17 First-Day-of-School Photos That Perfectly Capture the Way Kids Feel About School
If you sit most kids — whether they're actually happy or not — in front of the camera on their first day of school, they'll sit and smile and hold that adorable chalkboard sign you made them. Some kids though, the ones who can't hide their emotions even for the sake of one photo, just can't bear to be happy through that first-day-of-school photo shoot.
Scroll through for 13 first-day-of-school photos that show how kids really feel about going back to class.
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When they just can't figure out how Summer went by so fast.
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When one of them is at least trying to feign excitement but can't get their sibling on board.
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When they stand where you ask them to, but refuse to act happy.
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When you realize they've been practicing their mean mug all Summer for this precise moment.
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When you can't even get them to face the camera.
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When the last thing they want to do is talk to you.
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When there isn't enough happiness on the bus to spread to your kid.
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When they're extremely displeased that they finally have to get in the car.
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When they don't want to wear the outfit you laid out for them.
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When you get them to hold the sign, but can't get a good snap.
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When they try really hard to smile for you, but just can't get over their disappointment.
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When they realize how long is left of their school sentence.
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When you think they're fine, and then they start crying.
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When you're not sure if they're sad or mad.
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When you can practically smell their disappointment through the camera lens.
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When the toddler years are officially over, and they realize they're in for years and years of class.
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