What was your high school like?

[Neon]

Just that, what was you high school like. What is uniformed, or could you wear normal clothes. Was it centered around something like the arts, religion or the military for example? What type of school environment did you live in? dangerous, safe, exciting or uneventful?

Come tell us.

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[Kuzu Ryu Sen]

United in hatred of the Provincial Government and the local adminstration.

Translation: the students and teachers sat around and played cards together all day.

[soundchazer]

We only wore uniform the days we were having gym class (3 times a week), which consited of dark blue sweat pants, with a blue and white sweatshirts and a white cotton polo shirts, all designed by adidas.

It was an all-boys Catholic School and all of our teachers were male. The only contact we had with the fair sex was the administrative assistants (secretaries) who were usually old (for obvious reasons).

Kids were just like anywhere else I guess... from very shy to very aggressive, most of them a bit hornier than usual because of the lack of contact with women. Education was top notch, as the students who came out of there usually made it to the top 5 universities without a problem.

[LadySage]

A typical suburban high school, I suppose. I was in a highly gifted magnet, so all my classmates were huge geeks (geek pride, w00t!) and half of them were Asian (mostly Korean).

It was also year-round. Three staggered tracks of students, two on at a time. That means I got a ten-week winter break, which was nice for relaxing but stunk for APs. There was also a zoo magnet that got shipped to the LA Zoo for four periods a day.

I miss my high school friends...

[Tyrdium]

I have my own uniform, in that I wear the same thing every day. Does that count? ;)

I go to a private high school, and it kicks arse. I'm a rising senior (i.e., class of 2006), and all of my courses are at BU. I'm taking third semester Spanish, calc II, physics, and a writing seminar titled "Freedom of Conscience in Civil Society" this coming semester. The high school courses were also exceptional (well, most of them), and there are a ton of great people at the school. We're all a bit geeky, though.

[Neon]

I go to a public charter school that is connected to the military. (NAVY) Most of the kids there are just rich brat sent from on high, one could say. But since I spent the better half of my life living in the "lower rum of society". Education wise it is okay...not the best I will admit.

Since my school is military oriented, most of the people there are going in to the military once they get out. We are always doing something that is involving the armed forces, dont get me wrong but it does get old fast if that is all you do. The basic social life of the school is based around one of three things at anytime: Sports, Girls, Popular kids.

Girls because due to the fact that it is a military based school, not to many girls. Oh the pain........ :bnono: :love13:. Moving on, my school just started up the football team program so, that is going to be the center of these idiots lives.
Social, i am an outcast so i can say this.

My school sucks.

:greensplo

[PassiveObserver]

Well my high school is poor, and so are most of the people that go there. There is barely any heat or air conditioning anywhere. The teachers vary, some strict, some you can easily walk all over. There are no uniforms, unless you count gym in which case you have to wear a gold t shirt and blue shorts. About 2/3rds of the school is in either band or choir so I suppose we're musically inclined. There are different social groups and all that but for the most part people accept each other pretty well. Current the school is actually getting fixed up a bit. New floors and lockers, they even say that they will getting a good heating system. That's pretty much what my school is like.

[NO.9]

No uniforms here all public schools. Most of the students here are obsessed with (c)rap, bein 'pimps' and finding some kind of idiotic reason to hear themselves talk, then again what school doesn't have that? The academic level is below sea-level, the 'smart' people only are considered such due to their little groups of "What's number X?" The town is getting to be pretty bad, the drug enforcement officers are always here armed with 9mm, they are drug testing everyone in extra activities (athletics, band, academic programs etc.) just last year a kindergartener was caught with a bag of marijuana. Though it's a little Texas town and may not sound as bad compared to many city schools but due to the size, gang activity is noticed easily, there has already been several shootings and fires started by the scum of the 'street'. But luckily a skatepark was built 2 months ago so at least there is some kind of community action that tries to help the image of the town.

[UZ_white]

South High is a large school with No uniforms, but great classes and teams. (Go Rebels!) It is the most diverse school in denver, with people from like 40 countries. Great school. Oh, and we win ROTC championships every year. We're like the ROTC capital of Colorado.

