Why high school is as bad as you think it is
Funny metaphors used in high school essays
The winners:
22. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
23. The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.
24. It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.
25. He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.
I wish I had though of some of those when I was in high school. Maybe then I would have fit in with the cool kids. I’m pretty sure Alex wrote #24, as I’m pretty sure his dad has chased him around with power tools.
More than once.
It explains a lot.
