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“I wish that financial literacy was taught when I attended high school, not so long ago”

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“You know something is wrong when chapter tests determine your twenties. The fate of a young life in modern America is dependent on whether or not you circled the right bubble on a pop quiz.”

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“There may be no harder place to be queer than high school, a place of bullies and slurs, a place steeped in rituals of heterosexuality.”

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Book:Like a Love Story

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“So, if she’s the only one in the class of ’22 who’s really out for now, if her existence can provide cover for half her graduating class to stand up for something without saying things about themselves they can’t yet say, that’s enough. That’s plenty.”

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“Oh, please. I'm such a loser. The only thing that's different about me now versus then is that I got some better clothes and got rid of my accent. You'll probably lose yours, too. But even if you don't, this is just high school. Impressing a bunch of snooty teenagers is a pretty lame life goal to have.”

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Book:Anya's Ghost

Source: Anya's Ghost

“First things first," said Aru, lifting her hand. "I cannot speak to you in iambic pentameter. I'm in high school. And I'm in Otherworld training. So, I've got, like, three brain cells left, and it would take at least four for me to come up with rhymes.”

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Book:Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality

Source: Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality

“I am clanless. I wasted the last weeks of August watching bad cartoons. I didn’t go to the mall, the lake, or the pool, or answer the phone. I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude. And I don’t have anyone to sit with. I am Outcast.”

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Book:Speak

Source: Speak

“To your party I'll bring my World-Famous Leftover Duck Meatloaf. It's from 1999, and the only reason I have it in my possession is because my old high-school math teacher called me up to come remove it from my old locker, because it was making his class smell like Savage Garden.”

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Book:Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.

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“Please produce an autobiographical statement of no fewer than 1,000 words.”

Book:Permanent Record

Source: Permanent Record

“THE FIRST TEN LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL 1. We are here to help you. 2. You will have enough time to get to your class before the bell rings. 3. The dress code will be enforced. 4. No smoking is allowed on school grounds. 5. Our football team will win the championship this year. 6. We expect more of you here. 7. Guidance counselors are always available to listen. 8. Your schedule was created with your needs in mind. 9. Your locker combination is private. 10. These will be the years you look back on fondly.”

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“We have journals in social studies, too. The school must have gotten a good price on journals.”

Book:Speak

Source: Speak