Class Pictures: Do you still remember your former classmates?

It’s been a very long time when since we had a class picture. Class picture is the most treasure photo of every student because that is the only thing that we can remember from our former classmates on pre-school, elementary and high school. Do college students have class pictures as well? I don’t think so because we never had one. How much I missed my classmates who I have spent with through thick and thin.

I know there are funny and unforgettable memories behind our class pictures. Can we just reminiscence in my article today about how we created our class pictures. Class pictures are often the memories we had left during our student days. They are not just a photo, but a concrete memory of the past. Well, I cannot believe that I’m a college student now. I feel like I was just a high school student yesterday.

Before taking class picture (different scene)

When the teacher announced that the class will be having a picture taking and the whole class will start murmuring and chatting. Some students are starting to prepare their makeup, lipstick, Johnson’s white powder and their cologne. I don’t know why girls usually put a lot of lip gloss and eye liner. In fact, it is just a class picture.

I get it that we have to present ourselves properly and must be appealing to others. In high school, we don’t want to receive negative comments about our looks. We are easily get swayed by negativity because in high school phase, we are very curious and sensitive. We are exploring so many things because that’s how we are during those days. I still remember that most of my classmates before class picture taking. They are wearing their best uniform just for that. Can you imagine that they are doing their very effort for a single photo? Really something else.

During taking class picture

 Every time we had a class picture taking, we always tend to look forward to what place we were in the photo. I am quite tall so in evey class picture, I am in the back. I cannot blame the photographer because he wants a balance in the picture. It should be looking great. Anyways, as the class picture taking started we will have the formal one. Everyone will just stand straight and face an emotionless face. Blank face to be exact.

I have an epic fail experience during my 3rd year in high school. When we are getting off from the stage because that is the usual place for the background of class picture. My shoes fell because I thought there is another chair in front. What happened is that I fell a bit and the two chairs flew away. So the chairs became disarray. I never forget it because there is a photo on it on Facebook. The photographer had one shot of it and he exclusively uploaded it. Gosh!

Some of my class pictures

This class photo was taken on 2017 when I was in 10th grade. One of the most memorable thing happened back then was when I baked a three-layered cake. The three-layered cake was made of different flavor. I remember that I found difficult on making its icing design and frosting. If you don't know, my specialization on high school is food technology which is based on vocational courses.

Our adviser is Ms. Sarmiento and she is sweet, lovely, and bubly personality. We called her Mam Bebe. We just called her that when it was private. Hehe. Because when other teacher heard about it, they might find it disrespectful or something. I am in the last row in the right side corner of the photo. Count three heads from the left and that is me. Sorry the photo is quite blurry due to my phone's camera.

I am so proud in this photo. Why? Because finally I made it to enter the star section among the section in the overall grade level. Meaning, the students who entered the star section are the who excell in their academics. Every year, after the fourth grading, the top 10 students per sections will take an exam to determined who will be listed for the star section in the following school year.

At last, after taking an exam yearly, I got in. I still remember that we have 17 sections on the 5th grade so if every section has 10 students multiply by 17. The total product is 170 students. And the students for the star section only has 35. That is fixed. That's why when I saw my name before the brigada skwela. Gosh, I'm so happy and proud at the very least I entered even once. My total score back then is around 480 which I placed 26th. Haha. 26 over 170. Not bad.

This is just an extra photo I got when I was in 10th grade. They are my closed friends back then, but only few stayed with me. They are good friends, I can assure that. What I missed about in high school is that my laugh is not filtered. I mean, it's not fake and it is genuine. Unlike now, since we're young adults, you are very selective to friends because you know they will not stay with you until the end.

I really have fun creating this article because I saw a lot of pictures taken back then and I remembered what high school days are like. If I will compare high school and college life, I would prefer high school. It's fun, no thesis, less projects and no professors who will just give you a low and unsatisfactory grade. What's your class picture story?

Thank you for reading!