<p>Heh. Just trying to keep things balanced...</p>
<p>-You've never met half the people in your class
-Everyone knows some people by the way they look due to their level of involvement (ie the "redheaded girl with the blue eyes").
-You've never even heard of some of the teachers.
-They sometimes lock bathrooms due to kids going in there to smoke/ditch during class.
-You have more than one principal.
-There are more student spaces in the parking lot than faculty spaces. And you STILL have to get there early to get a good spot.
-Your theatre productions have upwards of 80 people when you factor in the ensemble.
-You can't name all of the clubs at your school.
-It takes you at least 5 minutes to walk from one end of the campus to the other.
-Your school makes you wear your ID around your neck to make sure you're actually supposed to be there.
-Rivalry is between Small Learning Communities rather than schools.
-Kids get sent to On Campus Suspension for being out of uniform on a daily basis.
-If you know the Staff Assistants, you can get away with anything.
Yay public school! ^_^</p>
<p>-They have workers directing the crowds getting into school.
-There are no lockers because of concealing drugs.
-At break people walk 5 minutes to a meeting place, hang for 5 more min then head on another 5 min walk.
-Your teacher uses a loudspeaker to talk to the class. (weird day 30 people in class)
-There is a page in the directory and yearbook of Lees.
-Fire alarms go off and the teachers don't skip a beat.
-People are startled but not shocked when firecrackers go off in a crowd.
-When you leave class 4 times because people pulled the fire alarm in one period. (today teacher made us take books outside last time)</p>
<p>The first one: Yup, we got it...I'm glad I have a 0 period. I beat the rush. ^_^</p>
<p>2nd one: We still have lockers, for how much longer no one knows.</p>
<p>3rd one: Pretty much...it's ridiculous. I spend passing period/lunch/nutrition in classrooms most of the time.</p>
<p>I've never had a teacher use a loudspeaker, but it sounds like a fun class. :)</p>
<p>Our yearbook has all the Hernandezes (?) and Herreras. And such.</p>
<p>Ugh...for some reason all my fellow seniors find pulling the fire alarm funny. You try getting 4,000 kids out onto the field in an "orderly" fashion, you wouldn't find it so funny.</p>
<p>XD someone set a firecracker off at graduation 2 years ago and they had to cut the ceremony short.</p>
<p>That last one sucks...I would hate whoever did that.</p>
<p>I think these only apply to big public schools; none of these apply to the small suburban/rural public school I go to. There's one prinicipal, everyone knows everyone, no student parking on school grounds, no IDs, and almost no violence/trouble/fights/disruptions. Haha :)</p>
<p>-you're getting a B+ and you're the top of the class.
-your teacher doesn't notice although you've skipped that class for past two weeks.
-you had 30 best friends that you now don't even talk to</p>
<p>Saying you're going out to use the restroom and coming back an hour later.
Having false fire alarms twice a year.
Watching at least two fights a week.
Observing that On-Campus-Suspension is a classroom of at least 30 daily.
Seeing others wander the campus during class aimlessly.
Being in at least a class a term that has over 40 kids, twenty of whom you don't know.
Having at least six security guards.
Having at least three cop cars approach the school everyday.
Listening to blasting music during lunch.
Having to deal with rumors (some of which are true) about doing drugs in bathrooms, having sex underneath bleachers, stairways, etc.
Walking across campus for lunch only to realize that the line is endlessly long, and the walk took at least five minutes.</p>
<p>ehh a lot more ... others can take it now :D</p>
<ul>
<li>You have 2,430 students at your school
-You have incredibly old and ruined textbooks </li>
<li>You have to fundraise to buy anything at all </li>
<li>The teachers constantly talk about how bad the school district is </li>
<li>You have 40+ kids in one classroom </li>
<li>Teachers don't assign projects, because they don't want to grade all of them </li>
<li>You have a 7 minute passing period </li>
<li>25% of the teachers are just there to get paid </li>
</ul>
<p>Regardless, I would trade my experiences for the world! I love going to a public school.</p>
<p>Do you know what "best friend" means?
Unless you go to a ghetto, rundown highschool in Compton or something, I strongly doubt that you can back up:
"-you're getting a B+ and you're the top of the class.
-your teacher doesn't notice although you've skipped that class for past two weeks."</p>
<p>Pengsta, do you go to a LARGE public school? By large, I mean at LEAST 800 kids per graduating class.</p>
<p>In a class of 1200 kids (which was the size of my class freshman year), it's very possible to be getting a B+ and be one of the top kids in your class, if not #1. </p>
<p>And some teachers just don't care when kids skip class. I don't go to a "ghetto rundown high school in Compton" or anything, but almost all of these statements apply to large public schools like the one I go to.</p>
<ul>
<li>Grade inflation is so bad you could have all A's and not be in the top 20%.</li>
<li>The computers are older than you are.</li>
<li>You have no idea who your guidance counselor is.</li>
</ul>
<p>-Guidance counselors aren't really there to talk, they're there to make schedules. If you're not threatening suicide, you can wait.
-There are more students than desks in at least one of your classes
-Your school was built for A LOT LESS KIDS THAN IT HAS NOW. My school was built for about 1500, it has 3200 now :|
-You can be a senior and meet other seniors you've never seen before in your life</p>