YA Lit Wisdom: On Relationships

From Gotta Get Some Bish Bash Bosh by M.E. Allen:

"If you're planning on going out with a girl, take my
advice: don't start over the summer holidays.  Do it
in term time, when there's loads of other
distractions.  Over the summer holiday, keeping a girl
happy on a day-to-day basis can really drain you."


Ah, but for a lot of teens the boyfriend or girlfriend is the major distraction.
I have one girl who was a very enthusiastic participant in almost every library program for the past two years, this year she has a boyfriend. 
I hope she'll be back when they go their separate ways, but such is the world of teen.

The First Ten Lies They Tell You In High School

Inspired by Yalsa-bk, and busy working on an upgrade for this site, this week I'm doing a series on wisdom from YA lit.

From Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson:

The First Ten Lies They Tell You In High School

1. We are here to help you.
2. You will have enough time to get to your class before the bell rings.
3. The dress code will be enforced.
4. No smoking is allowed on school grounds.
5. Our football team will win the championship this year.
6. We expect more from you here.
7. Guidance counselors are always available to listen.
8. Your schedule was created with your needs in mind.
9. Your locker combination is private.
10. These will be the best years of your life.


Yes, I think that is pretty accurate based on my high school experience.

Feel free to share your favorites in comments.

Library Shorthand?

In honor of David Pogue's great list of possibly new online abbreviations and acronyms I wondered if we can create some library related ones for our teens to use (after all, we introduced YNK to tons of teens who had never heard of it).

How about these:

G2GCTE: Got to Go, Computer Time Expired
CBFTH: Can't Borrow: Fines Too High
GBLC: Great book, Lousy Cover
AARBWD: Any Accelerated Reader Book Will Do or ABAR: Anything But Accelerated Reader

or maybe some to simplify the rules for them:

PUH: Please Use Headphones
GOHL: Get off his/her lap
TYFO: Take Your Food Outside


Can you add to the list?