Throwback Thursday: The Highlights of my Junior High School Years

Hey there folks! Can't think of any topic today so let's just go with this throwback Thursday thingy. On my never have I ever challenge, I shared some experiences about my high school life but that's not enough so I decided to make a separate article about that.

So here you go guys. Come with me as I walk on my memory lane back when I was on Junior High School.

7th Grade

I graduated as an honor student on elementary and I also mentioned on my article about when I was a kid challenge that I was competitive back then. So I entered high school with the mindset that I should be one of the top students since that was what is expected for me.

On this year, as to what my classmates and friends describes me, I was "matino" back then. I was good, proper, behaved, always on time with requirements and responsible. In short, I was kind of stiff. Though I have made a lot of friends since I'm naturally talkative, the competitive in me still remains and that keeps me from fully enjoying that year.

But despite being proper and all that, I was kinda disappointed with the rankings back then. I was still on top 10 but not that high. Of course, I was sad but I never really took it hard. With the mindset that I'll do better on the next school year, I move on from that heart break.

Also, in this year, I started training for badminton and I became an athlete. That made my year since I really enjoyed playing and training for it. And oh, when there's a competition, I'm always excused on my classes. Lol

8th Grade

In this year, my classmates describes me as being "medyo matino pa". It's like my character when I was on my 7th grade but I'm not that proper this time. I climbed my way up to the rankings of those who are the noisiest in class. I became lazy in studying because I was addicted to wattpad. And then I started to be laid back and I only do my assignments at school.

I became more free in this year, I feel so light, no worries at all. I started to became less conscious and I stopped worrying about the rankings. I just enjoyed every moment with the company of my friends.

There's also this one time when I am going down the stairs with my friend and I don't know what's got into me but I suddenly pushed her while she was going down the stairs and then everything happened so fast that she's already downstairs as I saw her. She was hurt but then later on we were already laughing so I thought it's okay, she's okay. But then, the next day, she's absent from school and we have heard from her grandma that she's at the hospital and have high fever maybe because from what happened at the stairs. Geez. I know, I was guilty about that.

This was also the year when I was labeled as a bully. Why? We have created this silly Bullying Club. It started when we make fun of a classmate of ours. We got her necklace and we won't give it to her unless she follows our orders.

I managed to dig up this paper on my facebook account. We actually have a printed copy of it, I can't remember where I placed it though. But hey there folks, this is just for fun back then. Not really a bully-bully. Surely, no one was hurt on this crazy thing that we did.

9th Grade

Guess what word they used to describe me this time? They say I became "walangya" on this year. I was able to unleash all the craziness within me. No more shyness, no more being proper, just all crazy. But I'm telling you, this was the year which I enjoyed the most. The highlight on my high school life, the best year ever.

Would you believe me that in this year, this was actually the first time that I cheated on an exam. The first time I copied and an answer from my classmate and the first time that I let them copy from me.

When we will be having an exam, we always write the words "wonder pets activated" on the blackboard. Meaning that cheating is activated. LOL. Actually, we had a song for this wonder pets thingy. I can't remember the whole song and the exact lyrics but it goes likes this:

Wonder pets, wonder pets tutulong na

Ililigtas ang quiz ng sama sama

Hindi malalaki at hindi malalakas

Pero pag nagtulungan, lahat ay papasa.

This was the year that we were so united that when we decided to not go to class, the whole section won't go to class. And then the next day, we were called by the guidance counselor of our school for our actions.

Then there's also this one time when all of us in the class went out for lunch. We should be back at 12:50PM but it's almost 2PM when we went back at school so our adviser was so mad that she lets us stand outside, under the sun, as she eats the ice cream that we bought for her.

And then all of us in the class are so lazy so our adviser was always mad at us. She always says: "Integrity (the name of our section), I'm not your nanny!" and when she will come in to the classroom, her first words are: "Pick up all the pieces of paper under your chair." I remember, she pinched me twice on my side. The first one when she caught me sitting on the armchair, and the second one was when she caught me sitting on the window.

But don't worry, we had so much fun on this year and we are really close with our adviser. She just have the tendency to turn into a dragon whenever we are doing some kabulastugan.

This was also the year when we were trained for the the Citizenship Advancement Training (CAT) and this was just so fun. Me and all of my friends joined too and that made this experience extra fun for me.

10th Grade

This was the final year for my Junior High School. And of, I forgot to mention, we belong to the star section that's why my classmates from the 7th grade are also my classmates until our 10th grade so the closeness and our bond is really tight.

Going back, my so-called kawalangyaan continues. We're still solid. There's this time when we told our teacher that we won't go to class the morning since we will attend the funeral of the grandpa of my classmates so our adviser agreed with that. But on the afternoon class, all of us feels so lazy about going to school so we decided to not go instead and then the next day, of course, we were scolded. We made our own holiday, that's what our teacher says.

I also had so much fun on this year. We had a play about The Paradise Lost, it was kind of a big and final project for us and I was able to direct it and made some parts of the script for it.

The bond of our class becomes more solid. We often go to the house of my classmate then we will have a contribution so that we can buy our foods, and then we will have boodle fight. That's how simple we are.

Of course, high school life wouldn't be completed without the gala. And when we do it, we go altogether.

This was also the year when we became officers for the CAT. I was the Executive Commander and so, maybe I had a little abused of power since the Military Police' are those who are guarding the gate and listing down all students who are late, and I always go to school late but they are not listing me since I have higher rank than them. I also enjoyed training some of the grade 9 students and my classmates and friends also.

The funny thing in here is that I am strict at the training but my friend can't help it but to laugh at me. So I'll give her a punishment for that. But when the training is dismissed, she'll get back to me and hit me on the head. And I just let her since I'm not her commandant anymore at that time. LOL

If you notice, I didn't mention much about my grades since I started not to care about it. I still finished JHS with honors but surely, I did enjoy my high school life without minding about my grades, and it was just the best.

I was able to enjoy it to the fullest, the reason why I am smiling right now as I type this one. It was really nice to reminisce about the good old days. All the silliness when I was still on high school. And what I love the most is the bond which we have in the class. What's nicer is that until now, even though we are studying at different places, we still managed to have a continuous communication with each other and the closeness strengthen more. We also make sure to see each other from time to time. And of course, our bonding remains the same and it includes foods. Very simple yet so fun and enjoyable. We really are solid.

SP ICT Lablab Charidad Bill Gates, you guys rock!

(SP ICT - Special Program in Information and Communications Technology - Bill Gates was our section on 10th grade. But before that it's 10 - Charity, the reason why there is lablab charidad. Lol. We call our section like that. hehe)

And that's it for Throwback Thursday! Thanks for reading this far and I hope that you enjoyed reading it the same way as I enjoyed writing it. Did you also remember your high school memories with this one? Come on, share it too!

Anyways, thank again and as always, take care! :)

Article #110
07-29-2021, 6AM