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Who doesn’t remember drinking milk with their pizza or burgers in the cafeteria? When you’re in high school, you don’t question a lot of the things that happen around you. It’s only when you leave that you start to realize what a weird place it really was! Some of the things are a bit peculiar, while others are positively bizarre.
Bored Panda has collected some of the best examples of weird school things, so scroll down to see exactly what we mean. For those of you still in high school, maybe this list will open up your eyes to all the weirdness. Remember to upvote your faves and leave a comment about other weird high school things you’ve noticed, dear Pandas!
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Love My Dogs 4 years ago
I had to do square dancing in 4th grade with a boy and the teachers wouldn't let us bring wipes or gloves. This was the time when cooties was a thing. It was gross.
It’s not just former students who think that high school is incredibly strange—some teachers are flabbergasted, too. For example, Michael De Main has been teaching in secondary schools for 16 years and he thinks that a lot of teachers accept things that are downright weird.
In Michael’s opinion, it’s bizarre that different high schools can choose to start and end classes at different times. So while one school might open at 8 AM, another might decide to start classes 15 minutes later. The same weirdness extends to periods that can last for 40, 50, or even 75 minutes, depending on school policy. Don’t even get us started on how breaks are not the same length, either.
#4
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
If we started packing up before the teacher asked us to we would have to stay back after the bell went for about 2 mins or so.
Teacher Michael also questions whether we still need roll call—isn’t that time better spent, you know, actually learning things? Not to mention playground duty where a teacher has to stand around, watch the students play, and make sure that they don’t get into any trouble. And who can forget about toilet duty? Sure, teachers need to make sure that students aren’t getting into any trouble, but all of this seems a bit over the top, don’t you think?
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
So far this is the only one I can relate too. I only discovered about 5 years ago that this wasn't true.
#8
My chemistry teachers solution to people stealing her calculators.
However, according to Michael, the weirdest thing about high school might just be the students themselves who are hard to figure out even with all the experience in the world. Finally, let’s not forget about the basics: furniture. Some students still have to sit on uncomfortable chairs and use tiny desks, so it’s no wonder that some of them can’t pay attention!
When you look at everything, high school sure is a weird place. But I sure could go for some chocolate milk and a slice of pizza right about now.
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athornedrose 4 years ago
so true. it was coffee. occasionally with alcohol in it
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Wolfstar 4 years ago (edited)
We called ourselves 'band nerds.' The orchestra kids were 'orch-a-dorks.'
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Brian Geppert 4 years ago
I believe that's called "hope" :)... It's easier just to drink the coffee...
Lilly Rose Poppy 4 years ago
My freind says she doesn’t even eat breakfast and she’s the perky theater kid
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
I had one of those hair thingy's, had it in for ages. I didn't get mine on a cruise or holiday though.
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Randomcthulu 4 years ago
We just got to smell the home ec class burn another batch of cookies every day, the teacher was too stupid to know to adjust cooking times etc for higher altitudes and couldn't figure it out, we literally begged our English teacher to let us go show them what they were doing wrong, she laughed and told us to go ahead because that teacher had been driving her nuts for years
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Lynden Manning 4 years ago
Is this an American thread? Public schools really aren't that bad in Australia. Really, the only difference is they put education first, whereas private schools put money and status first.......and their buildings have a fresher coat of paint on them.
Carrot dude 4 years ago
I guess I'm very American because almost every one of these was extremely relatable.
NoYFB 4 years ago
Finnish schools had a game for kids called kuka pelkää mustaa miestä, which translates to Who's afraid of the black man. One of the kids was selected as the black man, then we shouted "who's afraid of the black man?!" and started running in the gym class while the black man tried to catch us. This was considered a normal activity at the time. Naturally not played anymore.
LoPandas 4 years ago (edited)
The concept sounds kind of fun, but the name tho haha
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Monika Soffronow 4 years ago
Is it surprising that children sometimes behave in infantile ways? Especially during puberty?
Nicky OldfieldDesciple 4 years ago (edited)
I went to a catholic school in Ireland. You don't know what weird is until you have a 70 year old nun trying to give a sex education class. This happened when I was 15 years old. And yes, we did already know where babies came from. So did a certain girl in the class who at the time was already 4 months pregnant.
Alice Laughs 4 years ago
Every now and then I think about Americans as actually the unwitting participants of something akin to The Truman Show. What if there is another reality outside the borders? Distraction with a horrible thing to keep them from knowing about a hellish thing. An experiment by the rest of the world to see how people retain their humanity under certain conditions, recorded now and available in live streaming, engendering scorn and pity by turns in its viewers.
Aragorn II Elessar 4 years ago
Eh my current high school isn’t so bad, but a lot of these are relatable from my old district
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
The stupidest thing that I remember people doing when I was at school was "Smileys" using a lighter.
Tabitha L 4 years ago
The author of this post is Lithuanian. Just saying.
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Lynden Manning 4 years ago
Is this an American thread? Public schools really aren't that bad in Australia. Really, the only difference is they put education first, whereas private schools put money and status first.......and their buildings have a fresher coat of paint on them.
Carrot dude 4 years ago
I guess I'm very American because almost every one of these was extremely relatable.
NoYFB 4 years ago
Finnish schools had a game for kids called kuka pelkää mustaa miestä, which translates to Who's afraid of the black man. One of the kids was selected as the black man, then we shouted "who's afraid of the black man?!" and started running in the gym class while the black man tried to catch us. This was considered a normal activity at the time. Naturally not played anymore.
LoPandas 4 years ago (edited)
The concept sounds kind of fun, but the name tho haha
Load More Replies... Monika Soffronow 4 years ago
Is it surprising that children sometimes behave in infantile ways? Especially during puberty?
Nicky OldfieldDesciple 4 years ago (edited)
I went to a catholic school in Ireland. You don't know what weird is until you have a 70 year old nun trying to give a sex education class. This happened when I was 15 years old. And yes, we did already know where babies came from. So did a certain girl in the class who at the time was already 4 months pregnant.
Alice Laughs 4 years ago
Every now and then I think about Americans as actually the unwitting participants of something akin to The Truman Show. What if there is another reality outside the borders? Distraction with a horrible thing to keep them from knowing about a hellish thing. An experiment by the rest of the world to see how people retain their humanity under certain conditions, recorded now and available in live streaming, engendering scorn and pity by turns in its viewers.
Aragorn II Elessar 4 years ago
Eh my current high school isn’t so bad, but a lot of these are relatable from my old district
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
The stupidest thing that I remember people doing when I was at school was "Smileys" using a lighter.
Tabitha L 4 years ago
The author of this post is Lithuanian. Just saying.
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