I was thinking this was going to be things like 9/11 or the Columbine shootings/aftershock copycats, etc. by the title
Have, not had? Because they have probably graduated by now, 8 years later.
I spent 2 decades undoing the harm high school caused my emotional and social development.
High School is hardly your best years. They were the hardest. Possibly worst years. Mental health issues, social alienation, awkward, painful growth spurts. Losing those last baby canines and molars. Battling with your parents for more independence and freedom. Struggling in your head between not wanting to be seen with your folks but really wanting to spend more quality time with them that doesn't include studying, homework and after school stuff. Struggling with self-esteem and self-confidence. Worrying about coming off as unattractive and worrying about finding a decent guy to date. Everything was just new, awkward and the whole time you're hanging onto the last innocent, childhood days while trying to be like an adult. Glad that's over.
On the other hand...no money worries, no toxic work colleagues, no HR issues, no bad managers, no awful clients...
Load More Replies...around here, we call it the hallway restroom next to the science labs
Load More Replies...But when you are around 14 is the only time smoking is actually seen as cool, after that its expensive and miserable.
when i was little, i would pass by my now high school and was convinced it was a jail because the front area has the same look as the place where i visited my dad. turns out i wasn't wrong
And why should you... They can s***w themselves if that's all they want
Load More Replies...They say knowledge is power, but a poor person with knowledge is only as powerful as their influence and social standing.
So true. It helped that the actors wore their own clothes most of the time and the writers were teachers. I'm always trying to find a similar show that is as good but so far they are few and far between.
Load More Replies...Tbh, I've seen some bad fights in school and I wouldn't want to go back to watch those again.
I remember part of a girl's scalp and most of her bloody hair being stuck to a wall
Load More Replies...We were so much more limber back then. I have to ask the bus driver to lower the bus step for me now.
I can't believe there are schools in other places that have to start that early. Especially when so many studies have shown teenagers are not at their mental best until at least 10am. High school where I live generally starts between 8.30 and 9am
I had much better sleep health in high school. I was in bed between 8.30 and 9.30pm, so I could read for at least half an hour and still get to sleep at a decent time, even though it usually took me an hour to fall asleep.
Sometimes the only time you have to yourself is at night.
Load More Replies...Not in Australia. Most high schools have uniforms, for this reason. We don't need to add people wearing old or cheap clothes to the list of things kids can bully others for.
We totally did this! It cost 5 or 10 dollars. You got two lists- grade level and school wide. You could do friendship matches too. I still have my list of matches somewhere. The questions were like "do you sleep with one pillow, 2 pillows, 3 pillows, 4 pillows hahaha
We don't do Valentine's day in most Australian schools. Thank goodness, because I don't see why we should.
Our highschool sold $1 carnations that were handed out for Valentine's Day. My friends and I would always make sure that everyone in our group was sent at least one flower, which was always from a secret admirer. 😂
class of 1986 here- i collect swords and was a foil champion in high school. one time in english when i was a senior, we had to give a shakespeare presentation of our choice from a play. i chose a scene from "macbeth". i used one of my swords for a prop. i walked with it (sheathed) down my high school hall ways and no one batted an eye. today? would be arrested!
class of 1986 here- i collect swords and was a foil champion in high school. one time in english when i was a senior, we had to give a shakespeare presentation of our choice from a play. i chose a scene from "macbeth". i used one of my swords for a prop. i walked with it (sheathed) down my high school hall ways and no one batted an eye. today? would be arrested!
