20 Pictures Will Take You Back To Secondary School Life

By Waleed Raza in Feel Good On 16th January 2015
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#1 Though there were disturbing rumours about what they were made of, these things seemed magical.

#2 The living nightmare that was the Bleep Test.

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#3 Backing your books was an annual ballache.

#4 An endless supply of Parker ink cartridges that would inevitably leak and get everywhere.

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#5 There was no pain like being hit in the face by a dimpled plastic Mitre ball on a wet and windy day in February.

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#6 There was always that one football that had lost its leather (so you could kick it for miles!).

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#7 And chemistry always ended like this.

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#8 IT lessons were spent ensuring the teacher didn’t see you trying to beat your high score.

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#9 And no matter how many of these you’d bring in, you never really saw any benefit.

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#11 And though you went to a music lesson every week from years 7 to 9, all you ever did was hit the demo button.

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#12 Taking the ball out of your mouse.

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#13 You’d spend your days looking at the ceiling to avoid being the victim of this never-ending game.

#14 Except for grazing your knee on the AstroTurf. Maybe.

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#15 Maths was made marginally more tolerable when you worked out how to do this.

#16 Your pencil case was full of excitement. From the pens that definitely didn’t improve your handwriting…

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#17 This was the hardest decision you’d make all day.

#18 As soon as you’d get home from school you’d be straight on MSN.

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#19 But when it came to musical compositions, this was where you really shone.

#20 And no matter how many of these you’d bring in, you never really saw any benefit.

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#20 The last day of term was your mum’s worst nightmare.