This California dew is just a little heavier than usual tonight.
Really? From where I stand, the sun is shining all over the place.

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tsukiyo ni hikidashita kurutta senritsu no piano
nemuri wo sasou
imi mo naku fuan ni saseru
tsumetai shisen wa mou watashi wo mitenai
I’m dancin’ and singin’ in the rain.

Sorry.

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The Causes and Effects of Eighth-Grade Syndrome Throughout History

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5  Syndrome Trajectory

Deadline missed.

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Lizard poisons Spock.

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The Causes and Effects of Eighth-Grade Syndrome Throughout History

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4  Eighth-Grade Syndrome

The acquisition and onset of eighth-grade syndrome are separate entities. The acquisition is characterized by the adoption of an attitude and mindset, while the onset is characterized by its symptoms—observable behaviors. There is typically an asymptomatic period between acquisition and onset, during which testing for the condition returns positive, but behaviors have not surfaced. In this sense it is similar to HIV/AIDS, and many who have experienced the condition consider this an apt comparison.

The duration of the asymptomatic period is not well characterized, but typically lasts from one to two years for cases with visible onset. The onset is typically marked by a trigger, which may be exposure to a symptomatic case of eighth-grade syndrome or intellectual material of an eighth-grade syndromic quality. The nature of the trigger is typically visible throughout the case of eighth-grade syndrome as part of its trajectory.

Triggers, and resultingly, cases with visible onset, may generally be placed in one of three general categories: rebel, subculture, or supernatural. Many more specific categorizations fall along the boundaries of these general categories. Several triggers for eighth-grade syndrome are described alongside the effects of eighth-grade syndrome throughout history in the following sections.

A  The Mindset of Eighth-Grade Syndrome

Eighth-grade syndrome is an extension of teenage angst which includes a desire both for attention and to be special which typically presents itself as a feeling that one is trapped in the wrong “world” or “body.” It is also characterized by the placement of undue emphasis on things of little consequence, such as minor verbal connotations. The self-consciousness and desire for attention may also result in delusions of grandeur.

B  The Rebel Type

A rebel-type case of eighth-grade syndrome may best be characterized as following the typical trajectory of teenage rebellion. In order to meet the thirty-minute time limit, the author refers the reader to watch several teen films, such as Rebel Without a Cause and Teenage Rebel.

C  The Subculture Type

A subculture-type case of eighth-grade syndrome pursues self-qualification in the immersion into a community with tastes contrary to what is considered “normal.” This immersion is typically done in imitation of others without a proper understanding of what the subculture truly values. Common examples of this type of eighth-grade syndrome includes hipsters, furries, and international anime fans, especially those who watch “fansubs.”

D  The Supernatural Power Type

A supernatural power-type case of eighth-grade syndrome is characterized by an obsession with a field of study, such as mythology, religion, magic, extraterrestrials, or anything pertaining to the occult. The sufferer also typically imagines entire settings and stories in which the sufferer or a character on which the sufferer may self-project is of great consequence. Some very rare, extreme cases take to enactment of these settings and stories. It is of importance to note that the sufferer is also conscious that his or her conceptions and actions are outrageous or unrealistic.

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This card represents the world’s inner timbre, it’s voice.

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A voice speaks to you… Do you not wish to see where it will lead you?

TSUKI NO HIKARI NI MICHIBIKARE NANDO MO MEGURIAU
SEIZA NO MATATAKI KAZOE URANAU KOI NO YUKUE
ONAJI KUNI NI UMARETA NO MIRACLE ROMANCE

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The Causes and Effects of Eighth-Grade Syndrome Throughout History

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Errata

Due to the reversed order and impromptu nature of the writing of this article (As stated previously, the author will write the article from front matter prior to content prior to end matter and has imposed a thirty-minute time limit on the writing of any given section.), corrections for errata in a published section may be found in the following section. Any known errata will be corrected in the completed article. Retroactive corrections to previously published material will not be made.

• Section 2: Replace all instances of “onset” with “acquisition.”
• Sections 2, 3, and 4: Reorder sections to describe the symptoms of eighth-grade syndrome prior to exploration.

3  The Root Cause of Eighth-Grade Syndrome

The imaginary audience and personal fable provide the adolescent with feelings of having attention, specialness, and invulnerability. The decline of these two cognitive distortions provides the adolescent with the opposite feelings: of being ignored, being ordinary, and mortality. These three feelings, in the context of terror management theory (TMT), explain in part the mentality and subsequent behaviors of eighth-grade syndrome sufferers.

A  Terror Management Theory

Terror management theory posits that human actions are taken due to a basic psychological conflict: that humans wish to live despite the realization that death is inevitable. This conflict creates terror, which is mitigated through culture, or symbolic systems which provide life with meaning and value. Essentially, death is denied through symbolic immortality, through the idea that a part of the individual will live on despite death.

Symbolic immortality is achieved through being part of a greater whole, a community larger than oneself, which will live beyond the death of the individual. In the context of TMT, then, cultural constructs such as religion and nationalism are means of managing terror.

B  TMT and Eighth-Grade Syndrome

In other words, TMT posits that a fear of mortality pushes the individual to join a larger community. This is clearly seen in many cases of eighth-grade syndrome, typically of the subculture type, in which the adolescent is quick to affiliate his or herself with a subcultural community. The subculture also provides the adolescent with defenses against the feelings of being ignored and being ordinary as well. First, as part of a smaller community than the entirety of mankind, the adolescent is no longer “ordinary”; the adolescent is differentiated, different, and thus regains a sense of specialness. Second, the adolescent is also able to express that he or she is part of the community, typically one little known or little understood by others, to gain attention. Finally, the adolescent is, as part of the subculture, able to garner the attention of others in the subculture with greater ease than if not part of the subculture.

However, the push to join a larger community does not adequately explain cases of eighth-grade syndrome in which the adolescent pursues isolation, such as the supernatural power (or jakigan) type, for instance. To explain such cases, the desire to reclaim lost attention and to be special must be considered. First, believing that one possesses supernatural powers differentiates the individual from the common, powerless masses, giving the adolescent a sense of being special. Second, the flamboyant expression of this belief and the imagined world are means of gaining attention (blank stares).

It remains that the supernatural power-type eighth-grade syndrome sufferer must have a means of denying his or her mortality, and this denial is self-evident in the sufferer’s supernatural powers. The sufferer will often explicitly state that he or she is immortal, or will be reincarnated, or any of a plethora of means of denying mortality. The sufferer effectively denies death through a religion of his or her own creation. The consequences of these means of denying mortality are explored in later sections.

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