14 High School Experiences We All Would Like To Forget

That Time You Were Late to Class on Your First Day

It's the first day of school. You wake up in the morning, and you've got this. You're going to take high school by storm. Until third period hits, that is. You can't find your class, and you walk in ten minutes late, and everyone is staring at you as if you are something from another planet. Your face turns red. The oxygen seems suddenly to have evaporated from the room. Your are the center of attention, and not in a good way.

The Day You Learned Best Friends Can be Backstabbers

You told your best friend a secret in complete confidence. It doesn't matter that you would utterly die if that secret got out because you know you can count on your friend to keep the information to themselves. Until you find out that the whole school now knows about it. While this may have been a valuable lesson learned, it's probably an experience you don't want to remember.

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The Time You Realized Your Shirt Was See-Through

There's the horrific dream teens have about finding themselves naked in high school, but there's a common real-life scenario that isn't too far from that nightmare. You find a great shirt that looks perfect in the dressing room and at home, but under the fluorescent lights of your high school the shirt is utterly see through. You wonder how many people saw you before you noticed and begged your friend for a jacket or a spare shirt.

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The Time You Dropped Your Lunch Tray in Front of the Entire Lunch Room

You swagger through the lunch room trying to look your coolest. You may even have caught a glance from your latest crush. Suddenly your feet somehow slip out from under you, and you stumble and your lunch tray goes crashing to the floor, food flying everywhere. Talk about humiliation.

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Being Picked Last for Sports

There's no doubt about it; many teens dread gym class. Especially when the class involves choosing teams for sports. If you were one of those unlucky teens who was always picked last, gym class in general is something you want to forget.

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Your First Rejection

No one likes rejection. It's something that is hard for an adult to handle, let alone a teen. You finally got up the nerve to ask out a guy or girl you had been crushing on for months only to be turned down. Maybe you were lucky enough to be let down easy. Or maybe your crush laughed in your face. No matter how the rejection went, it's likely something you want to erase from your mind forever.

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Your First Breakup

You thought you were in love and then the worst thing imaginable happened. Your girlfriend or boyfriend broke up with you. You listened to love songs and mourned the loss of your one true love trying to ease the pain. When you look back on how overly-dramatic you were in your reaction to being dumped, you probably want to forget the entire relationship.

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Being Called on in Class Without Knowing the Answer

Being called on in class was the worst. It was an even bigger nightmare when you had no idea what the answer was.

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The Day the Dog Ate Your Homework

Okay, there were legitimately times that you didn't do your homework. However, the one time you really did lose it, or your kid sister spilled her orange juice all over it, is the one time your teacher doesn't believe you and gives you a big fat F even though you put in the effort.

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Your Mom or Dad Trying to Be Friends with Your Friends

You never really understood how your mom or dad thought they were anything even close to being cool. So nothing mortified you more than when they would try to be chummy with your friends when you finally built up the courage to invite them over.

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The Time You Didn't Make the Team

You spent months, or maybe even years, practicing. The day of tryouts came and went and you thought you did pretty good. Unfortunately, the coach didn't share your enthusiasm about your skills. You didn't make the team, and you thought it was the end of the world.

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The Day You Realized Your Junior High Friendships Were Over

For years, you and your closest friends made plans for how you were going to rule the school when you finally got to high school. When high school started, however, and you and your friends didn't have any classes together, it quickly became apparent that your plans were going down in flames, as were your friendships. You found yourself starting from scratch, desperately trying to find a new group to fit in with.

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The Time a Teacher Realized Who Your Brother or Sister Was

Your teacher is scanning down the attendance list and stops at your name. Out of her mouth comes the inevitable question, "Was so-and-so your brother (or sister)?" No matter how you answered, you were headed for trouble. If your brother or sister were memorable enough to have had their last name etched in this teacher's memory, it was for a reason.

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The Time You Were the Subject of a Horrible and Untrue Rumor

It has happened to the best of us. You are minding your own business when someone comes running up to you saying, "Is it true?" And you have no idea what they are talking about. When they start to explain what they have heard about you, however, your heart starts to sink. You are the subject of the latest rumor.