“Maybe I’ll just set it in a small college and then get my editor to help me change everything to high school details after the manuscript gets accepted.”
“I think I should Snapchat my sister who is actually in high school and see if that gives me more inspiration.”
“These problems are pretty universal, right?”
“Do they still use bells to make you change classes? How do you know what class to go to on the first day? Do you just like, show up and go to an orientation seminar?”
“Teachers in the movies like Dead Poets Society and Stand and Deliver are pretty realistic, right?”
“How do you know which bus stop is yours? Maybe I should find someone to let me do a ride along. For research.”
“This is the only circumstance where I can see having a kid would really help your writing, but it’d take too long to wait until he or she is in high school, so I guess I’m stuck at square one again.”
“Teenagers read Dante in high school these days, right? They HAVE to. Right?”
“How do sports work?”
“I think I’ll just write this about theater kids. Or summer camp. Yeah, summer camp.”
“Do they still use blackboards? Or do the teachers use powerpoint now?”
“My college cafeteria was basically the same as a high school one, right?”
“Maybe I can get experience in schools by volunteering with Planned Parenthood to give sex ed lectures! That would be like, double reverse karma to fix past life and future life issues.”
“Ugh, cheerleading is confusing.”
“I think I’ll just re-watch Mean Girls.”
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this post is dedicated to and inspired by conversations with the lovely Kassie.
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