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American higher education, with its focus on grades and metrics, often trains students for a lifetime of capitalist service — whether they want it or not.

In the beginning of November (otherwise known as college application season), I came across Darya Nouri’s PSA to high schoolers on TikTok, which went viral with 1.3 million views.

“In HS I studied 24/7, never did anything fun, was in a million clubs, and took all APs,” she captions the beginning of her video. The camera transitions to a friend flipping off the camera. “This mf had beef w every teacher and dropped his only club and had fun. We both ended up at the same college. Don’t be me. Go have fun.”

Her TikTok is an ode to the movie Booksmart, which follows a high school gunner obsessed with getting