high school
Are You a Nerd?
What is a nerd? Are nerds the new cool? That’s what people have been asking since video games started making more money than movies. The reality of nerds is much different than how the media portrays it, as evidenced by American Nerd: The Story of...
I Chatted with the Dirty Girls, 17 Years Later
The sisters, the stars of Michael Lucid's recently viral documentary, were the most bad ass, riot grrrl high schoolers ever to be captured on VHS. I caught up with them to see what they are up to today. Guess what? They're still awesome.
Let's All Stop Complaining About High School
“Peaked in high school” is a sound concept: a lot of people do. (A lot, a lot, a lot.) The adult lives of many high school mob bosses are just sad as all fuck, not sad like “I’m judging you for your social affiliations and entertainment choices” sad...
Silent But Deadly: School Cops Arrest Students for Talking Too Loudly, Graffiti, and… Farting
More than a third of American sheriffs' departments and nearly half of all police departments have officers assigned to local schools, according to the Department of Justice. Students today are arrested in school for offenses that include talking back...
I Was a Suspected School Shooter
Rumors of me wanting to go berserk went far and wide, and even made front pages of the local newspapers. I had to go to therapy, and by the end of the ordeal I was having dreams about the Columbine shooters.
The First Time I Got Eaten Out
I was dressed as if Rachel from 'Friends' threw up all over me: a floor-length strapless gown that was ruched across the middle and pencil-thin eyebrows, translucent Christina Ricci skin, a bouffant “half-up-half-down” hairdo, and deep plum lipstick...
Our Guidance Counselor Likes Whores and Cocaine
David Mendelowitz was a dean of students and guidance counselor at Scarsdale High School for 15 years. He just got arrested for being involved in a prostitution ring and coke dealing operation. So, we figured it'd be a good idea to talk to his students.
Mandana Towhidy Tells Us About the Hair Metal Days of 'Arcadia'
"Los Angeles was totally different back then. You could literally get into a bar if you were 12 years old as long as your skirt was short enough and you had some janky sort of ID to show the bouncer at the door. It was that easy."
Disneyland After Dark
Last week I chaperoned a graduating high school class of 2009 to Grad Nite, an exclusive all-night party at Disneyland.
Three Older Kids We Thought Were Cool In High School
Memories of tattoos, hardcore, and breaking into classrooms.
High School Confidential
At least once a year, someone like Time or Newsweek does a feature about, "What's up with teenagers, anyway?" They always wind up asking kids a load of horseshit questions like, "Do you think you have enough free time?" or "Are you...
Doing Acid With A Disfigured Guy
Back in High School I was doing acid with my three best friends one of whom was pretty severely disfigured. He was born with a bad hair lip that altered the whole front of his face but when you're pals with someone like that you don't even see it.