Here’s 20 Knee-Slapping Memes About the First Day of School

There are times in life when kids must learn when to let go … this is one of them.

Let’s be honest — the teachers are just as exhausted as the students on the first day of school.

Looking for new friends? Just complain about the class and you’ll be sure to have a BFF for life.

We would totally wear this if we were still in school.

After three whole months with their children around to annoy them 24/7, we think all parents have a right to celebrate the first day of school — this calls for champagne and an entire day dedicated to peace and quiet!

By the second day of school, the little girl will be joining the boy on the floor.

OK, so the only time we really left our house during summer break was to go get snacks. Otherwise, we enjoyed our freedom and got plenty of rest before the first day of school arrived.

The first day of school makes you realize that being a student means you hold little to no power.

It’s like we took Squidward’s advice and cleared our mind of “everything that doesn’t have to do with fine dining and breathing.”

These are the most basic (yet popular) things to say during an icebreaker activity — try one out and let us know how it goes!

Although each of these poses are accurate, we have reason to believe the second and fourth are spot on.

Most parents will be zooming out of the parking lot before their kids can even say goodbye!

Who hasn’t experienced this before and then immediately wanted to crawl in a hole and die? It’s completely mortifying.

Tag yourself; we’re Olivia because we also like to “eat, sleep, and breathe air.”

Being cool is overrated — give your parents a hug on the first day of school, please!

Warning: The older you get, the more exams you’ll have to take on the first day of school.

This starter pack sums up the first day of school perfectly, especially the “I just want to go home” section. Also, the homework component just reminds us of when we were forced to carry around a 20+ pound backpack all year long.

Imagine showing up on the first day of school and thinking you’re the next best fashionista, only to realize that nearly half of the other students are wearing something similar? We would simply never go back.

The amount of times we wake up in a cold sweat after experiencing a dream nightmare in which we miss multiple classes and never complete our assignments on time … it’s just pure torture at this point.

OK, this is just for kicks and giggles. Seriously, we encourage you to stay in school. So, if joking around will keep you there, then, by all means, please continue saying, “I just don’t think this is great for me … I wanna go home.”