High School is a great time in your life or the worst. It's full of bullies, cliques and self-doubt. But if you look back you are bound to have at least one memory that will stick with you for the rest of your life. Here are some of the craziest memories people had in high school.
High Noon With Balloons
“In my second semester of senior year we sent mass texts to everyone in our contacts list trying to organize a water ‘brawl’ or a water balloon/ water loaded weapon fight. Now any sort of toy or plastic loaded weapon was prohibited at this point after all those school shootings but that didn’t stop anyone from walking in with super soakers in their backpacks. This was supposed to be a senior prank in a sense but all the grade levels caught wind of it and brought in water balloons, water loaded weapon, etc. We had an all out epic water battle that lasted about 10 minutes and ended with the dean driving his go-cart into the middle of the brawl in attempts to stop it, getting hit in the head with a Gatorade bottle and lunch being cut short. MANY detention slips were handed out on that day. And I still have my slip notated reason for detention: ‘throwing water'” (Source).
They Had a Melt Down Over the News
“My friends and I had a school newspaper deadline so we decided to buy a grill and some meats so we can stay there all night to finish. It ended with us melting our hibachi grill and smoking out a teachers meeting when one of us decided the flames just weren’t large enough” (Source).
Best “Lord of the Flies” Imitation
“We had a leftover pig heart that we used for biology class and my classmates had rubbing swatches and matches in their bags. We lit that heart up and danced around it all tribal-like. We were kinda dumb” (Source).
A New Identity
“Coming back first day senior year and no one recognizing me at first. I worked out all summer and lost about 50 pounds” (Source).
He Plays a Mean Broom Too
“In my high school, one of the janitors was this foreign guy (I can’t remember where he was from) and he secretly possessed some incredible drumming skills. This one time during lunch, I was practicing some funky bass in the music rooms, and out of nowhere he appeared and asked if I wanted to jam with him. So we started improvising some beats and basslines and it really progressed. We had such synergy, it was a blast! Eventually an audience built up and we unintentionally had a little show going for that lunch period. I never saw him after that though, weird. Not sure if he lost his job or quit. It’s a shame. He was a fantastic drummer. Never judge a book by its cover, I guess” (Source).
He Used the Wrong Type of Gas in Science Class
“Was in the science blocks with one of my friends, he told me to pull his finger. I saw the teacher standing behind him, he didn’t. I proceeded to pull, whilst his right leg lifted high into the air, he yelled ‘VICTORY FART’ and let rip. I was on the floor roaring with laughter and when he realized I never seen anyone run so fast” (Source).
Who Cares About Photos When You Have the Key To…
“I went to a small American high school in Europe, and generally enjoyed all of it. Perhaps the best part was when I got a key to a spare portable classroom that we were able to use as a love shack/party place for the rest of the year. We were doing senior pictures and I was the last kid to go. The photographer was in a hurry to get home after I was done and the rest of the school (students and faculty) were gone for the day. He gave me the key and asked me to drop it off on Monday when we I came to school. Well that weekend we used the room to hang out/hook up, and come Monday I just ‘forgot’ about the key. No one ever asked about it and I just held on to it for the rest of the year. No more sneaking about in the woods looking for a place to hook up in the winter. No more freezing while drinking. We did a good job of cleaning up after ourselves and never got caught” (Source).
Gone, but Never Forgotten
“I graduated with a small class. There were about 25 of us, and a few of us were really close. We had 15 minutes together in a classroom before the ceremony began. Even though we didn’t mean for it to be, for quite a few of them it was the last real conversation we had with one another. We all hugged one another before it all started. It is a nice memory to have because some of those people are gone now, others are thousands of miles away, and most of them are different people. So remembering them helps me remember who I was” (Source).
He Could Always Count On the Brotherhood
“The brotherhood type friendship I had with my two best friends. We used to hang out in my 1920s built single car garage. Got a bunch of couches and sh-t and had sleep overs all the time. We would stay up all night doing stupid sh-t, drinking Mt dew, eating unhealthy food, running around our small town in the middle of the night. It was so free. I had a substance addicted father and a mother supporting 2 kids and a pain pill addict husband, so she was never very much in a good mood. But me and my friends would get together, shoot the sh-t, listen to music, talk about girls, and just forget everyone and everything. Love those dudes but adulthood happened and now we don’t see each other as much” (Source).
The Sound of Stolen Music
“I was the guy that did all the sound for school musicals and band concerts and assemblies. The summer between my junior and senior year, some senior friends were having a graduation party, and had a band that wanted to play. Unfortunately nobody had gear. I was in driver’s ed at the time, so I was in the school building during the day. I rigged a door by the auditorium so that it wouldn’t latch, and came back with a friend that evening. We loaded all the sound gear in his pickup truck, and set it up in a barn for the party. We brought it all back that night, except it had a bunch of hay on it from the barn. It turns out, the school had cameras, so they figured out what we did. My punishment was to be told ‘don’t do that again’. The friend with the truck had graduated, so I don’t know if he even knew that we got busted” (Source).
