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The Insider's Guide to High School

-- 24 issues of advice from those who know --

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

Taking classes in my pajamas

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

Friends make high school

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

It does actually matter!

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

Being the new foreign kid

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

Freshman primer

The horrible first day that wasn't

How to survive first day syndrome

It ain't like the movies

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

Surviving extracurriculars

Make the most of your junior year

Fill in the blanks

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

Students in Kuwait.

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

Boarding school isn't what you think

The bridge over River High School

The truth about Freshman Kill Day

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

Hey sis, which way to my locker?

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