how to survive highschool.

<p>upperclassmen let's help em out! not all of these i have experienced alright...don't listen to the fake bs that high school is easy and a mega fun time....you want to make it easier? read this.</p>

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<li><p>never get really wasted and hook up with a lot of guys. you will be called a sl.ut and an enormous amount of guys will want to get in your pants since it is obviously so easy.</p></li>
<li><p>if you have to disect a frog, just do it. it's honestly not that bad.</p></li>
<li><p>never pretend you are drunk. not cool.</p></li>
<li><p>so what if every guy on the football team is cute? they are all d.icks and not worth your time.</p></li>
<li><p>dont be stuck up. odds are some girl is going to call you out on it.</p></li>
<li><p>dont cheat on health tests, you will get a 0.</p></li>
<li><p>when doing your critical paper...do not slack off! this is important.</p></li>
<li><p>spark notes is shi.t. most teachers know you use it and make questions to stump the slackers. read the book.</p></li>
<li><p>swimming will probably be the best class you ever take. dont be a b.itch about getting your hair wet.</p></li>
<li><p>no one really cares where you sit at lunch.</p></li>
<li><p>dont' randomly start talking to people....that's creepy.</p></li>
<li><p>please bathe. if you smell, everyone will know.</p></li>
<li><p>dont be annoying in class. you dont have to say something every second.</p></li>
<li><p>you dont have to be friends with everyone, chill out.</p></li>
<li><p>dont get upset if you dont develop a new group of friends...it doesnt happen over night it takes a while.</p></li>
<li><p>dont change for any guy.</p></li>
<li><p>face it. if you look emo, dress emo, or listen to emo music...people will call you emo.</p></li>
<li><p>teacher's pets are heavily frowned upon.</p></li>
<li><p>dont get too dressed up for school...it's just kinda weird.</p></li>
<li><p>study for tests.</p></li>
<li><p>live for the weekends.</p></li>
<li><p>you dont know the kid who is throwing the house party? go anyway, odds are he wont care.</p></li>
<li><p>never steal anyones booze.</p></li>
<li><p>never run through the halls screaming...this makes people mad.</p></li>
<li><p>yeah that kid you saw on the first day of school....dont be creepy. If he wants to hook up let him come to you. Dont be too forward.</p></li>
<li><p>it's really cool that you love your school....but honestly your wardrobe can't consist of sweatshirts with your school logo on them.</p></li>
<li><p>do not mess with the band geeks. they will team up against you and you will lose.</p></li>
<li><p>no one cares how wasted you got last saturday.</p></li>
<li><p>dont walk slow in the halls, people will punch the back of your head.</p></li>
<li><p>your gym teacher doesn't care if you feel comfortable in leggings, she's going to take points off anyway.</p></li>
<li><p>skip. skip as many classes as possible without getting caught.</p></li>
<li><p>if you are skipping, act like you have a destination and no one will mess with you</p></li>
<li><p>you really will not remember anything you learned in algebra class over spring break.</p></li>
<li><p>thespians really do hug and kiss eachother as much as they are rumored to</p></li>
<li><p>marching band is the most sexually active club of the school.</p></li>
<li><p>AP kids are 50% snobbish and 50% awesome</p></li>
<li><p>people will do pretty much anything for attention</p></li>
<li><p>it takes only a period's time for 3,300 people to find out that mary-ann did in fact get drunk and have sex with her bestfriend's prom date.</p></li>
<li><p>no matter what your health teacher says, half the people in your health class have had sex.</p></li>
<li><p>it doesn't matter how smart you are, it matters what you get on your report card.</p></li>
<li><p>. your guidence counselor doesn't really know your name..unless you're really smart/bug him a lot.</p></li>
<li><p>the person next to you in english class is probably cooler than you size them up to be.</p></li>
<li><p>make friends with the geeks. they know how to unblock myspace/facebook in computer class.</p></li>
<li><p>join all the clubs you can.</p></li>
<li><p>try everything. you want to take art, you take art. no one cares if you suck.</p></li>
<li><p>no one will remember what you wore on the first day of school.</p></li>
<li><p>you want to talk politics and religion at lunch? don't do it.</p></li>
<li><p>debate class?...don't do it</p></li>
<li><p>most of the cheerleaders aren't as hot as everyother teenage movie makes them out to be.</p></li>
<li><p>dont memorize your crush's schedule and follow him to class.</p></li>
<li><p>messenger bags = back pains</p></li>
<li><p>yes, your winter coat is too big for your locker.</p></li>
<li><p>you dont need to carry every single book you have all the time. this is why we have lockers.</p></li>
<li><p>only upperclassmen can paint their faces and bodies for football games, you cant.</p></li>
<li><p>if it looks too crowded, there is still probably room for you somewhere.</p></li>
<li><p>it doesn't matter if you say excuse me, that girl standing in the middle of the hallway still isn't going to move.</p></li>
<li><p>teachers probably know just as much as you do about weed and alcohol.</p></li>
<li><p>the only way to survive a tornado would be to be compeltely silent while facing the lockers because the tornado will totally hear you.</p></li>
<li><p>the most entertainging spot in the cafe? between the goth kids and senior football players.</p></li>
<li><p>want to get known fast? take pictures of yourself naked with your phone. (not me)</p></li>
<li><p>not up for english today? go to the nurse and tell them you need to lay down....for a half hour.</p></li>
<li><p>leaving fake secret love notes in your friends lockers is really fun.</p></li>
<li><p>"sorry we are late...i tripped"</p></li>
<li><p>you dont want to be that girl that hangs out with all the younger kids....it's weird.</p></li>
<li><p>make friends with everyone who is rich and having a sweet sixteen party.</p></li>
<li><p>dont dress like a ****. you'll get weird looks from teachers.</p></li>
<li><p>dont skip gym..get over yourself...you need gym to graduate.</p></li>
<li><p>if you go drunk to football games you will get caught.</p></li>
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<p>69...football games. go to them. people go to them.</p>

