After watching numerous shows and movies set in high schools, I noticed a few differences. High school in real life is not the same as in movies or T.V. shows. In every movie or show, they portray high school the same way. Although high school is great, it is definitely not as glamourous as hollywood makes it out to be. Here's a few things about high school that you'll most likely only find on T.V. and in movies.
1. They Never Seem To Be In Class
In movies and T.V. shows, when you see the characters in school, they never actually seem to be doing work. They're either in the hallways, cafeteria, the gym, etc. but never actually in class learning.
2. Cafeteria Food
Although school food might not be too good even in real life, it definitely is not as bad as T.V. and movies make it out to be. No, we aren't actually served some strange colored slop and questionable meat. And no, the lunch ladies aren't evil (well mostly).
3. Passing Time
When our favorite high school characters are not in class (aka a majority of the time) they seem to have a massive amount of free time in between classes. At my high school we had six minutes to get from one class to another, sometimes barely making it. But, on T.V. and in movies, these students seem to have an infinite amount of time in between their classes. They're strolling around, sitting on the stairs and having full on conversations like they have no place to be.
4. Gym Class
In my high school gym class consisted of an excessive amount of time changing into and from our gym clothes and a short amount of time spent playing sports. On T.V. and in movies gym uniforms are a thing and 99% of the time they're seen playing dodge ball. Also, what is with the whole climbing the rope thing in gym?
5. Randomly Breaking Out Into Song/Dance
No high school is not anything like it is in High School Musical (although that would be totally awesome). In my 4 years of high school, not once did anyone break out into a song or dance number. And how does everyone seem to know all the words and choreography to this supposedly "random" number.
6. Age
A majority of everyone in high school looks like they belong in high school. None of us are 25 year olds secretly playing 17 year olds.
7. Food Fights
Almost always, on T.V. and in movies there is a massive food fight. If you even lift a chicken nugget over your head, someone will stop you before you even got a chance to throw it.
