Childhood Memories - #7

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Continuing on with my school day memories suggested by @JudyEv... After spending a summer playing baseball with my crush and other junior high friends, it was time to start high school. Boy, was I in for a shock. The high school I attended had 3,000 students, 1,000 of which were in my graduating class. The school was enormous and had 3 floors. It had up and down staircases (You couldn't go up the Down or down the Up) and a swimming pool. It was a virtual nightmare to reach your next class in the time allotted...and heaven forbid if you had to use the restroom between classes. The first couple days of school were a traffic jam. The mass of students got stuck in an unmoving crowd where the gym ramp and main hall come together. We all listened to the bell ring as the next classes were due to start; and we were still stuck in a mass of stagnant students on the first floor. In one of my classes my "crush" took a seat kitty-corner from me; but never said hello or acknowledged me in any way. We spent the next three years ignoring each other. More on that later. This school was my Waterloo. It was in the Top 10 schools in the nation and was very, very hard. Also, because of my grades in junior high, they stuck me in several Honors courses. I was overwhelmed. More to follow... To see previous installments of this Discussion, search by "childhood memories". Photo Credit: Pixabay