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COOL ENOUGH FOR SCHOOL.

The New Yorker

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I think I speak for everyone, with the possible exception of the home- schooled, when I say that September, thanks to its leadoff position in the academic calendar, is one fraught month. This is true whether you are in first grade, twelfth grade, or forty-ninth grade (once a student, always a student, angst-wise). Fortunately, the awfulness of autumn brings with it hope and resolve. This year, you will not doodle. This year, you will keep your locker neat. This year, you will be popular. Yes, this year will be different!

But only if you have the right stuff. For without the precisely correct highlighter pen, self-stick punched-paper reinforcements, jean jacket, ...

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