[jiffyjimbothe3]

My school is very small, I had about 12 people in my class last year. (My class is by far the smalles in the school though.)

[Elric]

A tiny highschool as well with a huge number of jocks and divas (as from what I so). Very few geeks and such. Sadly my whole school (at least my whole senior class in general) shuns games and anime so it's looked down at. It was lonely so i'm glad I graduated from it.

[Itachi Uchiha]

My high school was just a plain and normal public school...

Random things I remember about my high school -

-A ratio of about 3 girls to every 2 guys
-A constant struggle of the staff to get the girls to wear appropriate clothing
-Lots of fights
-Lots of people getting in trouble for doing drugs and having sex in school
-A couple teachers got arrested for child pornography
-My class’s senior prank was to turn the pool into jelly slime
-Bad food
-Some students died for various reasons
-There is python living in the walls of the school, it still hasn't been caught.
-My high school sucked at most sports except swimming and soccer. The girl’s tennis team wasn’t bad either….
-My freshman year there was a bathroom bomber, who blew up 9 bathrooms in the school.
-My school somehow managed to produce tons of really smart people.
-It was a common occurrence to see streakers (both male and female) at the football games.
-Large anime club at my high school, over a 100 members (I wasn't part of it though)

High school, those were the days….

~bub-bye~
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[Kiba]

I go to a P3 school and we were uniforms, what else can I say? I don't really pay attention to what goes on in school simply because I don't give a shit, I find school to pretty easy, I can go with out studying for exams and still pass with flying colours, one of the art teachers is immune to the effects of acid, my school does well in almost every sport except for basketball and football. At my old school there were a few riots and also a school shooting scare.

[animefreek_CM]

South High is a large school with No uniforms, but great classes and teams. (Go Rebels!) It is the most diverse school in denver, with people from like 40 countries. Great school. Oh, and we win ROTC championships every year. We're like the ROTC capital of Colorado.

what he said. i'd also like to mention our school is poor, and we lost the ROTC champs last year. however, we have many excellent teachers who care a lot about their students, and we could be worse off (like Denver's West high... 87% drop out rate).

[Angry John]

They were really down on tardiness...and instead of 90-100% being an 'A', well the scale at my HS was 93-100%, like anyone outside those hallowed halls gave a rats ass.

My 20 year reunion was last Saturday and I thought about going for a second, then I thought, "$100 to get in and a cash bar?......maybe next time."

A college buddy of mine who married a girl from my graduating class called me from it on his cell. "Why do I have to be at this stupid reunion and you don't?", he asked. I knew I'd made the right choice.

One classmate is in the US House of Representatives and lost a highly publicized bid for a US Senate seat last November. I kind of wanted to ask him how that felt.....like to see if he had any inspirational take on it. On election night TV coverage, he looked like he was about to go into shock.

[genki sakura]

I attend a really really tiny all-girls Catholic High school(My mom and I got lost trying to find it for it's Open House when I was in 7th grade...>.><.<..). Uniforms consist of a skirt(or the optional pants in the winter), blouse, blazer(or sweater, the blazer is more for formality), etc. The only diversion from the uniform is that we can wear whatever we want for Dance. We don't have gym, we have Dance(don't ask...). The basketball team sucks; the soccer team, well, I don't know about it's record; the track team is okay; and the softball team is really really good(I think the team went undefeated this past season).

I'd say more about my school, but that would be leading to a rant...

[Kaikyaku]

I loved my highschool. It was crowded but we had some really great teachers. My grad class was 350 kids. It was a public school, so no uniforms or anything. Some people could get by with doing nothing, but there were lots of opportunities to get involved with sports or clubs or theatre or events for those who were interested (like me). When I graduated, I was very sad to leave.

[C0MPL3X]

graduated from the best non-selective public school in sydney (or so this magazine says...), yet it only ranks around 30~40th in the state of NSW, which is pretty damn bad. But the people there were good in nature, very friendly, etc. so my geekiness was accepted with 'o you're so smart, can I ask you this question?' rather than 'omg, get a life geek' (which I have been told more than several times in my life :/). It was stressful, had fights and fun with guys and girls, arguments with my teachers both angry and exciting and at the end, not a fairy tale of how one would imagine a perfect high school life in anime, but beautiful and unique in its own right.

