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* DodgeBallIsHell: In works of fiction, dodgeball will always be delightful for TheBully and despairing for the nerds and unpopular kids.
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+ TertiaryEducationTropes
+ TertiaryEducationTropes
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* DorkHorseCandidate: Someone utterly unsuited for the student council leadership runs for it and wins.
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* HomeworkSlave: Bullying someone else into doing your homework for you.
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* AlwaysInClassOne: Works about or in a school usually take place in Class X-A or Class X-1.
* AsleepInClass: A student who usually falls asleep during class.
* AxesAtSchool: A student brings a weapon to school and
* TheChainOfCommand: A part of administration involves knowing what one's duties are and what the limits are to their authority.
* ChekhovsClassroom: Someone learns something in school and unexpectedly applies that knowledge later in the story.
* CuteSportsClubManager: A cute, athletic person who runs a sports club.
* DeanBitterman: The principal of the school has it in for everyone there.
* DodgeBallIsHell: In works of fiction, dodgeball will always be delightful for TheBully and despairing for the nerds and unpopular kids.
* EducationMama: A parent will get angry at their kid for not taking their studies seriously.
* EducationThroughPyrotechnics: A lesson in science class often involves StuffBlowingUp.
* EEqualsMCHammer: Incorrect or nonsensical equations that look like real math.
* EggSitting: Students are tasked with looking after eggs, bags of flour, or robots to determine whether they'd make responsible parents.
* EliteSchoolMeansEliteBrain: Smart characters go to famous universities.
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: The adult cast of a show turn out of have known each other for years and even went to the same school.
* EvilPrincipal: The principal is a villain.
* ExperimentedInCollege: A person who currently identifies as straight pursued same-sex relationships when they were in school.
* FightingBackIsWrong: When the nerd is punished for trying to fight back TheBully.
* FoodFight: A group of students in the cafeteria start throwing food at each other.
* FreeTheFrogs: Protesting against frogs being dissected in science class.
* GlassesCuriosity: Wanting to try on the glasses of others, which is quite common in grade school.
* GymClassHell: Works of fiction portray gym class as torturous, especially for unpopular kids and nerds.
* GymClassRopeClimb: An activity in gym class that involves students having to climb up a rope hanging from the ceiling.
* HandsGoDown: The teacher asks a question: everyone raises their hands. The teacher asks a follow up question: everyone lowers their hands.
* HigherEducationIsForWomen: When a cast of characters graduate high school, it is more likely that the girls will to college.
* HomeschooledKids: A character is taught and educated from home.
* JapaneseSchoolClub
* JockDadNerdSon: A nerdy kid has a father who was a jock in school.
* KeepAway: A group of bullies take away someone's stuff and toss it around to each other to keep them from getting it back.
* MoochingMaster: A teacher who holds their student in a debt and takes advantage of it for personal gain.
* MysteriousTeachersLounge: A group of students discuss what wonders could be hiding in the teacher's lounge.
* NominatedAsAPrank: Student is nominated for Class President or Prom King or Queen as part of a malicious prank.
* NonGivingUpSchoolGuy: A person who is determined to prevent children from skipping school.
* NotWearingPantsDream: A character dreams they are in a state of undress. These kinds of dreams often have the character dreaming they are naked or in their underwear while at school.
* PassingNotesInClass: A student passes a note to their crush while class is in session.
* ThePermanentRecord: A collection of a student's misdeeds.
* PersecutedIntellectuals: A person is feared, mistrusted, and persecuted because of their intelligence.
* PickedLast: A student is humiliated because they are the last one picked during gym class.
* PopularIsDumb: A character who is popular in school is portrayed as unintelligent.
* PopularIsEvil: A character who is popular in school is portrayed as mean and ruthless.
* PromWrecker: A character tries to ruin the school dance.
* PuttingThePalInPrincipal: The school principal wants the students to see him as their friend.
* SaveOurStudents: A teacher tries to inspire a group of troubled students to do better in school.
* SchoolgirlSeries: A SliceOfLife series starring a group of female students.
* SchoolIsForLosers: A person who believes that going to school is a waste of time.
* SchoolIsMurder: A character tries to survive school because there are elements that are literally trying to kill them.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: The school bully is now an adult, but still a mean person.
* StockShoujoBullyingTactics
* StuffedIntoALocker: A bully stuffs a kid into their locker.
* StuffedIntoATrashcan: A bully stuffs a kid into a trashcan.
* {{Subject101}}
* {{Swirlie}}: A bully sticks a kid's head in the toilet.
* TextbookHumor: Jokes in textbooks that you'd expect to keep a serious tone.
* ToastOfTardiness: A student who is late for school sticks a piece of toast in their mouth to eat for breakfast while they run.
* TrendAesop: A character learns a lesson about trying to fit in with the crowd.
* WackyFratboyHijinx: A movie in which the humor comes from the antics of college fratboys.
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: A KidHero has to juggle heroics and their personal life.
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* HighSchoolHighSchool: The classic setting for secondary education, after elementary/middle school and before college/university.
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* JuniorHighJuniorHigh: Otherwise known as middle school, the place of education between elementary and high school.
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* MilitaryAcademy: A school where a military officer learns his or her trade.
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* NinjaSchool: A school where you learn how to be a ninja.
