The world is a fountain of endless suffering. Case in point: Zayn Malik leaving One Direction.
The news came today when American teenagers were in school, and classrooms promptly became dedicated mourning stations.
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There's no point asking the teenagers if they're okay right now, because they are not, and that's all right.
Teenage years are defined by emotional turbulence, and that is one thing in this endlessly uncertain world that will never change. The chaos they feel in their hearts gives us order.
How can anyone possibly take a geometry exam at a time like this? Society as we know it is crumbling around us. The world has lost its innocence. Teachers, let your students cry. Let them call their moms. Let them run to the bathroom to take #sobbies (crying selfies).
Let's all take a moment to consider the school nurses right now, who must be dealing with a lot of teenage girls who, like, definitely have a fever and need to go home immediately.
Best of luck to all staff members at high schools, the teenagers, Zayn, One Direction and all of us. We need it.
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