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Me in my peak: looking at old 6th grade report card

This is a single-panel reaction meme. The top text states: 'Me looking at my 6th grade report card where the teacher said "future is looking bright"'. Below the text, a still of Michael B. Jordan as Erik Killmonger from *Black Panther* is used: he is grimacing, squinting as if dazzled, while holding a sheet of paper edited to glow extremely brightly. The joke is a pun on the 'future is looking bright' comment, visualizing the phrase literally as the glowing paper, while the character's negative, unimpressed expression humorously implies the creator's adult life did not live up to the teacher's optimistic childhood prediction.
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Me looking at my 6th grade report card where the teacher said "future is looking bright"

Overview

This is a single-panel reaction meme. The top text states: 'Me looking at my 6th grade report card where the teacher said "future is looking bright"'. Below the text, a still of Michael B. Jordan as Erik Killmonger from Black Panther is used: he is grimacing, squinting as if dazzled, while holding a sheet of paper edited to glow extremely brightly. The joke is a pun on the 'future is looking bright' comment, visualizing the phrase literally as the glowing paper, while the character's negative, unimpressed expression humorously implies the creator's adult life did not live up to the teacher's optimistic childhood prediction.

Origin notes

This meme was originally posted on Reddit under the r/Meme subreddit, with the original post title 'Me in my peak'. It is an edited remix of the widely used 'Killmonger holding glowing object' reaction template, which originates from a scene in the 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther.

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