Getting an official photo taken in high school is not something most people look back on with fond, wistful nostalgia. Awkward poses, bad hair, acne … all play a part in making these approximately no one’s favorite photos. Perhaps they’re good for a laugh when you look back on, say, the mullet you had in your junior year, but they’re not really going to be one for the ages.
The fondly remembered television show Freaks and Geeks, set in a fictional Michigan high school, embraced this with an opening credits sequence that made brilliant use of a yearbook photo-shoot motif. Which brings us to a very real Michigan high school with a longstanding tradition that makes the experience of getting your official photo taken exponentially better.
As Digg reports, Michigan’s North Farmington High School allows seniors to pose for their school IDs dressed as characters from pop culture.
The results are amazing.
wakanda forever! #nfid20 pic.twitter.com/fIYfTMwtvm
— myaaa (@WatkinsAmya) September 12, 2019
Absolutely amazing.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. #NFID20 @ferrisbueller pic.twitter.com/qYa9yHNvuZ
— Dillon Sharp (@Di11Pickles) September 12, 2019
If the guys who dressed a group of Spider-Man villains don’t get extra credit for pulling off this theme, there’s truly no justice in this world.
Me and the boys on our way to Twitter celeb status #nfid20 #NFID20 pic.twitter.com/a2NffiAIGs
— Nilay Mistry (@_nmistry_) September 12, 2019
Digg’s article has a number of other amazing photos in there — something that may well leave you feeling far more optimistic about the next generation.
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