Months Spent Preparing To Forget

We've anticipated tomorrow for months
The excitement and anxiety is bubbling over
But why?
Tomorrow we will present our hard work
We will be scrutinized
We will be disappointed
We will blame ourselves for not trying hard enough
We went through so much
And for what?
For a ten minute presentation
That we'll be judged harshly on
That will be forgotten in a matter of days
Months of preparing
Ten minutes of presenting
Three days of remembering
A lifetime forgetting