No offense, but any kid who expects high school to be like a work of fiction, can't be too bright. That's like a kid watching Mary Poppins as a kid, and expecting his/her babysitter to take him/her on crazy trips where he/she can fly and break into song and dance with the local garbage man in the street.
Seriously, don't you think kids deserve a bit more credit here where this is concerned? I can understand very very very young children, but not the audience HSM is actually aimed at.