There are many pros and cons that come with the stigma of being a "public school kid."

They're the ones your mom warned you about: they're underprivileged, less fortunate, blah blah.

We're not all going to public school because we're bad kids and we aren't under privileged.

Public school is a place where nobody is left behind.

I've played both public school and SCISA sports and public school was definitely more competitive.

We have the opportunity to be around more cultures than private schools seem to have.

I learned that money doesn't make you who you are nor does the high school that you go to (that's why we have college).

We hated the yellow school just as much as the traffic behind us, but we made some great memories on the back of it.

We might've had a lame dress code, but hey, at least we got to wear t-shirts to school.

People were seldom judged by the clothes that they wore.

Cliques weren't a thing and everybody knew everybody's mama.

I learned early on in life that there are bad people in this world. And they're all around you.

Public school kids don't bite their tongues often.

(Might be a scary thing, but at least they were honest.)

My school was a family. Everyone grew up together and even if we didn't, we welcomed you like you hadn't missed a chapter of our lives. We cheered on every team and even when they lost, we stayed until the end. It was okay for us to talk bad about our school, but once someone parted their lips to bash our school or sports teams, you'd know we were mad about it.

Public schools aren't bad. They form real relationships. We see the good and the bad and decide not to judge anyone off of it.

Public school is so much more than a state funded school that offers free lunch. We're a family who stands together and leaves nobody behind.