Emotional manipulation was key(01 of15)
Open Image ModalWant to get out of PE? Cry. Forgotten your homework? Cry. (credit:Giphy)
How high you rolled your skirt mattered(02 of15)
Open Image ModalThe shorter the cooler, obviously. (credit:Dynamic Graphics via Getty Images)
The four boys in sixth form were treated like gods(03 of15)
Open Image ModalCatching a glimpse of the few spotty 17 year old boys who joined sixth form was the highlight of any Year 9's day. (credit:Giphy)
Your Mum wanted you to take your lunch to school in this bag...(04 of15)
Open Image Modal...but you knew that only the finest Jane Norman or Topshop bag would do. (credit:quimby/Flickr)
You'd get undressed anywhere(05 of15)
Open Image ModalThe gym changing room is a bit smelly...corridor anyone? (credit:Giphy)
'Anyone got a tampon?' was a regular class question(06 of15)
Open Image ModalAnd the loud noise that ripping a sanitary towel out of the packet makes? No one cared. (credit:Akushevich via Getty Images)
There was always the rumour that someone was pregnant...(07 of15)
Open Image Modal...but they never were. Until you left school, and then suddenly EVERYONE was having babies. (credit:Giphy)
Your only interaction with boys was on this bad boy(08 of15)
Open Image ModalWe all did it: race home to spend half an hour on MSN before we g2g to dinner, that is. Flirting meant going offline and online, in the hope the boy you liked would message you, and your status would be a song lyric, ending in hearts and xoxoxo. (credit:Lordcolus/Flickr)
But when you did meet a boy in real life, this happened(09 of15)
Open Image ModalAbout as experienced as a fish out of water, all the effort in the world couldn't give you back those 5 years spent in female confinement. (credit:Giphy)
You're a feminist(10 of15)
Open Image ModalBecause girls can achieve whatever they want to. (credit:Giphy)
...Especially when it comes to uniform(11 of15)
Open Image ModalYou got told you couldn't wear straps in case it distracted the male teachers. But that's victim blaming, and a censorship of your body! (credit:Giphy)
Builder or electrician on site?(12 of15)
Open Image ModalYou flocked like pigeons to the window to see if he was good looking or not. (credit:Giphy)
Rival girls' school?(13 of15)
Open Image ModalThey ain't got nothing on you. (credit:Giphy)
You're an expert at all things tights(14 of15)
Open Image ModalPulling them up in the middle of the corridor? Check. Franticly stopping ladder progression with nail varnish? Check. (credit:Youtube)
You have the best friends in the world(15 of15)
Open Image Modal24/7 gossip on the group chat, sleepovers, and bus trips into town on the weekend. There's nothing you didn't share with your besties.