Back to school: The best celebrity high school photos with Jennifer Lawrence, Jay Z, Taylor Swift and more

Children all around the country will be heading back to school for the start of the brand new academic year tomorrow (7 September). For first-year students, it can be a daunting thought meeting all those new people, while older pupils are most likely rolling their eyes at the prospect of early starts once again following the long summer lie-ins.
However, some of the biggest celebrities in Hollywood, such as Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum and Kanye West, undoubtedly experienced the same rollercoaster of emotions about school before they went on to forge promising careers for themselves.
Bad Blood singer Taylor Swift is the ultimate success story if there ever was one. The singer told Seventeen magazine how she felt uncool in high school, but turned the negativity into making life goals and more than 10 years later, she is one of the best-selling female musicians of the decade.
The singer explained: "It happened to me when I was in seventh grade. I'd been best friends with this group of girls for as long as I could remember, but all of a sudden, they were cool and I wasn't anymore... I made this goal sheet when I was like 14 or 15, and it was like, 'My life would be complete if... I win a CMA award, have a platinum record, have a number one song. So as I'm checking these things off the list, I'm like, 'You're kidding me!'"
So, as you prepare to pack your bag, sharpen your pencils and get an early night's sleep ahead of your first day back, take a look at these amusing celebrity high school pictures...
Nicki Minaj
Emma Stone
Emma Stone is so cute and pretty when she was in high school ?? #EmmaStone #StoneField pic.twitter.com/fG1fCQ52ob
— 4YEARS WITH KATHNIEL (@callmeclarita) May 8, 2015
Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian in high school made me realized that there is hope?? pic.twitter.com/nho8zFYSia
— Alexis❥ (@alexislevien) November 8, 2014
Channing Tatum
Channing Tatum in high school holy hell he'll be hot when he's 50 pic.twitter.com/QbLduykU8o
— ashley (@zaynsperfectduh) March 12, 2014
Ryan Seacrest
Feeling hopeless? Please remember Jesus loves you. Also, Ryan Seacrest looked like this in high school. #thereshope pic.twitter.com/gODmvSOhtk
— Megan Smith (@meganlois629) July 25, 2015
Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence in highschool pic.twitter.com/YgVFkCC1aB
— History in Moments (@historyinmoment) August 8, 2015
Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt's high school photo pic.twitter.com/7dhR2C949s
— Actor Trivia (@ActorTrivia) August 2, 2015
Charlize Theron
Celeb's School Pics: I thought this was #MattDamon in high school but it turns out to be #CharlizeTheron lol :) pic.twitter.com/Nu9N6Wi6
— Real Truth (@RealTruth18) August 21, 2012
Kanye West
@Drock2296 @seacow_ you look like high school Kanye West... But I guess that's not really an insult pic.twitter.com/EJDsYHSr3E
— DMV (@MACKVBEATS) June 7, 2015
Beyonce and Jay Z
Beyonce is ageless RT"@darrenrovell: Beyonce in high school, Jay Z in elementary school pic.twitter.com/Tx1F1MRtGl"
— Eagles 0-0 (@DPWEarl) February 9, 2015
James Franco
@M_Bradley24 has anyone ever said you look like a high school James Franco pic.twitter.com/yaIcdOkKow
— I SCREEN/LOB OVO (@NightwingF50OVO) May 28, 2015
Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen in high school check out more celebrity yearbook photos here
http://t.co/5JiAhF8NSk pic.twitter.com/upFAUcoVa6
— The Person Above (@DirectlyAbove) December 18, 2013
Taylor Swift
OH MY DAYS. Taylor Swift's school photo :O pic.twitter.com/sXhmdKgh
— Andrew Murray (@asmmurray) January 9, 2013
Gwen Stefani
GWEN STEFANI'S HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR YEARBOOK PHOTO pic.twitter.com/QeXBolH2
— Alex Youngblood (@KATYCATSAREUS) October 20, 2012
Matt LeBlanc
Matt LeBlanc (Joey from "Friends") in high school is @briancovic with curly hair? pic.twitter.com/aimrmCaA5f
— Katerina Siamidis (@Katerina_Athena) January 15, 2015
George Clooney
May your day be as groovy as George Clooney's high school photo. pic.twitter.com/A15mvI56Jd
— Azalia Ganji (@AzaliaGanji) August 7, 2015
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