Okay, some of this didn’t make sense to me, but that’s cause I’m American. I take it an E grade is bad…when I was in middle school E stood for excellent, though, so I’m not sure.

Other than that, I really liked this…

Wow, that image of tears peeling away the foundation is incredibly strong – and equally metaphorical.
You’ve captured brilliantly that sense of sorrow being made worse by the percieved joy of everybody else, and that last line ties things together beautifully.

I remember that from when i was in Arizona, but here it goes A* is the best to F is the worst. actually U is the worst because it’s so crap, it’s unmarkable.