the US education system is but probably someone better informed has said it better elsewhere.
![Achewood panel of Philippe, a young cartoon otter, fainting as he imagines an obituary with [edited text] reading "IN MEMORIAM
[Michael] died today because he was [called Homestuck] by someone he thought was his friend. He was [37 or 38]
Services will be held tomorrow in the cemetery.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tybcmufjclmndigqp3burklb/bafkreibiknt7nnylthya5ig35ojulne3x4z2toq4ogvrjymijxv5t6vmua)
