This time of the school year is one that is full of rituals. It’s all about buying new stationery, quickly having your hopes dashed that this semester is going to be better than the last one, and of course, school picture day. As if the trials of being in full-time education weren’t enough, some stranger is about to stick a camera in your face and tell you to say cheese so your parents can pay a bomb for an awkward moment to be memorialized on their mantelpiece for the next thirty years. As an adult, you can appreciate the humorous side of school photos and they can even make you feel slightly wistful, but it’s not the same when you’re going through it. These school picture memes perfectly summarize this rite of passage for pupils of all ages. If nothing else, it was a great reason to be excused from class.