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Relatable Classroom Panic Moment

A screenshot of a tweet posted by Carson Braun (@cbraun3124) on February 27, 2019, at 7:52 AM via Twitter for iPhone. The tweet recounts a relatable classroom moment where a student, when called on to answer a question, pauses and says, "hang on, I'm not dumb I'm just panicking." The poster then humorously extends the relatability by stating, "I felt that. The guy next to me felt that. Your mom felt that. The world felt that."
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A guy in class got called on to answer a question and after a short pause he says, "hang on, I'm not dumb I'm just panicking." I felt that. The guy next to me felt that. Your mom felt that. The world felt that.

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A screenshot of a tweet posted by Carson Braun (@cbraun3124) on February 27, 2019, at 7:52 AM via Twitter for iPhone. The tweet recounts a relatable classroom moment where a student, when called on to answer a question, pauses and says, "hang on, I'm not dumb I'm just panicking." The poster then humorously extends the relatability by stating, "I felt that. The guy next to me felt that. Your mom felt that. The world felt that."

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The image is a screenshot of an original tweet from the X.com (formerly Twitter) user Carson Braun (@cbraun3124). It was posted using the Twitter for iPhone app, as indicated by the watermark at the bottom of the tweet. The content appears to be a personal anecdote shared by the user, making it a user-created original post without evidence of remixing or editing.

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