I’m sure you are all simply thrilled to be back at school, especially if you are lucky enough to be year 11 and 13s. I hope you can take comfort in knowing we actually are all the same, and so maybe you can get a little joy out of spotting these types of people around school.
The One Whose ‘Dog ate their homework:’
- They swore they thought they had a few more days.
- Might have written homework down and forgotten about it (guilty)
- Can be spotted desperately hauling themselves into the study room.
- Or conveniently having tech issues when uploading the homework…
The One whose ‘Dog ate their Motivation:’
- Whilst not strictly a convincing excuse it is sadly a serious ailment.
- Can be found shaking their heads sadly at exam specs, or simply placing their heads on the table, regretting saying ‘That’s a problem for future me.’
- In the library or study room, most likely crying into a bag of Sainsburys cookies.
- May well also be commiserating the horrible amount of revision with friends, or even just gossiping, because remember ‘It’s important to have breaks too.’
The One who’s Mourning the loss of their Easter chocolate:
- They might have inhaled it while sitting doing their practice maths paper.
- An incredibly relatable person – if the chocolate is just right there in front of you what else are you supposed to do?
- Can be found looking especially sad as the joy of Easter is fully over and they also have nothing to ease the sufferings of homework with.
The one who has clearly been on holiday:
- Has usually gone into full influencer mode – daily updates on their Instagram story means that everyone knows exactly where they have been.
- The really lucky ones already have a suntan. Honestly this is outrageous behaviour as not only did they get an amazing holiday, but also come back with that *Summer Glow*.
- (I am especially jealous of you as this is also highly unattainable for me – I go a nice crispy burnt shade of red, as I proved most spectacularly on silver DofE)
The One who doesn’t know what a sleep schedule is:
- Sleep? What? Why? The teachers dare to suggest that we get rest, but somehow it just sort of happens that this person comes back to term feeling no less rested 😀
- Can be spotted with eye bags, and either clasping coffee or bemoaning their general lack of caffeine.
- A true morning person, really approachable and outgoing during morning registration
The role model:
- They have actually completed their holiday homework without having a meltdown on the last day.
- They organised their notes and impressively did not create a highly delusional revision plan – bonus points if they vaguely followed it.
- They might have even got some sleep along the way.
- Sightly scary, people both fear them and really want to be them.
- Extremely rare. If this is you, don’t gatekeep tell us the secret (please we need it)
Have a lovely term!
