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- What was the name of the school you attended? Where was it located? How many people attended your school? What did the building look like inside and out? Did you have a school mascot or school colors? How about a rival school?
- Did you go to a private or religious school? If so, why? In what ways was it better or worse than going to a public school?
- Was your transition from junior high to high school smooth or rocky? What made it easy or difficult? Did your friends or family members make a difference?
- What did you wear to school? Did you have to wear a uniform? What were the latest styles for students at the time? Looking back after you had grown, did you laugh at what you wore?
- Who were your best friends? What did you do together? Did any of you have nicknames? Did you keep in touch after leaving school?
- Did you have any "crazy" friends? People who did things that you wouldn't risk yourself? Describe them and what they did. What's the craziest thing you ever did during high school? Why did you do it?
- Did you and your friends play practical jokes on others? What kinds of jokes did you play? On whom did you play the jokes? Friends? Teachers? The principal?
- Did you ever get into trouble? Often or rarely? What did you do and why did you do it? How did you get caught? What kinds of punishment did you receive?
- Were there any "groups" in school other than your own? Did they have nicknames? What were they like? Tough? Brainy? Was there tension between your group and other groups? What caused it?
- Did you feel like a member of the "in" crowd? Why or why not? How did that make you feel? Did they have a certain way of dressing or a special place to "hang out"?
- Who were your favorite teachers? Why? How did they influence you or what did you learn from them? With which teacher did you have the most trouble? What caused the problem?
- Did you spend much time doing school work? Why or why not? Was school easy for you or did you really have to work hard? What were your least and most favorite subjects? Why?
- How were your grades? Did you ever try to cheat to get a better grade?
- Did you ever flunk anything? Did you not try hard enough or was that subject just not your cup of tea? How did you feel about flunking? How did your parents feel about it?
- Did you participate in any extra-curricular activities? Drama or debate club? School band or cheerleading? Why did or didn't you join? What did you get from these activities that you didn't get in regular classes?
- Did you participate in school athletics? Which sports? Did you earn a letter for any sports? What did this letter mean to you? Did you continue playing this sport after leaving school?
- Did your school have a prom? If not, why? If yes, did you go? Why or why not? Where was it? What kind of music was played? With whom did you go? What did you wear? Did you have a good time?
- Did you earn any special honors in high school? For what? Academics? Industrial arts? Sports? Describe them and what they meant to you.
- In later years, how did you feel about high school? What were your happiest and saddest memories from this time period? What was the funniest thing that happened to you? Did you wish you had done anything differently?
- What sort of memorabilia did you save from high school? Yearbooks or autograph books? What's written in them? How about essays or school books? Over the years, what kinds of memories and feelings did these items bring back?
- What did you learn during this time that wasn't specifically taught in books or in the classroom? Where and from whom did you learn these things? How did these lessons help you later?
- In what ways did you grow during this time? Did you become more open to new ideas and different people? More independent and mature?
- Looking back in later years, did you agree with the views that you held at the time? For example, did you have the same ideas about money, race, or work ethics? Why or why not? Did things you learned change your ideas?
- What did you do during the summers of your high school years? Work? Stay at home and relax? Why?
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