When something returns a tuple (like `get_or_create`), and you want to just use one value and discard the other, you can do something like this:

```python
student_item, _ = StudentItem.objects.get_or_create(
   # imagine other params here
)
```

The `_` by itself as a var name is a common convention indicating that you don't intend to use it anywhere. This way you don't have to do the `[0]` access here.