People who are really conscious (e.g. accepting) of death, or conscious that the end is near and what that implies, look at things more realistically because they don't have an exaggerated concept of having a life to live. They feel there's not really much to lose, so their honesty, energy, direction and sense of priorities are all stronger than with those who feel they have some reason to cling to life. They feel more free to take risks and give without expecting something in return.

I don't know about the graduation being the rite of passage, but I agree with THAT. Life, a game with a limited time, limited choice and no 'save point' to go back to. Until 'game over' falls heavy on us, live like you'll die tomorrow and die knowing you'll live forever.

[sohryu]

My high school was comprised of 4 different 'schools within a school', one of which I cannot remember. As for the other 3, read on.

There was the "Career Studies" school, which was pretty much for kids who were studying trades (think welding, cosmetology).

There was the "Law & Research" magnet* school, obviously for kids who were going into law in college. You had to apply/get accepted to go to this school. (*Each school in the district had its own magnet school that any student who was accepted into could attend, regardless of where they lived. My school had 2. Think Law & Research, Health Studies, Internet Design, etc.)

There was the "Internet Design" magnet* school, which was for kids who wanted to learn any/everything about computers.

I was in the Internet Design school. This is where you would find all the anime geeks, plus the kids that were so good at graphics that it made you sick. I was the 2nd best student, although ask me something about computers now and I'll freeze up and refer you to someone, anyone, else. Meh.

It was alright, more smart people than dumb. We had school spirit, a good rivalry with another high school, lots of students. An added bonus, that's where I met the BF. (Hush, sc! ;))

[Two-twenty]

I went to a private Lutheran high school: Immanuel Lutheran College (http://www.immanuel.qld.edu.au/default.htm).

What you can see on the front page there is the sports uniform, refresh these pages (http://www.immanuel.qld.edu.au/staff/index.htm) for a while library and you can see the dress uniform. The two uniforms are used from grades 1 through 12, but they change them every few years when they need more funding.

Yeah, it was a pretty good school. There were jerks, geeks, jocks, fights, extra curricular activities, teachers people liked, teachers people hated, people who were Christain, people who weren't (me included) etc, luckily though in my grade almost everyone graduated on at least tolerable terms with each other. The principal for the senior school was pretty good, but back then, much like the rest of the grade, I was pretty apathetic toward the achievements and notoriety of the school. School spirit wasn't low, it's just no one really took it all that seriously.

Except the footy guys of course, who's school spirit borderlined on fellatio.

[KidKolt]

My Highschool was a private Lutheran school inn LaVerne, Cali. Nice enough place, but as with most parochial schools, the kids were self righteous *******s. The Faculty was amazing, but I ended up leaving and attending Simon's Rock College instead of continuing on into my senior year.

[Smitty]

As school districts in Illinois go, mine (district 300) is probably the worst at managing money in the entire state. We have soooo many issues with understaffing and not having enough money for activities. But for the most part, good ol' Harry D. Jacobs High isn't so bad. I have a lot of friends. The coursework isn't too impossible. If you're stupid, there's a class for you. If you're smart, there's a class for you. So everyone pretty much gets what they need. Myself, I'm just taking core classes (mostly honors, can you believe that? :p) and choir, with a hefty serving of extracurriculars on the side. We've had some excellent musicians come out of our school, notably Billy Corgan and Jeremy Pease. Other than that we're really just a typical public school. Socioeconomically we're in a very interesting location. Within the boundaries there are extremely rich neighborhoods, middle class, and lower class. It's interesting to see how cliques seem to form along these lines. I tend to float around in terms of friends, but mostly I keep to my own kind (theater and music geeks :p).

