Catholic school is a special place. Many people experience it for a few years but few have the honor of going through nothing but Catholic education their entire lives. Sure, it has its ups and downs, and everyone's experience is a little different. However, there are a few things that all kids who have spent K-12 in uniforms can all relate to.

1. Your closet still hasn't recovered from the whole nothing-but-uniforms-for-12-years thing.

2. You practiced your First Communion with tortilla chips and Capri Sun pouches at lunch.

3. You prayed to Our Lady of Victory before most of your sporting events so that you would win.

4. You've gone to the same school as some of your friends since first grade.

5. You memorized prayers in your foreign language class.

6. You compared uniform fashion with your friends because you would do anything to spice up the plaid.

7. There were two types of mass songs: the fun ones with clapping and the ones no one sang along to.

8. Your class was small, so everyone was in everyone's business.

9. "Oh you live in _____? Do you know _____?" "No I didn't go to the public high school there."

10. A lot of your friends who didn't go to Catholic school wanted you to go to youth group with them, even though youth group was every day of your life.

11. You're no stranger to the "rich kid" reputation.

12. Your sports teams were either really good or really bad.

13. Retreats were mandatory and they actually could be a lot of fun.

14. You wouldn't trade it if you could.