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28 Things You Know To Be True If You Went To A Small High School

You knew everyone's name and their mom.

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28 Things You Know To Be True If You Went To A Small High School

High school is either a really beneficial or a really terrible time in everyone's life. There was acne, bullies, and unfair social cliques, but some came out on top. There are so many movies about high school because it's such a unique, difficult, and somehow fun time in everybody's life. Many have similar high school experiences. However, if you went to a small high school, you know that they are in a league of their own.

1. You knew everyone's name and their mom. And what she did for a living.

2. You only had one or two teachers for each subject for the entire school.

3. Since there weren't many students, the dating scene got really weird, really quickly.

4. News spread like wildfire.

5. The boys who played football also played basketball... and baseball.

6. If you were in one club you were in eight. It looked good on a resume, though.

7. You probably had a decent class rank, because there were so few students.

8. People not from your school automatically assume you're incompetent.

9. Your graduation lasted under an hour.

10. You got close to your teachers since they had you in class multiple times.

11. You graduated with the same people you were in kindergarten with.

12. Except for the ones who left to go to bigger schools.

13. "Tryouts" consisted of cutting maybe one or two people from the team.

14. Your football team was so small that the offense also played defense.

15. Future Farmers of America (FFA) was probably the most successful thing at your school.

16. No matter where you went to college, it was a huge leap from high school.

17. Your teachers probably went to your high school.

18. Or at least taught your parents.

19. Your school funding was almost nonexistent so anytime the school got anything new, it was a big deal.

20. The new kid became popular quickly, because he/she was the one person people didn't know, and they wanted to get to know.

21. You get nervous when you tell people where you went to high school, because you know they're silently judging.

22. You actually knew everyone in your class, and somewhat cared for each of them.

23. Your graduating class only had double digits.

24. All the students ever talked about was wanting to leave.

25. Half of your class stayed in your hometown after high school.

26. You haven't seen most of your class after graduation. (Except for on Facebook.)

27. There was only one teacher in the school with a SmartBoard.

28. Even if your school looked big to you, it looked small to everyone else.

Although your experience wasn't the most conventional, you know you would have traded it (or being able to play four sports and eight clubs) for anything.

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