[hina]

my high school sucks, bomb threats and drugs. my friends were caught doing drugs last year. and we always have the dogs come in. last year to kids got caught having sex in a closet at school. all well bye[QUOTE]

[Phelddagrif]

My high school/school district is the worst in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Area. The teachers at my school (save one or two) wouldn't give a rat's ass about you if you paid them. Not to say they don't already get paid way too much, seeing as how they strike until they get what they want. The course work is simple, but it's so easy that I for all intents and purposes sleep through the day. I get five 42 minute naps. The other four periods that I pay attention to are English, German, Lunch, and Study Hall. Granted I don't get the best of grades, nor do I get on the good side of most of my teachers, but they are still arguably worse than most teachers in the area. I mean, we're talking last-in-class graduates from State Teachers Schools.

What education?

[tsiki]

My high school was somewhat above average downtown one. It had awesome atmosphere and most of the students there were really laid back and nice to hang around with. To date I've never met as crazy and funny characters as some of the ones from my high school.

On the bad side, it was known to be a high school filled mainly with people from a single junior high school, meaning most the guys there had a long history between them, and it was fairly tough to get to know the crowds a bit more deeply. Also, most of them were upper class kids, so some more 'ghetto' people (like me) felt out of place sometimes. Luckily, the culture in the school was very tolerant and laid back, and I can recall only one serious case where I saw someone getting bullied (excluding a couple of verbal quarrels), and the teacher ended that one quickly.

There was really no sense of "our" high school, it was more like "our gang that we hang around with every day". The teachers seemed satisfied with that as long as we got at least ok'ish grades, which most people did. All in all, I'm lucky I went there.

[Akimichi Choji]

Well I go to a private all guy's school(>.<). We dont have uniforms but we do have a dress code. There are 2 sister all girl schools so we are not entrely sheltered.

[Tamanegi Sensei]

High school in Milpitas ain't the best out there. Majority bein mostly of jocks. Everyone was in their own world and it seemed like a bit of nepotism. Special ed kids were ripped on by preppy, goths rippin on bookworms, punk and emo go hand in hand in their self abuseive dementioned lives, and geeks and nerds battle it out to see who is better. The only people that were left alone were the gamers and the band geeks. I myself fought with the faculty cause of a couple reasons. 1. They were goin to drop me from the school becuase of my autism and 2, beucase thats what htey do to those who turned 18. I was lucky enough ot stay till 19. At graduation, they messed up my name and diploma callin me Michael Jackson. Good thing I fought them to change it.

[Naota]

In Australia, nearly all schools are uniformed. The school I spent the most time at was Monterey Secondary College (http://www.monterey.vic.edu.au/). It was basically a public school posing as a private school.

GUYS UNIFORM:

Blazer: Black, gold/red/white monogramed.
Jumper: Cherry red V-neck, gold/black/white monogramed.
Shirt: White business shirt or long-sleeved/short-sleeved polos, black/red/gold monogramed.
Trousers: Black.
Shoes/Socks: Grey socks, black leather shoes.
Tie: Black, gold/red/white monogramed.

There was also a summer and winter PE uniform and specialized uniforms for all sports teams, choir, bands, rock eisteddfod, etc.


ENVIRONMENT/ADMIN/ETC:

The school is centered around arts and sport. It borders two golf-courses and a local football teams playing field, and is set in large grounds with lots of trees and a hobby farm.

When I attended administration was good. Some older teachers were set in their ways (you had to call them "sir" or "miss"), but there were some progressive teaches who asked to be called by their first name, etc.

ALOT of extracurricular stuff to do, and the administration was supportive with many programs for student affairs and welfare which were chaired by students with the watch of a staff liaison. Plus, you could think up any sort of crazy club and it would be supported.

Reputation-wise, today the school has a good rep. It had a bad reputation when it was founded and merged with a school of misfits, but over the years has built up a strong reputation in arts and sports.

Acedemic-wise it's one of the top schools in the area for VCE results. (VCE=Victorian Certificate of Education, the final two years of high school)


[EDIT] ZOMG! There are half-naked Samoans on my school frontpage (http://www.monterey.vic.edu.au/)!

[flclluva_123]

im still not in high school and im glad

[ShinoMatrix]

Yeah, as Naota said, most Australian schools wear uniforms, and mine were no exception.
Well, let's see, I think I might as well mention the fact that to complete my 6 years of high school I've had to change once, so I went to two high schools.

