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Quote by Laurie Halse Anderson

“Sometimes I think high school is one long hazing activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become and adult. I hope it's worth it.”

Book:Speak

Work

Speak

Speak is a narrative that delves into the life of a young girl, her experiences with sexual awakening, and the challenges she faces in a society that often misunderstands and judges her. The story is a powerful exploration of the human condition, the search for self, and the courage it takes to speak one's truth. more

Author

Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson is an American author known for her young adult literature. Her works often explore the challenges and growth of adolescence, and are highly appreciated by young readers. more

“Jocks were pretty much exempt from the standards that bound the rest of us. Teachers and administrators humor them because it's in everyone's interests to coax them through school and get them out of the building. Since it's unethical to turn them loose on society, they get sent to college to be kept out of the mix until their frontal lobes develop more fully. As enticement they are given sports scholarships that will later amount to nothing, not even good health.”

High School

Book:Anthropology of an American Girl

Source: Anthropology of an American Girl

“I'm a man without a country. Or I'm a man with too many countries-you pick. Ultimately, in both global politics and the high school power hierarchy, they amount to the same thing.”

High School Countries Global Politics

Book:All Fall Down

Source: All Fall Down

“High school is worse than having to swim through multiple prahana filled lakes- and that's before the truckload of homework.”

Life High School Teenagers

Author:Taylor Gaskins

“A few other couples joined us on the dance floor and we lost ourselves among them. I'd never been able to figure out exactly what was involved in slow dancing, so I contented myself, as I had since high school, with gripping my partner to me, letting out awkward breaths against her ear, and tipping from foot to foot like someone waiting for a bus. I could feel the sweat cooling on her forearms and smell a trace of apples in her hair.”