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<li><p>honestly, 80% of the guys that talk to you want to hook up.</p></li>
<li><p>alcohol could force you to have hook up with your best friends boyfriend.</p></li>
<li><p>wearing sunglasses on your head in class is *ing weird.</p></li>
<li><p>you can feel completely prepared for a test...and then fail.</p></li>
<li><p>there will always be that annoying kid who can get hours of homework done in time to go to bed at a decent hour while you're up at 3:00 am finishing a 5-page paper.</p></li>
<li><p>it is possible to fall up the stairs.</p></li>
<li><p>half the time you bring your textbooks, you don't need them.</p></li>
<li><p>no one really does senior pranks that are actually good.</p></li>
<li><p>no one cares who you were in middle school- so what if you were the 8th grade cheerleading captain? no one gives a sh,it.</p></li>
<li><p>the best way to budge in the lunch line is so put everything you own in your book bag and use it to keep everyone at a distance from you</p></li>
<li><p>the coffee they serve in the cafeteria in the morning tastes like ass</p></li>
<li><p>if you try hard enough you really can screw up your face during your id picture.</p></li>
<li><p>the swim team is a cult.</p></li>
<li><p>the freshmen really do get shorter every year.</p></li>
<li><p>giving extra credit to those who decided to come to school on senior skip day is *
****.</p></li>
<li><p>people in the 70's had the absolute worst taste in floor and wall coloring.</p></li>
<li><p>it is not necessary to have 50 tampons in your school bag.</p></li>
<li><p>there is bound to be atleast one pregnant chick at your school...try not to stare.</p></li>
<li><p>dont wear heels to school....click click click</p></li>
<li><p>please wear a bra</p></li>
<li><p>that guy who sit's behind you is really nice- you should hook up with him</p></li>
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<p>add some.</p>