The first school is Springvale Secondary College (from year 7 to 10), and if Naota may remember, this school has a reputation... bad reputation, which I think is undeserved. While it's true that the school looks like a prison from the outside with the metal bar walls, stabbings occured in the toilet while I was out fund raising with a sausage sizzle, police rammed down a criminal outside of my Maths class, I still felt 'safe' in it (no sarcasm intended). It was the neighbourhood that must be blamed, not the school itself, hence the need for the metal bars.

Some of my best friends now were people I got to know there. I was always in the somewhat "in crowd" even though I was involved in as many extra-curricular activities as I can fit in my schedule, always getting awards in academic studies, and at one point or another was probably going to become the president of the SRC (Student Representative Council). The teachers were awesome, and I think I might have received an ENTER score (the final score that you get that universities in Australia judge you by) higher than what I have now if I had only stayed.

I looked at the website recently and found that quite a few of my friends who were in the same year level as me can still be found in this website, except this was in our senior years. Had I stayed in that school, most likely I would be in those pictures too.
http://www.springvalesc.vic.edu.au/students/overseas.htm http://www.springvalesc.vic.edu.au/students/academic.htm

Now, for my VCE (final 2 years of high school), I went to Hampton Park Secondary College. For some freakin reason or just because I was so awesome, I became School Vice Captain when I got to year 12. I remind people that this was after only basically 1 year of having been in this school, and it wasn't due to a shortage of candidates either. I think the only reason I didn't become Captain was because of that short time period. Well, this school was somewhat more competetive in both academics and sports compared to Springvale. I did end up once again being in the in crowd with friends here. The pressure in this school though was probably more than I wanted, and hence my studies, though ended up very well, could have been better had I not moved school.

Meh, I talked too long... I just really enjoyed my times there.

[Udai]

my highschool was a total drag, it was like a freaking southern football highschool, but in california. everyone was obsessed with our sports teams, who used to be good, but no longer are. Also, for some reason the school was broken into an unnecessarily large number of subgroups such as "indie kids" and "stoners" and "cheerleaders", but like even those groups were broken into dozens of subgroups, and like everyone shunned everyone else, it was quite pitiful.

as far as the physical aspects, it was an outdoor style school, with no dress code, no religious affiliation, an new Stadium, and crappy volleyball courts (played boys volleyball. we were like last on budget list).

[Mana]

I had 2 high schools :3

My freshman and sophormore years I went to Downers Grove South High School, the 12th largest high school in America, clocking in at over 5k students. It was noisy, overcrouded, claustrophobic, and had bathrooms specially for smoking pot that you could smell from down the hall. Very sports focused, not much on anything else. I honestly didn't care for it in the slightest.

For my junior and senior years, I went to Mount Assisi Academy, an all-girls Catholic High School that mainly catered to rich girls from the south side of Chicago. Student population of about 350, most of which I refused to even talk to. The nuns were ok, though. All of our sports team sucked, really, but no one cared. Didn't care for that school much, either.

[Neon]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......ah....(snort)....(yon)....is class over yet........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


Just, that is how the summer has been...BORING...I can't wait for school, my last year.

[Finnf00]

Liberal-wear-what-you-want-come-as-you-please type of high school in the safe enviro of Helsinki, Finland. A swedish speaking high-school for the finnish-swedes. Aka lots of rich spoiled brats from the southern areas of the city. Mostly boring and uninspiring teachers, with the exception of a few less boring and less uninspiring ones and one who drank lots and was actually quite cool. Passed high-school with average grades, despite spending most of my time boozing or sleeping in class.

[Dennis]

I go to a private Jesuit high school in Philly where you are required to wear some form of the following, colors do not matter: blazer, slacks, shirt, and tie. The school strives for diversity but usually fails, 95-97% white. Not much else to comment on right now, I'll probably have more to say when I graduate in June.

