And if you think it takes a while for the school year to wear a kid down, you haven’t seen the before and after Twitter thread started by user @HelloKennedi. The before picture shows the kid before school: clean, fresh, smiling. The after picture is of the same kid in the same clothes, now disheveled, their smile replaced by a frazzled facial expression. The first one shows how hair carefully straightened in the morning can look wild by the end of the first day of kindergarten, and a kid in a sparkly backpack looks way funnier when they’re clearly not feeling too sparkly. Her outfit is pretty Hogwarts-esque, so it looks like this little girl made it through a particularly vigorous game of Quidditch. Think pre-K sounds easier than Kindergarten? We found someone who begs to differ. These pictures are a good reminder that, while there’s definitely a lot of excitement in starting a new grade, school is a grind from day one until, mercifully, summer vacation comes around again.
