Nick's based on a true story trigger

Nick's based on a true story trigger:

You're a smart kid. You got into a rigorous high school program, coming from a gifted program for middle school, and having gone to a private elementary school that required IQ tests to attend. What you don't have is a work ethic or study habits. Typical of a smart kid, you get good enough grades on tests without studying. You let more and more homework go by undone, but the teachers usually let you make it up, and at the end of the semester, your grades are always good enough to keep you out of trouble. This year, though, in one class you skip writing not one, but three big essays. You joke about it with your friends, but you're really searching for one of them to push you do actually complete the work. At the end of the semester, you talk to the teacher of the class, asking how you can make up your grade. He generously gives you winter break to make them up, with only minor penalties. Except, of course, you still don't write the fucking essays. When you get back to school in January, the counselor wants to talk to you. You failed the class, obviously. You ask about fixing it, and she says that's possible, but when you meet about it with the teacher, and she learns that you already had a chance to fix your mistakes, she changes her mind. Trigger as you realize that this time, you have no way out.