Student

A student is any individual who receives instruction from a learned individual such as a scholar, a teacher, a mentor or an industry professional. In most speculative fiction, student is usually used in reference to elementary schools, high schools or colleges.

A high school student is a male or female, usually between the ages of 14-17 who are required by law to attend a school within the zoning district in which they reside. High school generally represents a period of social and physical development in which students not only undergo the advanced stages of puberty, but also develop their core personalities, which will shape their futures. Most of the time however, they are just fodder for some psychotic axe-wielding murderer who wants to chop them up while they are off on Spring Break or a camping trip. The lucky ones however, manage to survive long enough to attend graduation where they receive their diploma and get to wear a nifty hat and gown.

A college student is a male or female, usually between the ages of 17-21 who has enrolled at a college of university. Many students are encouraged to join either a fraternity if they are male, or a sorority if they are female. Outside of their studies, students are often known for partying, particularly during the Spring Break season.

In film

 * Dracula: In Bram Stoker's Dracula, Professor Abraham Van Helsing was teaching a class about diseases of the blood. After his lecture concluded, the students applauded the professor by knocking their desk tops repeatedly. The character of Doctor Jack Seward is a former student of Professor Van Helsing.


 * Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Ferris Bueller was a high school student who didn't feel like going to school one day. He cooked up an elaborate plan involving his friends to effectively ditch class.


 * Wishmaster: A medical student tried frightening a classmate by shaking a jar full of human eyeballs in front of him. This second student later had the misfortune of happening upon an evil Djinn as he was stealing the face from a cadavar. Interpreting the boy's wishes to not see such horrors, the Djinn sealed his eyes shut.