Trust me. Ha! famous last words indeed! my freshman year i became friends with what would be my longest and closest friend. although in the early months of our relationship we had to cope with some 'trust issues'. illegal...read more
Everyone at school was talking about the Sweetheart Dance that was taking place in two Saturday nights. Most of my friends had already secured dates and were in the process of making nightly trips to the Country Club Mall ...read more
by Josh M.
"A Modest Alternative for the Highschool Students with no Sleep" It is a melancholy object to the teachers who walk through the High schools and stride through the hallways when they see gloomy classrooms, gymn...read more
The "rest"room I must tell you is not a "restful" place at all I don't feel I am "resting" while sitting in the stall. The place is wet where I must put my beautiful little hinny And with fifty girls shoved inside, th...read more
Picture day Rituals... Ah, the ritual of High School picture day. You tear through your closet and your dresser looking for that something special. What do you mean I should have done that last night? You try on 4 ...read more
It is often said that one's high school years are to be the best years of a young person's life. I suppose that is true for many. As for myself, however, if high school is as good as it gets, then I am in serious trouble....read more
by Ashlyn Davis
High School? I have one work for you... DRAMA! No matter where you go there is going to be drama, most of the time its over a boy. Let me tell you I have had my share of boy drama. Surprisingly most of it isn't even with a...read more
by Gary Davis
Ah, high school. I just got an invitation to my fortieth high school reunion. I guess I better get my tux rented. Yeah, right. High school for me was not a great time. I was very tall and very skinny. I had acne. I ...read more
by Keith Wick
My early years in high school were synonymous with the word embarrassment. I was that dark, purple pimple on the nose that never goes away. I was that green piece of food stuck in the teeth that no one tells you about. ...read more
A high school campus is a wonderful setting for accumulating writing material. I've been teaching high school for several years, and oh the stories I could tell: comical, heartbreaking, serious, and revolting. Teachers ...read more
Oh! how can i start this off, well a first year gym teacher came in our school by the name of Curtis Tate, he just transferred from another school called Niles North and already i heard weird rumors about him, about how he...read more
Lovesick Moron Writes Girl Love Poem A high school junior's ill conceived attempt to charm a classmate with a self-penned love poem ended in complete, predictable catastrophe yesterday, sources report. Evidently, 17 ...read more
by Thomas Igou
Child Abuse in Our Backyard I remember my last December spent in Rye. Everyday, a thick sheet as white as milk blanketed the high school parking lot. And everyday, the senior hallway was as bare of students as the...read more
by Naveen K
Faculty What does the faculty do? Everybody knows what teachers do, but what about the faculty? What goes on behind the doors of the office? Almost nothing. That is the answer to all of those questions. Behind the doo...read more
by Glory Lennon
"You know what we need, don't you? A celebrity to host a telethon for you. We can get Britney Spears to plead for a cure for Foot-in-Mouth Syndrome." Janet said trying to lighten the mood. "I'm so glad you can find hum...read more
by Lazaszeret
Well my story begins when it was English class (one of the classes I dread the most even though I was acing it) and we had a sub for the first time ever. Well I was first surprised that we had a sub then he passed out some...read more
I recently graduated. Yes, I'm finally out of high school. I'm out of the land of cliques, the land of the unmotivated, the land of the apathetic. Now it's on to college, which...uh... promises to be better. I think. ...read more
by Dyan Mardlin
The alternative school was a new idea in my hometown, a resolution to the congestion of kids, who had quit school or had been thrown out, from the streets. Being the guinea pigs- so to speak, we "bad" kids took as much...read more
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