The speaker recounts their experience in a preparatory school, highlighting the challenges they faced, such as excessive homework and a quirky poetry teacher named Mr. Poe. The teacher often shared odd riddles and had a fascination with snakes. Despite finding poetry class useless, the speaker appreciates the class in retrospect and acknowledges Mr. Poe's unique teaching style. The speaker also mentions their anticipation for VidCon and ends with a poetic note about wearing seat belts.
Here are the key facts extracted from the provided text:
1. The speaker attended a preparatory school in ninth grade, which required students to wear uniforms and didn't have traditional desks.
2. The speaker's twin sister also attended the same preparatory school due to carpool arrangements.
3. The preparatory school had a heavy workload with a significant amount of homework.
4. The speaker's older brother attended the preparatory school because he heard there were cute girls there.
5. The speaker had a poetry teacher named Mr. Poe, who the speaker perceived as often sounding depressed.
6. Poetry was a required class for freshmen at the school, and the speaker found it less useful than other classes.
7. Mr. Poe had an interest in snakes and often went off-topic to discuss them.
8. Mr. Poe taught lateral thinking puzzles, but the speaker found some of his puzzle solutions to be unconventional.
9. The speaker mentioned a lateral thinking puzzle about being trapped in a restaurant with the answer being to get an education.
10. There was another riddle mentioned in the text for which the speaker couldn't figure out the solution.
11. The speaker expressed gratitude to their friend, Cipher Den, for helping with coloring pictures.
12. The speaker apologized to Mr. Poe for calling him depressed and mentioned that it was a great class.
These are the factual points extracted from the text without including opinions.