high school

Pretty much all of us have that one memorable line from the strange days of high school that we can recall on a dime. It could be something like how if all your friends were to hypothetically jump off a bridge, you shouldn't too. Certainly a vivid way of encouraging people to not just do whatever everyone else is doing around them. 

There was always a sort of extended leniency toward crap that popular kids could get away with, but sometimes they either flew too close to the sun or played a part in some high school's "incident". Sometimes it wasn't even up to them, but that's just how things shake out sometimes. Sometimes they come back for round two and make high school reunions awkward.

Instead of a quote from John Lennon or a ridiculous promise to themselves, some people choose to go a little lighter with their senior quotes. High School used to seem so important. Now it just feels like a weird dream. Here are some more funny senior quotes that people got into the yearbook on their way outta there.

What's amazing is that this is about a relationship that's years and years old. The guy must have finally found the free time to send the thing. It's got everything. It's got calls to restore honor, it's got promises of divine punishment, and even the references are cited. He seems to be less interested in the honor part and more into what kind of divine punishment befits the dude. Sometimes relationships ending can lead to some unintended consequences, like the petty things divorced people have done to spite their ex.

School justice is a minefield of extremely arbitrary, always changing no-tolerance policies where you're just as likely to get punished for something someone else did. You never forget a stupid reason for being punished. School is a jungle, and it can lead to what people describe as their school's incident, and can continue on to awkward moments at school reunions.

Twitter user @deanlines, shares a viral thread about the incident from his school that involved students discovering a trap door leading to an elaborate tunnel system. It sounds like the eventual heist failed, but the adventure itself was definitely worth writing about. 

Most of us want to put our high school lives behind us. We sure thought we knew everything, but over the next few years realized that we were still stupid. At least we still have our old yearbooks with all the senior quotes to look back on and try to forget about again.

Someone on AskReddit asked for people to share their most awkward experiences at high school reunions. The resulting reunion recaps are enough to make most people squirm in their seats. Those high school reunions are ripe for the bloated egos of old high school bullies to show up and somehow continue the act of spreading negativity. Or maybe you encounter an old flame who still has some feelings about the way things went down...10 years ago. Yikes. 

Sometimes we can learn just how much we've changed by looking back on our cringiest moments. For whatever reason high school seems to be the cringiest time for a lot of us. It's probably cause a whole lot of people at that point in their lives, have no idea who they are. 

A viral Twitter moment has people looking up their old teachers. Bring on the tidal wave of nostalgia. You never know; your old high school teacher who always had a low key cool vibe, might actually be a massive social media influencer nowadays. Or maybe your teacher retired right around your birthday. Either way, a fun little experiment to try out with your old teachers from back in the day. 

Someone on AskReddit asked for people to share stories of their cringiest teenage phases. We're talking frosted tips, cat ears, and literally trying to convince classmates that you're a robot. All kinds of cringe run rampant through these flashback stories. 

Everyone's high school experience was a little different. Some kids were incredibly dumb. Sometimes a cool teacher did someone a solid. Other times, like these ones, things went off the rails. It always seemed like all the craziest stuff happened at the school that you didn't go to. 

It's okay to have enjoyed high school. Many of us didn't. In fact we have tons of cringey high school memories that we regret. But it's alright to remember high school fondly. It's the folks who still think high school is important after 10 years who may need a reality check.

It's very possible to be popular in high school without also being a huge douche, but those two things aren't always mutually exclusive. Sometimes a popular kid does something that they think they can get away with and it backfires like the dickens. Usually it's some horrible lie or evil thing they they tried, and realize too late that people won't always have their back. Besides that, it's after high school when people really change (or don't).

Maybe you broke the rules by having your phone out or smuggling in the "dreaded gum". These folks went above and beyond with weird crap that has no business being at a school. There's always that one kid who has like a toaster or something. Speaking of school rules, here are some salty folks who shared what was banned from their schools.