{"id":1399806,"date":"2019-10-11T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1399806"},"modified":"2019-10-10T10:57:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T14:57:04","slug":"horror-novels-for-high-school-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/horror-novels-for-high-school-students\/","title":{"rendered":"High School As Explained in Horror Novels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There are many things commonly agreed upon to be Very Scary. That’s why our shelves are just chock full of horror novels about demons, clowns, and sometimes demon clowns (looking at you, Stephen King’s It<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But perhaps the scariest thing of all is the one thing most horror authors won’t even touch: high school. And I’m not talking about a haunted high school or a high school overrun by zombies or a high school where the prom queen gets covered in pig’s blood. No, no, I’m talking the normal, everyday mundanities of high school. There’s nothing scarier than group projects, AP exams, and inexplicable cafeteria food, which is why I’d like to pitch the following horror novels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Psycho: That One Guy Who Reminded Your Teacher There Was Homework<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrie (Didn’t Do Her Part of the Group Project)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Woman in Black Called on Me and I Have No Idea What the Answer Is<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tell-Tale Sound of Your Heart Pounding When You’re Gearing Up to Say \u201cHere!\u201d During Attendance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Final Exam of Dr. Moreau (Is Worth 30% of Your Grade)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Witching Hour, Otherwise Known as AP Calculus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something Wicked This Way Comes (Surprise! It’s the Due Date for That Project You Haven’t Started)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosemary’s Baby is Definitely Not Worth Babysitting After School for $5.50 an Hour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let the Right One In: My College Admissions Essay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Terrible Yearbook Photo of Dorian Gray<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Misery, Otherwise Known as Monday Morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Always Always Lived in a House Where the Printer Never Works Right When You Need it to Most<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Green Mile: Cardio Day in Gym Class<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Whom the Bell Tolls: A Closer Look at Teachers Who Get Angry When Everyone Starts Packing Up Early, Then Say, \u201cThe Bell Doesn’t Dismiss You, I Dismiss You\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Strange Attendance Policies of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebecca (Is Absent Today, Great, Now I Have to Present This PowerPoint By Myself)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Head Full of Ghosts (Is the Reason You Can’t Remember the Dates of the Punic Wars, Probably)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ruins: A Tragic Story of One Student’s GPA After Midterms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Stuff of Nightmares: Pop Quizzes, Presentations, and People Walking Slowly in the Hallway Right in Front of You<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Have No Time to Study and I Must Scream<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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