[kyubichan]

i went to highschool in a public school,and it was okay...until those little kids showed up...hehe ^^ i love my senior year coz i could get away with stuff like cutting classes. the uniform for guys was a white polo and tee,with black pants; gurls' was a maroon skirt and white blouse with a necktie; we could were casual clothes every wednesday. im not the girly-girl popular one but my friends and i were pretty popular with the seniors and juniors coz were smart,not geeky tho ^^ we get good grades but we're not boring

[loner]

Let's see...a Catholic all-boys school with uniforms. White shirt, dark grey trousers and a black tie with a school badge on it. It's one of the most famous schools in Hong Kong in academics and sports. We usually win the "insert name of sponsor" Bowl, which mean we are the champion of the inter-school sports competitions. Supposedly an English school, but the teachers all use Cantonese during classes (even the English class O_o). It's got a square shaped building with 4 wings surrounding a garden and a basketball court, with a swimming pool and a large football field on either side of it. Now it's been renovated with a new extension built.

The students usually range from the math geniuses to the book worms to the top athletes to the slackers to the other weirdos. I belong to the weirdo group, but was sorta elevated to the bookworms after getting good HKAL results. The new crops of students are getting worse and worse every year, with the new students becoming more and more pampered and spoiled, and smaller and shorter and more moronic.

The teachers, with 2 or 3 exceptions, are generally viewed as mediocre. The more incompetent ones will be cursed behind their backs. The most imcompetent ones will be taunted openly in classes and verbally (and even physically, though just by paper balls and planes) abused. I believe one of my classmate taped one of these sessions, when everyone turned the classroom into a no man's land. I believe there is an online petition to oust our new principal, started by students in my grade (or form as we call it here). Almost every single teacher has a derigatory nickname, and most of them know what they are called behind their backs. The brothers are generally respected though, unless they become principal (and even then if they do well we will respect them).

That's pretty much sums up my school.

[ShinoMatrix]

The school strives for diversity but usually fails, 95-97% white.

Haha... in my high school during the first 4 years of high school, this was quite the opposite for me... that is, in my entire year level, there were perhaps 2-3 white people, and this school was moderate in size... 2 out of those 3 people are usually white people from other countries too (ie. not Australian parentage)... Most of the school was occupied by Asians from all over the place.

After I changed schools though, the proportion of racial background became more the national standard.


The more incompetent ones will be cursed behind their backs. The most imcompetent ones will be taunted openly in classes and verbally (and even physically, though just by paper balls and planes) abused. I believe one of my classmate taped one of these sessions, when everyone turned the classroom into a no man's land. I believe there is an online petition to oust our new principal, started by students in my grade (or form as we call it here). Almost every single teacher has a derigatory nickname, and most of them know what they are called behind their backs. The brothers are generally respected though, unless they become principal (and even then if they do well we will respect them).

:XD: Man... I remember making our science teacher cry her eyes out back in first year high school...she left a week later.

[d.a.b-mousey]

Well my high school is ok and my lil sis in high school now and i just finished school and that very good but instead calling it high school it is called withywood community school.And as first it look like a piece of crap but afater a few days you see what the school got for you.

So now i left that place now got to find a job and in setpember i'm going to college and i'm going to one of city of bristol colloeges.

And i got loads of friends from witywood, oh i mean i got friend every year in that school.

[Xfox*X]

The school strives for diversity but usually fails, 95-97% white.

my school was atleast 20% spanish 35% blacks and 35% whites. the white people imagion your tyipcal stero type of rich stuck up californians. the blacks your wanabe gangbangers. the spansh people wre just that. i hated school i had more money in my pocket then any of those kids(it was their parents money, my money was mine) did i just didnt flont it like them so i was rejected.

[AqueousMessage]

Norwell High was a small high school in a small, rich town. That means we could get a better education with all the tax money and it shows thorugh our MCAS scores being in the top 10 since the stupid test was invented. It was about 93% white, 4% black, and 3% hispanic. But, you can basicly look at any sterotypical teen movie and call it my school.

[kLaUS]

i was in a public school, and for me it was very fine, of course, you realize that high school sucks when you get to college... Anyway , here in south america , the schools are a lot more different than in another countries. I guess that its easier to students to adapt in here, while sometimes in another countries , everyone end up hating their school`s expirences...

[kiyone]

I went to Fashion Industries, a public school. It was a fairly large school diverse and populated with A Lot of girls, few guys, and others... I didn't enjoy my highschool years at all. A completly different story during my first year of college.