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20 Things We Miss about Going Back to School
Summer is officially over, and school is back in full swing. And sadly, no amount of shopping for bullet journal supplies can take the place of getting to shop for a backpack full of fresh, new school supplies. So bust out your old yearbooks, see if you can still fit into your shiny purple prom dress (it doesn’t have to zip), and check out our list of all the things we’re so nostalgic for about back-to-school season.
My Best Friend Is as Sharp as a Pencil: And Other Funny Classroom Portraits
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1. The smell of freshly sharpened pencils.
2. Brand-new library books that haven’t even been opened yet.
3. Getting to see your BFFs every day.
4. New kids in your class.
5. Back-to-school shopping.
6. Back-to-school parties.
7. Seeing your crush—and how much cuter they got over the summer.
8. Freshly uncapped scented markers.
9. Decorating your locker.
10. No homework for at least the first week.
11. Clean slate with teachers, grades, tardies, absences, etc.
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12. Figuring out your extracurriculars for the year—audition for the school play? Try out for soccer? Dominate the math team?
13. Seeing what sort of pranks the class clowns have been cooking up over the summer.
14. Catching up on everyone’s summer vacay stories.
15. Not yet being sick of cafeteria food.
16. Getting an inadvertent cardio workout from running from one class to the next with a pack full of books.
17. Seeing your favorite teachers.
18. School dances.
19. Having a friend with a driver’s license, so you can finally ditch the bus.
20. Looking forward to winter break.
What do you miss about going back to school?