It doesn't help that some of the acting is drama-school awful, a fault for which the directors should be held more liable than the cast.
For that reason, my school was awful, it was full of gypsies, everything was bad about it.
"I've been away from school an awful lot, up to 12 weeks at a time," she said.
She has won a place to study English literature at Trinity College despite being out of school "an awful lot".
Yes, debt from law school is awful.
Maybe my attitude was the only thing that made high school so awful.
Things are starting to change for the better, but even today, many trans youth are not supported at home or in school, with awful consequences.
A good thing too, says Aydin, who describes the current state of civil rights education in American schools as "awful".
But the hundreds of out-of-control students who curse, bully, never stay in their seats, throw objects, steal and never listen to instructions create a far greater problem for urban schools than awful security guards, who can be removed far more easily than uncontrollable students.
"The decline in physical education, recess, and intramural sports in schools is awful," says famed sportswriter Frank Deford.
