You've grown wiser.

The mean girls always become nurses.

Your parents were teachers, too?

i honestly didnt care at some point. i just said im going to the toilet, if they want to punish me, they could do it when im back

(Maths?) I still am.

I have to say I actually do like knowing that mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell and that Athens and Sparta fought the Peloponnesian War and that the square root of 144 is 12. Yeah none of this helps me in my day to day life but school introduced me to many ideas and facts that I'm very happy to know.

I dont know about some other countries but in Netherlands if you choose economics they actually do explain about taxes.

I took a "Life Math" class in high school. It went over taxes, mortgage and interest rates and things like that. We also looked at various types of insurance and how to apply for it. I enjoyed the class but most of the kids goofed off or slept.

I had to teach my siblings and friends how to do their taxes. When you're filing single in the US and don't have major deductions the form is 1040EZ. It's one page with instructions, but the wording makes it seem difficult.

Why has no one complained about the recorder yet? Also, way to turn kids OFF music.

Well school’s definitely teach a fair amount about reading and basic math, which should be enough. The issue is that US tax code is too complex.

So true!

We began filling out Form 1040 in the 4th grade. Didn't do any good though because the US tax code changes at least once a year and a tax professional can save you tons.

and memorize the multiplication tables, remember what year the cotton gin was invented, and here's a 'recorder' go learn how to play Mary Had a Little Lamb.

You were taught how to read and how to do math. You were given resources, it's up to you to apply those resources. If you have questions on how to file taxes, you ask a tax expert. Take some responsibility for yourself.

U.S. here. I had a few classes that could have taught us this, one even went over like budgeting and stuff (but either it wasn't very good or I I wasn't very good at it because I definitely struggled) but I don't think anyone ever really explained how taxes work. It should definitely be a thing, unless we finally switched to a flat tax rate for everyone, but that's not gonna happen.

Tax laws are changed and switched around by the rich and their slaves in Congress that anything you teach a high school kid may longer be true when he his the job market years later. When I audited tax returns, the first question I had to ask myself was "What were the rules during that particular year?" (The is a rule about audits that never changes. "Lie if you have to, but never - and I mean never - insult the auditor's intelligence.")

This. The pledge is so dumb. I never, ever stand for it. Had several teachers yell at me for it, but you just get numb to it after awhile. America is taking my rights and you want me to worship it?? Hell naw

At 57, still is... but then swearing and cussing about stupid things 'co'workers do which mess up my job.

Omg not the f*****g barkers. They're the same ones who'll grab each others' asses while still somehow being homophobic

Same guy still does that. Only now he also wears a hoodie.

Mile Monday's were a horrible invention. My friends and I would just walk around the track while talking and ignoring the PE teacher who was yelling at us to run.

Married to High School Sweetheart. Going on 22 years together. We actually had middle school 6th grade class together and choir but i dont rmbr him then. Whoops sorry Love.

That would be Shakespeare

In my school you had a shower after, it was just a big shower block with no curtains and all the girls had to shower in there, I would of rather been sweating and stinky all day than having to go through that as a teenager, it was so degrading.

And her name is always Emily.

7:30am? It’s still dark in the winter! Kids are a waste of time before 9 am!

Come to South Africa, when you are shopping and loadshedding starts, no one screams, they just take out their phones to carry on shopping while the generator kicks in.

Bragging about how you hurt your bodies is something to be neither ashamed nor proud of. I frankly think that most teenagers' sleep cycles and school timing are utterly incompatible, like I cannot imagine wanting to do Math at 7 am. On top of that, excessive homework, assignments, and exams to study for that takes up a lot of time along with other activities. With that being said, please recognize that sleep is important for you no matter your age. You're not tough for being able to survive on four hours, it's not funny just because it's a relatable experience, and you're actually being less productive and not more because sleep deficiency impedes your cognitive abilities along with many other side-effects. Start small, aim for consistency rather than an instant fix. Your body works day and night to help you survive, please give it the rest it deserves.

I went to a Catholic school in Spain. 1980, I remember one kid being dragged out of clase by a priest teacher, desk and all and being kicked like a football. Priests drags the kid away screaming , comes back, puts the desk in back in its place and carried on. Never saw the kid again. I'd only been in Spain for a few months and spoke little Spanish so I never found out what's he said or what happened to him.

Why tho? School in the UK starts at 9:30-ish. Were you finishing at lunchtime?!

Anxiety...

For Christmas they used to stuff the entire school into the gym and force us to sing songs or get detention.. ``\0.0/``

I could SMASH on those little chocolate milks.

At one point in my life my older sister worked at Chick-Fil-A, and she said that they are mostly home school (like herself).

That's because the other football team had a player that did the same thing and God had to make a choice

Had something similar in my high school. Learned to eat and talk really fast. BTW 25 minutes.

Lol I’m in high school I’ve never cared about being popular or “fitting in”. If I really wanted to I could, because the popular girls asked me to sit with them once and they’re pretty nice to me, but I just want to have a drama free social life

I mean what else were they meant to do if the jeans didn't fit over the brace? For the few weeks I had to wear a brace it was always over my clothes.