High school seems like just yesterday, doesn’t it? From the football games to lunch in the cafeteria, the high school experience is pretty standard. However, if you happened to live in a small town during those years, the experience was probably a bit different. Sure, you dealt with the norms (hello social cliques, acne, parties, and tests), but you also dealt with the not-so-norms; here are 13 of them.

1. You knew most of your senior class since kindergarten.
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2. For some reason, a Sadie Hawkins dance meant dressing like your date.
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3. Friday night football games were THE place to be.
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4. Before you even stepped into the classroom, your teachers already knew you because they taught your parents or older siblings.
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5. Part of prom meant meeting at a friend’s house so the parents could take pictures…lots and lots of pictures.
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6. The rivalry with a neighboring school existed for as long as you could remember and was taken very seriously.
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7. Speaking of football, you probably played in or attended a “powder puff” football game.
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8. It’s very likely that your high school offered technical classes such as meat-cutting and agricultural mechanics.
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9. The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) met weekly and (gasp) prayed in public.
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10. Someone may have driven a tractor to school at some point.
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11. Loose animal on campus? Just someone’s idea of a prank.
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12. You can name a few couples who dated during high school and ended up getting married.
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13. It wasn’t uncommon for the Homecoming pep rally to include guys dressing up like girls.
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All of this reminiscing makes me want to go back to high school! What are some other things you remember from your small town high school?

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