** PacifistDojo: A martial arts school that teaches its pupils properly.
** ThugDojo: A martial arts school that teaches its pupils to maim people at whim.
** PacifistDojo: A martial arts school that teaches its pupils properly.
** ThugDojo: A martial arts school that teaches its pupils to maim people at whim.
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* SuperheroSchool: An institute that teaches young superheroes how to use their powers properly.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Even if a teacher is around, kids can still break school rules.
* AlwaysInClassOne: Works about or in a school usually take place in Class X-A or Class X-1.
* AsleepInClass: A student who usually falls asleep during class.
* AxesAtSchool: A student brings a weapon to school and may or may not use it against someone.
* TheChainOfCommand: A part of administration involves knowing what one's duties are and what the limits are to their authority.
* ChekhovsClassroom: Someone learns something in school and unexpectedly applies that knowledge later in the story.
* CuteSportsClubManager: A cute, athletic person who runs a sports club.
* DeanBitterman: The principal of the school has it in for everyone there.
* DodgeBallIsHell: In works of fiction, dodgeball will always be delightful for TheBully and despairing for the nerds and unpopular kids.
* EducationMama: A parent will get angry at their kid for not taking their studies seriously.
* EducationThroughPyrotechnics: A lesson in science class often involves StuffBlowingUp.
* EEqualsMCHammer: Incorrect or nonsensical equations that look like real math.
* EggSitting: Students are tasked with looking after eggs, bags of flour, or robots to determine whether they'd make responsible parents.
* EliteSchoolMeansEliteBrain: Smart characters go to famous universities.
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: The adult cast of a show turn out of have known each other for years and even went to the same school.
* EvilPrincipal: The principal is a villain.
* ExperimentedInCollege: A person who currently identifies as straight pursued same-sex relationships when they were in school.
* FightingBackIsWrong: When the nerd is punished for trying to fight back TheBully.
* FoodFight: A group of students in the cafeteria start throwing food at each other.
* FreeTheFrogs: Protesting against frogs being dissected in science class.
* GlassesCuriosity: Wanting to try on the glasses of others, which is quite common in grade school.
* GymClassHell: Works of fiction portray gym class as torturous, especially for unpopular kids and nerds.
* GymClassRopeClimb: An activity in gym class that involves students having to climb up a rope hanging from the ceiling.
* HandsGoDown: The teacher asks a question: everyone raises their hands. The teacher asks a follow up question: everyone lowers their hands.
* HigherEducationIsForWomen: When a cast of characters graduate high school, it is more likely that the girls will to college.
* HomeschooledKids: A character is taught and educated from home.
* JapaneseSchoolClub
* JockDadNerdSon: A nerdy kid has a father who was a jock in school.
* KeepAway: A group of bullies take away someone's stuff and toss it around to each other to keep them from getting it back.
* MoochingMaster: A teacher who holds their student in a debt and takes advantage of it for personal gain.
* MysteriousTeachersLounge: A group of students discuss what wonders could be hiding in the teacher's lounge.
* NominatedAsAPrank: Student is nominated for Class President or Prom King or Queen as part of a malicious prank.
* NonGivingUpSchoolGuy: A person who is determined to prevent children from skipping school.
* NotWearingPantsDream: A character dreams they are in a state of undress. These kinds of dreams often have the character dreaming they are naked or in their underwear while at school.
* PassingNotesInClass: A student passes a note to their crush while class is in session.
* ThePermanentRecord: A collection of a student's misdeeds.
* PersecutedIntellectuals: A person is feared, mistrusted, and persecuted because of their intelligence.
* PickedLast: A student is humiliated because they are the last one picked during gym class.
* PopularIsDumb: A character who is popular in school is portrayed as unintelligent.
* PopularIsEvil: A character who is popular in school is portrayed as mean and ruthless.
* PromWrecker: A character tries to ruin the school dance.
* PuttingThePalInPrincipal: The school principal wants the students to see him as their friend.
* SaveOurStudents: A teacher tries to inspire a group of troubled students to do better in school.
* SchoolgirlSeries: A SliceOfLife series starring a group of female students.
* SchoolIsForLosers: A person who believes that going to school is a waste of time.
* SchoolIsMurder: A character tries to survive school because there are elements that are literally trying to kill them.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: The school bully is now an adult, but still a mean person.
* StockShoujoBullyingTactics
* StuffedIntoALocker: A bully stuffs a kid into their locker.
* StuffedIntoATrashcan: A bully stuffs a kid into a trashcan.
* {{Subject101}}
* {{Swirlie}}: A bully sticks a kid's head in the toilet.
* TextbookHumor: Jokes in textbooks that you'd expect to keep a serious tone.
* ToastOfTardiness: A student who is late for school sticks a piece of toast in their mouth to eat for breakfast while they run.
* TrendAesop: A character learns a lesson about trying to fit in with the crowd.
* WackyFratboyHijinx: A movie in which the humor comes from the antics of college fratboys.
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: A KidHero has to juggle heroics and their personal life.
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** SuperheroSchool: An institute that teaches young superheroes how to use their powers properly.
* MilitaryAcademy: A school where a military officer learns his or her trade.
* NinjaSchool: A school where you learn how to be a ninja.
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* NinjaSchool: A school where you learn how to be a ninja.
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* StereotypicalNerd: An unattractive (by physical features or styling), socially inept, and socially unpopular stock character with geeky interests.
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* EvilPrincipal: The principal is a villain.
