Ten Things I Learned in High School – John Anderson

1. Being right is grossly over-rated (especially when Henry Boyce says so.)

2. Don’t move your lips when someone else is creating a noise (especially when the teacher wears a hearing aid.)

3. If you’re dependent on copying homework for classroom survival, make sure you have more than one supplier (especially just before one of Mr. Keon’s random homework checks.)

4. No matter how excellent your dramatic interpretation, not everyone will be impressed (especially if you’re reading out of an uncensored version of Shakespeare in Mrs. McVicar’s class.)

5. Raking cinders and levelling ground counts as a Phys. Ed. Class (especially when Mr. Maynard is constructing a race track for the track and field meet.)

6. The coat closet in Mr. Carleton’s office can be a very boring place to spend your day (especially when Mrs. Kilburn is too busy to chat.)

7. History class should never follow gym class if you’re a slow-change person (especially if it’s Mr. Millar’s class.)

8. Having a spare in the typing room can be the luckiest accident ever (especially when Mrs. Gillan lets you practice on her typewriters.) Who knew it would soon be called “keyboarding”?

9. Some teachers will see the scared little boy inside no matter how hard you try to rebel (especially ones like Mrs. McQuatt.)

10. A few special teachers can help you survive even when the odds seem stacked against you (especially the ones who touched my life at Almonte High.)