It came on so quickly that I had to be rushed to the back of the bus and sequestered from everyone else. Louis to Branson, I became severely ill, vomiting all over myself.

However, I didn’t get to enjoy the weekend because while on the bus from St. I was set to bunk with some of the cool girls that weekend, which excited me.

Early into my tenure at my new school, and while I was still struggling to make friends, I went on a trip to Branson, Missouri, with my choir class. One of the most traumatic events in my life was switching schools in middle school. “I became severely ill, vomiting all over myself.” Read on, and feel extremely grateful that you’re an adult now. Much like the film, the stories described here aren’t comprised of overt, over-the-top humiliations rather, they’re mishaps that illustrate how almost everything felt cringeworthy at that age. Here, 11 writers share their most agonizing, embarrassing moments as 13-year-olds - along with photos of themselves at that age. Critics have called it “ a haunting portrait of adolescence,” “ so embarrassingly true to life,” and “ a case study in adolescent awkwardness.” So, we thought, what better time to reflect on our own awkward adolescences? Why not look back on that period, now that it’s years later and we’re so removed from it all that we definitely don’t find ourselves regularly haunted by those memories? Clockwise from top left: Alison Leiby, Mariah Smith, Madeleine Aggeler, and Maris Kreizman.Įighth Grade, comedian Bo Burnham’s highly acclaimed debut film, is about a 13-year-old girl named Kayla (Elsie Fisher) navigating her final week of middle school.

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