Your High School Experience: Expectations Vs. Reality

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1. Expectation: Get an awesome locker next to your friends

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Reality: It smells like a nasty old gym sock

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2. Expectation: Calculus will ruin your life

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Reality: Saved by your TI-83

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3. Expectation:

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Reality:

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4. Expectation: Your crush will say no when you ask them out

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Reality: They say yes, and you panic that you’re actually going on a date

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5. Expectation: A normal day of class

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Reality:

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6. Expectation: A Friday night with no homework

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Reality: Teacher assigns a five-page essay due Monday

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7. Expectation: Your first high school dance will be totally awkward

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Reality: It's actually kinda hot

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8. Expectation: Feel unprepared for your midterms

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Reality: Ace every single one of them

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9. Expectation: All your friends will compliment your back to school outfit

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Reality: Only your lame science teacher does

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10. Expectation: You’ll be so bored and won’t learn anything useful

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Reality: You can’t wait to graduate and take on the real world

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Expectation: You’ll never win ANYTHING

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Reality: You might just get lucky

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