How picture packets changed me

School pictures are the epitome of staged; Most will agree school pictures aren't a very "fun" or enjoyable process for a lot of kids. I personally stopped bringing home the slips to order them, went so far as to exclude all traces that the infamous "picture day" was nearing, or had happened. Every time it was time to get the picture pack samples, since I never bought them, after receiving said horror packets, I would immediately turn them faced down. If someone were to ask how mine looked, god forbid, I wouldn't show them, instead worming myself out of social situations became a habit. This is something I haven't outgrown and for the life of me I cannot.