20 Things You’ll Get If You Went To MCPS
Montgomery County Public Schools, aka MCPS, has taken up a lot of time in our short existence. Some of us may have joined MCPS when we were little kids, others may have joined in high school. Regardless of when you got hip to MCPS, as long as you’ve lived the MCPS life, you’ll never forget these 20 things!
1. The fire Kahoot soundtrack.
Everyone knew when they heard the weird trap beat with the flute sounds that it was bout to be LIT. No one knows if Kahoot actually had different playlists for different holidays, but Halloween and Christmas always had the most lit beats. Whether or not you were “smart”, Kahoot was always guaranteed to be the most competitive and fun time of class (especially if the teacher was giving out candy to the winners). Also, don’t forget that kid who did the hype dances whenever he heard the Kahoot music. There’s always at least one in every class.
2. Having to take the stupid safety test EVERY YEAR even though the teachers knew that YOU knew exactly where the goggles and fire extinguisher were.
Every year. Even the chill teachers made you do it (but it’s okay because if anything happened they would be sued so you know, gotta protect themselves).
3. Hearing yells coming from the classroom next door or outside in the halls and carrying on as if everything is okay.
They probably were doing very aggressive Kahoot. Or someone was getting into a fight. Who knows.
4. Feeling your world crashing down OR getting surprised randomly whenever it snowed or was icy.
Sometimes there would be 1 inch of snow, and you’d think you’d be getting a day off the next morning. But then in the morning, MCPS would be like “caught ya neck boi, we’re only giving you a 2-hour delay” and you’d frantically start doing the homework that you were so sure you wouldn’t have to turn in.
Other times, it would be 1 inch of snow, but with iciness. Judging from last time, you’d be like “nah, I’m probably still having school tomorrow” and do all your homework, sometimes even staying up late to finish an essay. But then the next morning, you would wake up and refresh that MCPS webpage, and it would say “NO SCHOOL”. Shutting off your phone, you probably thought to yourself, “All that effort wasted last night was for nothing” and then proceed to go back to sleep.
5. Seeing a crowd of people gathered together in the halls during lunch and thinking there’s a fight, but coming closer and realizing it’s just a rap battle.
6. Taking that county formative for English that you can never prepare for.
You just gotta know the stuff. I guess you could say just use common sense? There was literally no way to study (with the exception that you should probably know what imagery, simile, and metaphor are). There was also a 100% chance that you had to write two timed essays, and you would most likely BS the conclusion on both. The worst thing was if you accidentally fell asleep and then woke up in horror to realize you just lost one precious minute you could have been writing.
7. Not being able to use the “My printer broke” excuse because of Google Classroom
Damn you 2016 (when did Google classroom even start) technology. Because of Google Classroom, you had to think of three backup realistic reasons why you couldn’t turn the assignment in. You literally had to rehearse the conversation you would have with your teacher the next day to make sure there were no holes in your argument. Example:
“Sorry Mr. ___ my laptop shut down and wouldn’t turn on while I was typing the essay”. “Why didn’t you go to the library this morning to finish it then? I gave everyone class time to work on it on the Chromebooks”. “I did go to the library but every computer was taken”. “Alright. Turn it in by the end of the day today.” FINESSE GOD.
8. Saying “Jah like” or “Jah ___ ” and not really knowing what it means.
9. Seeing Iron Age, Kung Fu Tea (or any other bubble tea store), or other “trendy” restaurants all over your Snapchat.
I personally love all of these. But, I know some people out there who said they didn’t like bubble tea two years ago and here they are doing it for the Snap.
10. Waking up at 6:00am to catch the bus on time.
It would look like nighttime outside during the winter. I can remember actually seeing the moon still out in the sky. To those who can’t relate: you’re spoiled. Just kidding, I actually got to be driven to school during senior year. But waking up at 6:00am (or sometimes earlier) for 3 years is something I’ll never forget.
11. Either living off of your agenda books or losing them during the first week of school.
You landed on either side of the spectrum. There was no in-between.
12. That kid who can make a beat out of ANYTHING. Literally.
First you heard the rhythmic tapping of a pen on a desk. Then the, “AYE, AYE, AYE” and before you knew it someone was free styling.
13. The Promethean board pen deciding to be calm one day, and spaz out the next.
One touch to the board and BOOM the pen would make horrible jagged squiggly lines. And then the teacher would proceed to tap the cross and fail. They would then scream in frustration and chuck the pen on the ground. Random IT guy would always come and save the day.
14. What even were SMOBs?
In theory, having a student representative on the MCPS School Board is great, especially since we live in a democracy/republic (for all you Government nerds who want to be correct). But the thing is, no one ever heard about the SMOB after “elections”. Speaking of elections, you probably didn’t even know anything about the person and just voted based on who had the cooler name. Or you picked randomly.
15. The rapping sub
Such a cute old man. Always handing out strips of papers with links to his mixtapes. I wish him all the best.
16. Wifi struggles
Okay so this might not apply to data people, but some people had to live the struggle of terrible wifi connection. On top of it, some cruel being decided to block Snapchat and Instagram and pretty much almost every other social media, so the Wifi struggle people cried.
17. Seeing Instagram bios or captions that say “Trap Lord/Queen (Insert Name Here), “boolin”, “(Insert Name Here) Gang/Squad”, or some variation of this.
Ya’ll wanted to be hood so bad.
18. Having high hopes for a class that you were so SURE you would be interested in, but being very disappointed when you found out the teacher either:
- Can’t teach
- Is very nice, but is too chill to the students in class or can’t control them, so 80% of class everyday is overtaken by the “bad” kids’ antics
- Clearly knows their stuff, but is too lazy to teach, so gives you endless busywork assignments instead.
19. Referring to the area as the “DMV”, and being met with blank stares from your non-DMV friends.
“Isn’t the DMV the place you get your driver’s license at?” is the worst reaction I’ve gotten from a non-DMV person.
20. Learning how to say random words or curse in different languages because we are so diverse and great
In all seriousness, our time with MCPS has shaped who we are, and we’ll be forever grateful for the people we met. Thanks for the memoriesss *Fall Out Boy angsty voice*!
Do you have any other signs you went to MCPS!? Share in the comments below!
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