<p>How long did it take to make this?</p>

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<li><p>Don’t buy too much school apparel…it looks kinda tacky & it’s somewhat a waste of money because you’re never going to wear in in college.</p></li>
<li><p>DO NOT hang out with the emo/goth/punk kids</p></li>
<li><p>If someone is being a ***** to you or giving you unnecessary **** CALL OUT ON THEM or else you will regret it.</p></li>
<li><p>Don’t let people use you…be careful to be able to tell who is and who isn’t </p></li>
<li><p>Only carry what you need that day for class in your backpack. </p></li>
<li><p>DON’T be too nice to everyone.</p></li>
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<p>THIS. biggest pet peeve EVERRRR there’s this one girl at my school that never wears one…and it’s ****ing nasty as hell…</p>

<p>there’s a book in here somewhere…group some of these together and start writing chapters I esp love #67</p>

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<li>don’t freak out about perverted male teachers…you will get an A in the class and your parents will be happy.</li>
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<li>AP Lunch is not as easy as everyone says it is.</li>
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<p>Coming from an all-girls school I can add some interesting ones:</p>

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<li><p>If everyone wears the same uniform, don’t bother getting up early to make yourself look cute. You’ll just get weird looks.</p></li>
<li><p>Public school boys love to cheat on their girl friends with “good” Catholic school girls. It’s like a fantasy for them. It’s bound to happen to you at least once.</p></li>
<li><p>Jumping, squealing, and running through the hall with your friends was cute in middle school. Now it’s just annoying.</p></li>
<li><p>Even at an all girls school the male teachers still act awkwardly when you mention “cramps” or “feminine problems”. You can use this to your advantage to get out of class.</p></li>
<li><p>Get to know as many guys from different schools as possible. Your weekends will be more fun if you hang out with different types of people.</p></li>
<li><p>You will always encounter the stupid people who make jokes about lesbians at all-girls schools. Just ignore them.</p></li>
<li><p>Your school dances will probably suck. This of course depends on your school’s administration, though. Get invited to as many dances at other schools… usually less strict which means more fun.</p></li>
<li><p>Wear shorts and underwear under your uniform skirt, especially if it’s a kilt (like my uniform). Teachers don’t need to be flashed.</p></li>
<li><p>Don’t straighten your hair everyday. Just put it in a messy bun or a ponytail.</p></li>
<li><p>Cliques really do exist. They don’t just magically disappear when you hit high school. Just don’t make a big deal out of them.</p></li>
<li><p>Even with a uniform, certain girls will still be more fashionable than others. </p></li>
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<p>That’s all I can come up with for now…</p>

<p>^ hahha good ones</p>

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<p>…and that’s where I stopped reading. ;)</p>

<p>I love Speech and Debate! Best class ever. Honestly, this thread was too long so I stopped somewhere in the beginning. </p>

<p>The main point is that High School is no where near how it is in the movies. It’s really boring, half the people don’t really want to be there, and yeah it’s pretty much boring…</p>

<p>Oh, and my guidance counselor knows my name… I go in there and be like “Oh yeah so what’s my rank?” lol</p>

<p>approximately 1/3 of my class cried at one point in debate</p>

<p>Why? Well my teacher was AMAZING! My last speech was about prostitution haha, no joke. Everybody liked it, too. It was a persuasive speech on how prostitution should be legal. Then for our debate I was on the pro-sterilization of the mentally ■■■■■■■■. We rocked hard hahaha.</p>

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Sounds amateur.</p>

<p>Some of you guys appear to have had some bad high school experiences. From the bottom of my heart, I’m sorry.</p>

<p>My high school experience is/was good. Especially colorguard, but overall it’s boring. The classrooms are boring, that is. Plus, I don’t party, have sex, do drugs, any of that. I don’t want to ruin my life.</p>

<p>^You can still have fun without doing anything illegal…and what about friends?</p>

<p>I go to the movies, shopping, hang out, swimming with my friends everyday (unless I’m babysitting). I was just saying that I don’t go out partying because I think it’s stupid. Especially when the high schoolers post pictures on MySpace of them getting high or drunk.</p>

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<p>why did i expect that?
haaha it actually was pathetic though. i only took debate because the teacher was a hippie and gave everyone an A</p>

<p>@r0kAng3l: oh i see your case. Luckily, my high school doesn’t have too many of those druggies/drinkers. Maybe like 5 out of a class of 390.</p>