Gaming Was Everything
“I went to high school in a small town, graduating class of 67 people. I was pretty f–king nerdy and had two friends. I didn’t have a car, (no money), and I wasn’t particularly attractive. Every weekend, my two friends and I would go to someone’s house, and we would alternate between playing Mario Kart N64 all night while eating peanut M&M’s and drinking Mtn. Dew, or playing Settlers Of Cataan and watching Star Trek (or MST3k, or TNG) while eating peanut M&M’s and drinking Mtn. Dew. I would ride my bike from one friends house to another on the weekends, hauling either my N64 or a bunch of snacks and soda, and we would pretty much just stay up all night, playing games, and lord the nerdy talk we would engage in. I went on to have some fun times in college, and break out of my shell later in life, but those years in high school, with those two guys, will always remind me that being content, and having Joy in life will never be about obtaining what you think you need, but just enjoying the time you have, with the friends you have, and being present” (Source).
He Scored…and Then Got Bored
“So cliche, but for me it was prom. I asked my crush to dance, and she agreed! After a while it got boring, so the dance ended. Later that night I ended up dancing with my female best friend. It felt like a teen movie thing” (Source).
How Circus Acts are Born
“I won the talent show by juggling. It was a mix of contact and toss juggling. I messed up and dropped one of my acrylics, but it bounced on the stage and i caught it on the back of my hand and everyone thought I planned it” (Source).
Nothing Quite Like Band Bonding
“I was a band kid. I will never forget the amount of ridiculous, yet immensely fun things we did. It was probably the only social circle in which I truly felt that I belonged. Sure, we were crazy… but it was a source of light in a tunnel that was often dark. Oh… and meeting my best friend. That’s something I’ll always cherish. Even though distance has gotten the best of us” (Source).
When They Laughed He Forgot His Sorrows
“The times I made the whole class laugh. Consider that up until the last 2 years of high school I had severe social anxiety, had no friends in class, and felt like sh-t every day. This made it feel extra good. (note: the times I made the class laugh only happened in the last 2 years, just saying that to avoid confusion). In these last 2 years, I actually felt like I was a part of something. And I had never had that feeling before. I miss it” (Source).
He Worked Hard to Go…but Physics Got in the Way
“Oh man, senior year was a blast, I feel like I have a story for every day. But here’s probably my favorite: The year before all of my friends were talking about how they had just bought their ACL tickets (I’m from Austin, Texas. ACL is a big music festival that happens downtown). None of us had ever gone do it was a big deal everyone was finally getting to go. I was upset because my parents wouldn’t buy me tickets so there was no way I could really go. I had never had a job and wasn’t old enough to drive. Then one day my Spanish teacher went off about how excited she was that she had just bought her ACL tickets and I got mad. So I bucked up, got myself a job, had my friends and family drive to and from every shift. Spend my entire first paycheck to buy my ticket. So that was summer, now in senior year it’s ACL weekend (Fri-Sat). So it’s Friday, I’m sitting in physics class, which was my second class of the day, and I get a text from a friend. ‘Hey man, we’re gonna go ahead and head downtown’. I freaked out, all my friends were gonna go without me and I was going to be stuck until 4 before I could get down there. But I said no. Raised my hand, asked to go to the bathroom, and then ran off to Zilker Park and spent the rest of the day at a music festival” (Source).
This Comeback Went Swimmingly
“When I came back from a torn labrum my senior year. I had to fight my way back onto my swim team, and show them I could do better than I had my junior despite the injury. I not only beat the kid who took my spot in breaststroke but went on to Districts where I beat him and the kid seeded above me. I got third in the second to last heat of breaststroke and my team took home the Districts trophy. Which we had failed to do a few years prior.The Party Was a Blast…Despite Those Bumps and Bruises” (Source).
The Party Was a Blast…Despite Those Bumps and Bruises
“Sneaking off to a 1999 New Year’s Eve party. I told my parents I was staying at a friend’s house, told his parents I was staying at home, went to another friend’s house for a party. Ended up getting really drunk, took a tree branch to the head while riding in the back of a truck, fell down a flight of stairs, used a dog as a pillow, and got punched by a friend for trying to fluff up his dog like a pillow. It was a good night” (Source).
They Could’ve Smashed the World Record
“For 2 years straight we accumulated leftover paper in a locker. And on the last day of school we made the f–king hugest paper ball you’ve ever seen. We broke a window with it. May be a simple thing but the dedication to it was funny” (Source).
