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10 Signs You Went To A Private High School

If you went to private school, you understand completely.

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1. All the teachers and coaches are alumni

I would say more than half of the faculty and staff were alumni at my high school. That is not just teachers, it's also coaches. They just can't seem to get away from their alma mater that they love so much.

2. Uniforms

This can be a blessing a curse. Its a curse if you want to dress down you most likely had to pay for it and only on certain days. It's a blessing due to the fact you never have to pick out an outfit for the next day.

3. Weekly mass

On mass days you would either fake sick, go home, or you would sit with your friends to crack jokes with each other the whole time. Some of the funniest times occurred during mass at school.

4. Everyone knows everyone's business (even the teachers)

Private schools are usually just full of the same kids you went to middle school with, plus more feeder school students who you already knew. Everyone knows everyone. This means that everyone wants to know all the gossip, and so do the teachers. If a rumor is spread, everyone knows by the end of that school day.

5. Cliques are way too real

You get cliques at every school, but in my private high school, we had certain names for each friend group that people would refer to when mentioning them. This seemed pretty extreme when it came down to it.

6. You can never get away with anything

Administration always found a way to find out about party plans for that upcoming weekend and shut it down by the end of the first hour with suspension or expulsion threats.

7. You express yourself through your purse or tie

If you wanted to have something unique or different about you, that is where your purse and tie came into play. This was the only part of your uniform that could be different from other people, so you make it count. I made sure to always get a purse I really loved at the beginning of the year.

8. Theology class

This class always seemed to be the only one where getting an A seemed nearly impossible. When people hear I had to take theology as a class they are absolutely amazed. Who knows, maybe you will miss it one day.

9. Lent consists of broken lenten promises and fish every Friday

Every Friday at lunch during Lent the options were either fish sticks or cheese pizza. It seemed like no matter how hard I tried to remember, I always forgot the no meat on Friday rule and my Lenten promise.

10. Private school will be missed and you actually did love it deep down.

Although it was full of ups, downs and crazy rules, I wouldn't trade my high school experience for the world. I had the best of times in high school surrounded with the greatest people.

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