If you attended a small high school, then the below six questions are all too familiar. Check it out:
1) "Wait, you graduated with how many people?!"
Yep, I graduated with 9 other people. That makes 10 total. Crazy right? The size of my entire high school was about 45 people. It's really fun to throw that into a conversation when my friends are talking about how they graduated with 300, 400, even 500 people.
2) "You played *insert sport here* and *insert sport here*?"
Small school = everyone plays nearly every sport in every season. Basketball, volleyball, golf, tennis, track: all of 'em. Throughout my high-school career I was on the basketball team, the volleyball team, the golf team, and the track team. It's definitely an easy way to stay in shape.
3) "So, how did dating work?'
L O L. It does not work. Okay, maybe it does 0.01% of the time. If you wanna avoid petty drama or confusing love triangles, get plugged into other places around your city. Youth groups, YoungLife, community theatre, volunteer work...there's a ton of other places to meet your S/O. A tiny school of 45 people? Not your best option. Imagine that breakup. There is no way you can avoid that person. That sounds like a living nightmare to me.
4) "Did you get tired of seeing the same people all day, every day?"
Nope. Nuh-uh. Never. My best friends were at that school with me. Seeing them every day was the highlight of my day, and sometimes they were the only way I could make it through my day.
5) "Wait, underclassmen were allowed to come to prom?"
This one is almost as big of a shocker as my class size. Yep, if you didn't catch it before, we only had about 45 people in the entire high school. Does a prom of maybe 20-25 people sound very fun to you? Why be exclusive when the party can be bigger?
6) "Would you choose to go to a bigger school if you had the choice?"
No. I wouldn't trade my experience for anything in the world. Sure, tensions might have run high on some days. But I wouldn't trade my time at a small school for anything. I was truly blessed with the people I met there, the friends I made, and the oportuinites I had.
