We all survived our teen years. Well, some of us are still in recovery.
Even if you were so confident you smiled with braces on your teeth and let your geekalicious interests be known, chances are you still looked around to see what made other teens popular. There have always been plenty of examples in the movies.
A book coming out next month takes a sarcastic look at those examples. How To Fight, Lie, and Cry Your Way to Popularity (and a Prom Date): Lousy Life Lessons From 50 Teen Movies
Perhaps one of the following inspired you to update your hairstyle or change your approach to romance. Or maybe just fueled your desire to get out of high school.
Roddy’s life lesson:
“To appreciate the nice guy who won’t take advantage of you in your bathrobe, get impregnated by his jerk of a best friend.”
Roddy’s life lesson:
“To jumpstart a better relationship with your dad, let your best friend cost him millions in property damage.”
Roddy’s life lesson:
“To end high school cliques, date a psychopath who kills the cool kids (and then himself), leaving you to rule the school.”
Roddy’s life lesson:
“If you’re forced into a life of killing vampires, at least look hot while doing it.”
Roddy’s life lesson:
“To get into a highly competitive dance academy, get overly emotional before your audition, dance poorly, and then have your boyfriend interrupt in the most unprofessional way imaginable.”
Roddy’s life lesson:
“The best way to take the popular girl down: Be more abusive than she is. Then apologize to the whole school and all will be well.”
Sure, you weren’t a go-along-with-the-crowd person even then but there must have been one movie that made an impression on you. Care to fess up?
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