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nuxvomica

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16. The staircases

Reply to mvd (Original post)

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 06:14 AM

Jul 8

We wore wool blazers and had to climb up and down the stairs all day to get from one class to another, and there was no air conditioning. Fortunately, it was mostly cold weather during the school year.

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What was one of the hardest things you remember about high school? [View all] mvd Jul 7 OP

Thank you very much mvd for sharing with us. debm55 Jul 7 #1

Hi Deb! mvd Jul 7 #2

The clique mentality and the peer pressure biophile Jul 7 #3

The social part took getting used to for me mvd Jul 7 #6

math in any level of school was hard for me . AllaN01Bear Jul 7 #4

all the mean girls. WhiteTara Jul 7 #5

I went to three high schools Skittles Jul 7 #7

People. chowmama Jul 7 #8

All of us senior guys sweating whether we would get our draft notices (1968). walkingman Jul 7 #9

I'll never, ever forget that first draft. Paladin Jul 7 #13

Boys teasing me because I was skinny Tree Lady Jul 7 #10

Being smarter than most of my classmates and having to hear no_hypocrisy Jul 7 #11

Trying to do well enough without being noticed. surrealAmerican Jul 7 #12

Calculus. sinkingfeeling Jul 7 #14

Trying (and failing) to accept Oeditpus Rex Jul 7 #15

The staircases nuxvomica Jul 8 #16

The teasing/bullying Mad_Dem_X Jul 8 #17