By Mariel Juarez
1. You know where "The Devil's Island" is.
2. You make the "peace" gesture when you want to go to the comfort room.
3. You know that "scarred people are beautiful".
4. You've taken IQ tests every year.
5. You know who Ms. Polly is.
6. You write in "Palmer's Script".
7. You used to look forward to "free design days" and "free days".
8. Blood, sweat and tears are shed when cheering season comes.
9. You remember that Wednesday was Barney day, Puzzle Place Day or The Magic School Bus day, depends what grade level you're in.
10. You know what "A", "SL" and "GL" means.
11. If you're running for GL, it's better to be absent than be late for the third time this quarter.
12. You've let a classmate forge your parent's signature at least once because you forgot to have your parent's approval form signed.
13. If you're an IS student from the 90's you know how important the YELLOW CRAYON is.
14. You've got the life of St. John Baptist de La Salle memorized (he received his tonsure at age 11).
15. You know what a paddle is and why we're all scared of it.
16. You hate to admit but you've used the Senior's Retreat as an excuse to tell someone what you really feel.
17. There's no such thing as a "JS Prom".
18. At the end of every year, whether you liked it or not, you had to dance in the coliseum with the whole school watching.
19. You spent 11 years in grade school and high school instead of the usual 10 years, then you've had to explain to your first year college classmates why you're a year older than most of them.
20. Everytime the name of St. John Baptist de La Salle comes up in a speech or a lecture, you have the tendency to say "pray for us".
21. You've spent a few minutes in detention for not speaking in English.
Anything else you want to add to the list? Feel free to write in the comments! :)
