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The Insider's Guide to High School

- The Tattoo's award-winning compilation of tips for surviving and thriving in high school -

CLASSES

Take what interests you and try to do well. But don't fret too much over grades.

AP classes could be your ticket to college

Learn to type

PE stands for 'painful experience'

Cheating: pro and con

DATING

Everything you always wanted to know about...

Boys...

Girls...

Cartoon about freshman boys

Bling improves school uniforms

TEACHERS

A warm and friendly smile will make a perfect first impression for any teacher, no matter how mischievous or drunk you may be.

Will your teachers like you?

Get a teacher on your side

Find your own path

STUDENTS

Don't sweat how popular you are or how people feel about you. When it's all said and done, none of this will mean a thing.

Attitude 101

Cliques

Being the same is oh, so lame

Join in, but be yourself

Learn to stand up to a bully

Try new things

Freshman journal

Journal #1

Journal #2

FRESHMEN

Starting high school is tough. Here's some encouragement from those who have been there.

Freshmen fears revealed

Beware the second day of school

Everyone gets lost and other truths

The horrible first day that wasn't

Use care in building your high school resume

GUIDANCE

Our guidance? Be wary of counselors.

Guide yourself or be misguided

Don't get lost in the system

Five survival tips

Make the most of your junior year

LUNCH

Chicken nuggets, chicken patties, grilled chicken,
chicken fingers -- if they can put chicken in it, they do.

Lunch: the joy of chicken

I Love Cafeteria Food

Claim your table and save me a seat

Last one sitting

Learning to love lumpy mash

Victory over vending machines

It's not what you know, kid, it's all about who you know

Boarding school isn't what you think

By Joe Keo/ The Tattoo

Click here for First Day of School cartoon

Riding the bus

So you're going to high school. But how are you getting
there? A number of you will be lucky enough to know
someone with a car, a fortunate few will be close enough to
walk. The rest of you, the sorriest lot, will find yourself at
the corner, in the piercing cold, shoes soggy, ears frozen
WAITING FOR THE BUS.

If you can find any way to avoid becoming a mass
commuter, do it. Click here for more

Why you should drive to school

The best thing you can do in high school? Join The Tattoo. Click here for info.

Advice

As I look back on the last four years, I am filled with a silly
sort of nostalgia one never imagines he'll have about the high
school experience. I remember lessons I've learned that have
nothing to do with parabolas or the five paragraph essay, the
scientific method or obscure foreign verb tenses.
The most important lessons I've learned --- those I'll take
with me farthest and longest, have been practical lessons:
assume nothing, don't compromise, take responsibility, DO
NOT procrastinate. Click here for more


Freshman orientation				Bathroom fears
When I went to the Bristol Central High School freshman orientation last week, I didn’t learn anything useful except which of my friends are on my team and that the soda at Central tastes kind of funky. Click here for story				Okay, let's be honest here. The bathroom is something that we all need to use once in a while. Flush away your bathroom fear
				Be free, but not too much Don't abuse your freedom

Don't miss our 2007 back-to-school issue!

• Fast facts for freaked out freshmen
• Dating: All you ever wanted to know about girls and guys
• Cliques: A world of fierce divisions
• Counselors: Don't get lost in the system

• Beware the 2d day
• Impress teachers: A friendly, earnest smile
• Avoid the bus: Don't get soggy

• Gym: PE - 'Painful Experience'

Advice you won't take, but should

Don't be road kill when you go to high school! Read The Insider's Guide!

Fast facts for freaked out freshmen

Links to every issue of The Tattoo's Insider's Guide to High School

August 21, 2000

Some other topics to consider

Do what you like, just get involved

Must-have books for high school

My freshman love affair with The Wall

Enduring the summer book list

Playing the sports game

Hallway hazards: zombies and love bugs

Taking the stage when the spotlight is on you

Worse than shopping with your mother

Unlocking the mystery of school lockers

What you can do with all that stuff

Boot up and hope for the best

When home is your school

From torment to terrific

Brotherly words of wisdom

Get fit for school

Time for back to school supplies

My love: reading

One girl surviving on an island of boys

Leaving high school behind? How to cope at college

Rising freshmen in Aurora, Nebraska, 2004.

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