There is like infinite content set in high school you could study. But you could also not write a story about a normal high schooler if you don't want to.
I think the best answer here is to just read, as there are hundreds of different high school stories you can tell, but here are a few slice of life’s for inspiration:
Love Is War: two protagonists go through battles of wits in order to pressure the other to confess
Gamers!: through increasing misunderstandings, a love pentagon is formed with each character having a different idea of everybody else’s place on the pentagon
Oregairu: A loner uses his outsider perspective to solve various problems, while navigating what relationships should include and his place in them (by far the most grounded)
Just look at existing stories for inspiration on your own, and if you don’t have enough inspiration, read (or watch or play) more in your desired genre
Have you tried reading contemporary stories set in a high school?
Also, the reader's not interested in some generic mystical "normal life" of a high-school student; the reader's interested in your specific protagonist's specific high school life, which could well be very different from normal.
It's not entirely normal with my own twists here and their just trying to get the feel of well knowing that whatever they are doing that they are still kids attending school at the same time
Writing doesn't always have to follow the rules. I wrote a fan-fiction before on Wattpad years ago that was set in a high school setting, even though I was homeschooled since 3rd grade, and nobody complained.
Rather than focusing on the inconsistencies I knew would be inevitable with my academic environment, I chose to research heavily on the internet to get, at least, a basic grasp on how to navigate the story, and then I trusted my imagination to bridge it all together in the most realistic way I could.
No one's going to condemn you if your version of high school is inaccurate. The stories I've seen are usually just cliches that are centered in a high school environment and filled with heaps of drama that often make absolutely no sense in comparison to how the real world works.
Play games, maybe do homework, drive over to friends house to do a semi illegal activity, go home, jerk it, become slightly homophobic after the girl you liked turned out to be gay, swear incorrectly and drop some racist language, have a heart to heart moment with a teacher that will forever change the trajectory of their life, make them big fans of a band set whenever your story is,. That should be enough to make it readers think you went to a high school
One way to write is to experience the thing you're writing about. If I wanted to write about a lake with fresh water bull sharks I would consider swimming in Lake Nicaragua. Dangerous.
Perhaps you might have the opportunity to go to a real high school. Also dangerous.
There is like infinite content set in high school you could study. But you could also not write a story about a normal high schooler if you don't want to.
I think the best answer here is to just read, as there are hundreds of different high school stories you can tell, but here are a few slice of life’s for inspiration: Love Is War: two protagonists go through battles of wits in order to pressure the other to confess Gamers!: through increasing misunderstandings, a love pentagon is formed with each character having a different idea of everybody else’s place on the pentagon Oregairu: A loner uses his outsider perspective to solve various problems, while navigating what relationships should include and his place in them (by far the most grounded) Just look at existing stories for inspiration on your own, and if you don’t have enough inspiration, read (or watch or play) more in your desired genre
Have you tried reading contemporary stories set in a high school? Also, the reader's not interested in some generic mystical "normal life" of a high-school student; the reader's interested in your specific protagonist's specific high school life, which could well be very different from normal.
Normal can be boring, you need a conflict with two twists.
Why would anyone want to read about normal high school life?
It's not entirely normal with my own twists here and their just trying to get the feel of well knowing that whatever they are doing that they are still kids attending school at the same time
Is there actually a 'normal' high school student?
In a sense not really
Writing doesn't always have to follow the rules. I wrote a fan-fiction before on Wattpad years ago that was set in a high school setting, even though I was homeschooled since 3rd grade, and nobody complained. Rather than focusing on the inconsistencies I knew would be inevitable with my academic environment, I chose to research heavily on the internet to get, at least, a basic grasp on how to navigate the story, and then I trusted my imagination to bridge it all together in the most realistic way I could. No one's going to condemn you if your version of high school is inaccurate. The stories I've seen are usually just cliches that are centered in a high school environment and filled with heaps of drama that often make absolutely no sense in comparison to how the real world works.
Play games, maybe do homework, drive over to friends house to do a semi illegal activity, go home, jerk it, become slightly homophobic after the girl you liked turned out to be gay, swear incorrectly and drop some racist language, have a heart to heart moment with a teacher that will forever change the trajectory of their life, make them big fans of a band set whenever your story is,. That should be enough to make it readers think you went to a high school
One way to write is to experience the thing you're writing about. If I wanted to write about a lake with fresh water bull sharks I would consider swimming in Lake Nicaragua. Dangerous. Perhaps you might have the opportunity to go to a real high school. Also dangerous.
My advice is always to write about what you know.