Introducing...

High school- a weird, kinda trippy mix of friends and study and -apparently, fire. I mean, given that we're in Australia and all, you'd expect that last one, which makes me (and everyone else in my school) wonder- who had the brilliant idea of having a fire alarm that no one can hear?

The other day: walking from my English Literature classroom across the whole school to the library, turn a corner and see the oval- swarming with students and teachers?
Me: "Uhh- miss? I, um... think we were meant to have evacuated. About ten minutes ago."
"Huh?"
Blank looks exchanged amongst us all. "So, um... 'bout that fire alarm." "Do you think we should maybe go over?"
Because you see, only about three classes had actually heard it. The rest had heard from people running into each classroom and yelling, "FIRE!" The building we'd been in still had about four classes in it.
I think the best part about this story is that my teacher (henceforth The Literary One) decided not to even both assembling with everyone else, just to skip it and keep going to the library, she cared that little.

But this isn't even the first time this has happened. Last year in the middle of summer, one of the science teachers came into my classroom and said, "You guys do know that you were meant to have evacuated about twenty minutes ago, right?"
Worst part of this? There was a fire both times. It wasn't even just a drill. To be fair, they were small and contained and very quickly put out, but all the same.

 High school. Surviving it is sometimes harder than you'd think, which is saying something, since I'm pretty sure that most teenagers are having enough trouble just with your standard homework-exams-performances-friends-evilteachers mix.

Likewise, surviving Australia is... probably not as bad as most people think, but still at times a challenge. Like check out our dangerous animals.

Luckily, I have experience in both, and am here to provide... maybe not help, but at the least, commentary and funny stories, on surviving high school, Australia, part time jobs, and life in general.