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Here’s one of the questions posed on the blog:

What is your favorite high school movie? TV show?

Right now I’m really into One Tree Hill, but if I had to choose a TV show that was set for at least a little while in high school, I’d choose Gilmore Girls. I loved watching Rory navigate life at Chilton and then come back home to Stars Hollow and have an entirely different life to live than the one she’d participated in during the day while at school. I also love Freaks and Geeks, among so many others, but I’m partial to period pieces, and Freaks and Geeks is set in 1980.

In terms of movies, I’d probably choose either Grease or Never Been Kissed. I wouldn’t really fit into the world of Grease, but it doesn’t mean I don’t love the fact that it’s set in the 1950s and stars John Travolta. In the eighth grade, it was my all-time favorite movie! I also love Never Been Kissed because who hasn’t wanted to go back and see what high school would be like now that you know how to possibly deal with people a bit better? I even wanted to do this while I was in high school – visit other schools where I had friends and see what life would be like if I switched schools for a while.

Also, in a different vein than the movies already listed, I really enjoy teacher-based movies set in high schools, like To Sir, With Love and The Ron Clark Story, among others. Even though these aren’t really “teen movies,” they serve the purpose of showing teen life through a different lens.