Math Teacher Shows Off His Dumb Jock Side
“Our high school football coach was also my math teacher and a total d–khead. Total stereotype of the jockish teacher who just never wanted to leave high school. For our homecoming pep rally my senior year, he wanted to drive a limo into gym and have a bunch of football players pile out of the limo to ‘Mo Money, Mo Problems’. Despite being the lamest sh-t anyone could imagine, I pointed out that the gym doors were pretty narrow and it would be tough to drive a limo through there. He assured me I had no idea what I was talking about and made a point to remind me he was a Geometry teacher and knew all about the proper angles he needed to take to get the limo into the door safely. Cut to the pep rally, with Mase and Puff Daddy blaring through the speakers, he starts to drive the limo through the gym doors and it is obvious it’s not going to fit. He backs up and tries a couple times, then finally gets it lined up and drives through -SCREECHING/CRUNCHING OF METAL. He gets the limo halfway through the door and then stops – – jumps out – and throws his hands up in the air while turning bright red. The football players were stuck and had to climb out the sunroof and never got to make their big entrance. I was about 10 feet away and I know he could see me the whole time doing a ‘slow clap’ as it sunk in what he had done. Ended up costing thousands in damages and the door frame had to be removed to get it out. I ended up getting a D in his class and had to make up the credit in summer school, but it really was my favorite moment of high school” (Source).
Winning Felt Good, but There’s a Hidden Catch
“I was really really shy Freshman through Junior year and had some friends here and there, but I was super lonely on the weekends with nothing to do. I decided I would run for Senior class officer at the end of Junior year and somehow I won and beat out people that have been class officers their entire high school career. When they announced my name was probably the best memory. It didn’t mean much, but it felt good. 10 years later and I f–king hate it, because now I have to be in charge of reunions” (Source).
A Wonderful Love That Ended Too Soon
“When I met my first love. We were not productive together, but we had so much fun. Skipping school, exploring the city, listening to music and making love. We had a very devastating breakup when my family moved us across the country. There were a few instances of both of us ran away to be together, but we never saw each other again after the move. We both bought bus tickets two times and got caught in different states. I ended up in a lockdown facility due to running away, depression, and substancr use. But it was all worth it” (Source).
The Answer is Somewhere in the Future
“Just me and my friends taking over the blackboard in a break to try and explain time travel” (Source).
Escape Flight Goes Great Until That Hard Landing
“My senior ditch day that involved an unplanned airplane flight and an emergency landing. My friend had his pilot’s license and access to a general aviation type airplane and asked if I wanted to fly to Palm Springs (from San Diego) with him and two other friends. Me being the responsible young man, I said no since it was so last minute and I’d have no alibi.
I got into the car they were leaving in to head to say goodbye and they more or less decided they were going to kidnap me. I spent the ride with my head in my hands and fretting about how this was going to land me in a lot of trouble. During the ride I committed to the plan and gave my parents a call about how I’d be out late studying. Foolproof. We gassed up the plane just like a car and set our heading for Palm Springs. Flying through the air with your best mates is one of the most cherished experiences I’ll ever have even, if it was with the looming threat of the guy next to me getting airsick. Palm Springs was our playground but we were good kids so no mischief was manufactured and we had a blast. The return flight was the crazy part. Basically, low clouds had moved in, blocking our return from the desert and generally mucking up our plans. So we had two options: fly through the cloud filled canyons and risk our lives, (my friend was not instrument-rated) or confess to our parents and get a ride back. Luckily, cooler heads prevailed and we chose to put down in the desert east of the mountains. That landing was insane. We faked an instrument malfunction and radioed we were going to land at a private air strip nearby. The wind was blowing in the desert that day and it resulted in a wild headwind on our landing approach, causing the plane to twist dive randomly on our way down. My friends skill saw us safely to the ground and we locked up the plane. As luck would have it, a nearby resident saw us put down, and was nice enough to give us a ride into the desert town of Ocotillo. My pilot friend called his mom for a ride and we grabbed a bite to eat at the local bar. She was quite unaware of the trip, and was fuming when she arrived. We won her over with the argument, ‘Hey at least we didn’t risk dying to hide all this’ and she cooled off, but that was still an awful ride back to San Diego with the four of us crammed into her Passat. My parents didn’t find out for 8 more years” (Source).
That Cool Day When Everyone Just Hugs It Out
“The end when everyone forgot the four years that came before and acted nice to everyone else. Beefs were quashed on the spot, anyone labeled nerd was cool. It was just an amazing feeling unifying once we were grads, even with the people who didn’t like you. I, like many people, have some funny and serious stories but this topped it all. There is no better feeling then having someone who criticized you throughout the year sneak up behind you to hug you and wish you luck in the future. Even if it was just for one day” (Source).
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