Your yearbook quote sits next to your photo for the rest of your life. Most students either panic and copy a famous line or write an in-joke nobody will remember. Here is a better way.
Ten formats that work
- A thank you to one person or one group
- A line from a song you played on repeat this year, written in your own words
- A one-sentence summary of the year
- A piece of advice to the next year
- A prediction for yourself in ten years
- A tiny story about a moment only your class will get
- What you will miss
- What you will not miss, said kindly
- A question for your future self
- A promise
Want your yearbook made for you?AerEthos designs every page. Your staff give about an hour in total.
The ten-year test
Read your line and ask: will I smile at this when I am 28? Will my mum? If it only works as a joke on the day, it will not age well. If it still sounds like you, keep it.
What to avoid
- Anything that names or mocks a classmate or teacher
- Anything you would not want an employer or grandparent to read
- Copying a famous quote without attribution
- Anything too long: most books have a word limit
Make it fit your page
At AerEthos every student gets their own designed page, and the quote sits front and centre. Short lines look best on the page, so aim for one or two sentences.
