20 Things From High School You’ll Totally Forget
We all know that when the time comes, when we’re grey and forgetting whether or not we had our raisin bran, there is one thing that we will always remember: the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. Of course, who would forget that? In high school, we are taught to memorize and repeat. Although this is a fantastic process for passing your next exam, it is not a long-term method. The academic aspects of high school will not be the only thing you’ll forget, though. Here are 20 things from high school you will totally forget.
1. That crazy b****’s name
You loathe her very existence right now and cringe at every breath she takes. Whether she spread something about you and created drama, or just rubbed you the wrong way, she will always be that b****. The great part about graduating high school and going to college is that you never have to see her again, and you will probably meet someone in college that is way worse. Bye, Felicia.
2. Bad Grades
Grades in high school are extremely important when it comes to getting into colleges and receiving scholarships. It seems as though your grades right now are all you can think about. By the time you go to college, or get a real job, no one is going to care what you got in Chemistry your sophomore year. A bad grade might seem like the end of the world, but it will soon be erased out of your brain, preventing further unnecessary trauma.
3. Sleep
You might think that you get no sleep in high school, but just you wait. Might as well save your money not getting the very specific Twin XL sheets, because you won’t be getting a whole lot of sleep anyways.
4. Who Was In Your Classes
Your brain does indeed have a threshold for how much information it can store, so when you get to your new college classes, you will forget the names of most of the people in your high school classes, to make room for the new people.
5. Your Class Rank
Those of you who actually know your class rank will soon realize how irrelevant this small fact is, and replace it with the thought of whether you would rather spend money on Chick-Fil-A or just eat ramen, again.
6. Any Kind Of Locker Combination
To be completely honest, I couldn’t get back into my locker after my two-week winter break, so you will most likely forget your combination once you graduate.
7. The Ridiculous Hallway Traffic (Have Fun With Real Traffic In College)
Everyone. Walks. So. Slow. The only better part about dealing with traffic on the road instead is that people won’t stop in front of you to make out.
8. Any Kind Of History Or Geography
There will always be certain dates and figures you need to remember, but which Central American group fell apart first probably will not be one of those things.
9. Physics Equations
If it has more than three different symbols and terms, you can kiss it goodbye.
10. What Even Is Chemistry?
Baking soda+vinegar and Mentos+Diet Coke both result in explosive(ish) fun! You won’t remember why exactly, but it happens!
11. What’s Grammar And Punctuation?
All those years of learning when to use a semi-colon, or whether to use “she and “I” or “me and her,” will quickly disappear from your mind, unless you are actually doing something with English.
12. Times New Roman, 12 Point Font, Double-Spaced
If all of our teachers want us to use Times New Roman in 12 point font, why is Calibri the default setting on Word??? Goodbye TNR, hello non-specific font emails and messengers!
13. Cafeteria Food (Thank God For College)
I don’t even understand how you can mess up pizza so horribly. In college you won’t be limited to the food sold in the lunchroom, and you will have the freedom to explore off-campus restaurants. Most of the time, even if you have a meal plan, you are still given high-quality kids cuisine.
14. The Pledge of Allegiance
If you go to any sporting events, you will always remember the National Anthem. However, the Pledge of Allegiance, on the other hand, is something that is only regularly practiced in elementary through high school.
15. Half Of The People Who Signed Your Yearbook
There will be a group of people that you will definitely want to have sign your yearbook, as well as that group of people you don’t really know that insist on signing it. Most of those who insist on signing it will also only sign with their initials, or some kind of scribble, so you won’t even be able to look up who it was to jog your memory.
16. That Annoying Teacher That Shouldn’t Be A Teacher
Either you did amazing in their class because they didn’t grade anything, so you didn’t learn anything, or you failed because they graded everything harshly without actually teaching anything at all, except how much they loved their cat. I’m not saying I’m not a cat person, but man, if you are going to be a teacher, TEACH. It’s literally in your job title and some of us are trying to graduate.
17. The Topic Of That Paper You Stayed Up Until 4am Finishing
You know you wanted to die, and you probably almost had a heart attack from the caffeine you had to stay awake and finish the paper, but what in the world was that paper about?? 9 out of 10 times you stayed up to finish a paper last minute, your teacher decided to give everyone an extension. You think you will learn from your mistakes and not procrastinate for your future papers, since you suffered incredibly by having to pull an all-nighter, but let’s be honest, you will stay up until 5am next time.
18. Your GPA
After high school, move on. Your high school GPA will mean absolutely nothing after you graduate. You will realize that the classes offered at different schools vary greatly, so your 4.2 with 14 AP courses does not mean you are more intelligent than someone with a 3.5, that had no advanced courses offered to them.
19. Dress Codes
You will forget that dress codes are a thing, since you will probably live in sweats, pajamas, and running/basketball shorts. After high school you can enjoy the freedom of wearing tank tops or any kind of shirt with no sleeves!
20. Free Textbooks
After you buy your college textbooks, it will probably feel like someone hit you in the face with them. In high school you may take having your textbooks provided for granted. You will forget this way of life once you pay just as much for books as you do for tuition. Renting textbooks and buying old ones will be the only thing you know in college.
In the end, all of the small, petty things, and most of what drives you crazy, like calculating how many watermelons could fit in the sun if Phil had a red shirt on last week, will be irrelevant. Focus on you and focus on your future.
