This video displays life for highschoolers and teenagers in general during the 1980s Music used in this video • Video Killed The Radio... Next week: Highschool in the 1990s - 2-1-21
@@buckeyevinnie8456 technology has damaged society tremendously and it has also destroyed culture and so many values that people learned and enjoyed to the fullest back in the 1980’s.
I was born in 78....so I was just a kid in the 1980s but I loved it.... as a kid in elementary school the first time I had to date one of my assignments with the year "1990"....I paused and just stared at it for a few moments....I knew then there that the end of a special time was over and gone forever and I felt sad because I knew the world would never be the same again....I thought the 80s would last forever and it was that moment I realized it wouldn't last forever and that it was infact gone for good.
I was in high school from August 1986 through June 1990. Great times. Wish I could live it all over again. Not only was high school great but it seemed like everything in America was great at that time. Damn shame what the world has turned in to.
I started high school in 86 as well, that was the year of the shuttle disaster, the world wept over the loss of 7 people that day, today 7 people dying is barely a news story
@@claytonphillips85As far as the pop culture goes a little bit. The internet started in 1994 so that's when things started going into the direction they are now.
Class of 84. Same school all 12 years. married my high school sweetheart, almost 40 years now. To me the most amazing thing to see is the personal interaction between everyone...no heads all craned looking at phones.
I graduated in 1985 and I can say that those four years were probably one of the best times of my life. I think the 80's was probably the best time to be a teen. Even more then the 1970's. Not a care in the world unlike today.
The eighties were my late teens and twenties. Such a wonderful time to be young. America was in great shape and Americans were very happy. The metal and concerts of the day were true events to experience. They will never ever be the same or even come close. I remember them like they were yesterday, I miss them like they were a 1,000 years ago. God-bless the eighties nation. God's favorite decade.
The ironic thing was that there were students in the 1980s complaining that it wasn't like their parents' time... the 1950s/early '60s with stuff such as sock hops. Just enjoy what you make of the moment, look back and treasure what's fondly, and then inspire everything to make a new goal. Each era has its pros and cons, and you just have to live with the good and the bad.
@@pannoni8449are you fkn kidding? My father was worried to death about being drafted into Nam. Then you had Korea in the 50s. In the 80s you didn't worry about being draftedThey just tried scaring everyone with ww3 movies.
It was a glorious time to be in HS. Kids talked and exchanged greetings instead of looking down at their cell phones. We were not afraid to be teenagers and you gradually learned that you were not the center of the universe. Mom and dad were not there to clean up all of your messes and make it all better. Every other word was not F this or Fing that. Use profanity all the time and it loses any meaning or emphasis.
I suppose it depended on what part of the country you went to high school or the crowd you hung out with as far as cursing goes. I was in high school from 1982 to1986 and I heard it all the time. Well, even in elementary school...
Class of ‘23 here. People still exchange greetings and talk with others. Just because we have phones doesn’t mean we don’t socialize. If anything, it was easier to plan after school activities, I could call my ma and ask her if I could go to the fair while still with my friends during lunch.
My high school years spanned fall of 1986 to June of 1990. Those were some interesting times to say the least. I was involved in the annual musical production and the chorus, and I thoroughly enjoyed that. I absolutely loathed being teased and ostracized by classmates and being a target for bullies. That crap I don't miss at all! My senior prom date turning me down at the 11th hour because her first choice for a prom date was back on also bothered me. So high school was a mixed bag for me -- some awesome memories, and some I'd rather forget! An added bonus was the fact that heavy metal bands were exploding all over top 40 radio, which was way cool! You could tune into any random FM rock and top 40 station and hear bands like Motley Crue, Poison, Warrant, Ratt, Whitesnake, Great White, Guns N' Roses, Skid Row, etc. So at least it could be said the 80's had an awesome soundtrack! That definitely helped me get through some of the rough times of those 4 years. Even if my social life sucked, I could always count on a rocking tune on the radio to lift my spirits!
Well everyone wants to believe that the 80's was THE perfect decade, but we'd be lying if we said like any other time in school, you had your assholes and bullies back then too. You had crime, politics, sex and drugs, marriage, taxes and death, but to try and pinpoint what it is exactly that people really clammer for from the 80's. I think, it was the intention, the goal as it were, to create real happiness in life and to always look forward and be excited about what's next, what "new thing" was gonna make life better. I hate to say this cause I don't wanna believe it, but I think we've reached the pinnacle of whatever the hell can make for a better society. In fact I think we're beginning to wilt and quickly, simply because we hit the ceiling, with technology, health care, food and drink, hair and beauty, television, music and film, media as a whole. (At least in most of the world). And we've become so bored and complacent, we find fulfillment from the most ridiculous and mundane things, like video games, porn, and reaction videos. T.V and advertising has gone out the window, now that everyone watches everything online, even Cinema is nowhere near what it was twenty years ago. Without realizing it, technology is one thing we've allowed to take over a huge chunk our lives, and it's not good. I sometimes envy people who say they don't use facebook, like my god, I wish I could detox from it all. But, I also Think with the decline will be opportunity to come back around, forgive the manic depressive rant lol I probably sound like one, but yeah everything gets a return.
You said in the 70s Video you started HS in 1979. If you did, you should have graduated HS in 1983. Were you on a 5 year Plan? 🤔 🤣 Just as I called it. An 80s kid. You didn't go to HS in the 70s at all unless you flunked a grade. Which wouldn't surprise me.
@@kbrewski1 I started in 79. I had a car accident and couldn’t graduate until 1984. I believe in one of these I stated I went to two proms. Are you a dick in real life or just play one on the internet? If you are not happy with the way your life turned out don’t project your anger on others. Have a nice day.
If you were good looking and had a very outgoing personality and made friends easy then high school was probably a very fun place for you it's like a party everyday for you and when you turn 18 the party moves to college. It's not fun for everybody and kids with issues with their looks or social problems it's a rough place. I think today in high schools it's the same formula.
Aug 1988 -May 1992. I came into HS listening to Ratt, Poison, Skid Row and Def Leppard only to graduate listening to Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Nirvana. What a time I had.
I graduated from High School in 1982. I remember a lot of things from my High School Days. I hated the 10th grade the most. The funniest thing I remember right after I graduated was, I went to see Fast times at Ridgemont High. When I heard a couple of teachers say something about the exam and the final, I said that I was glad that I wasn't going to hear that in the Fall. Memories 😊. One guy who I went to school with, said that those were the good'ol days. Thanks 👍.
My high school class. 1980 Skaneateles New York. It's been awhile. Wishing all the classes at every school the very best. Never stop being awesome. Been at my job since 1985 making Dairy farm tubing for IBA and more plus medical tubing for ventilators and so much more. Stay strong and enjoy the life we have been given. Inside and out we are all special.
Those kids actually looked like the ones youd see in highschool horror flicks. I always thought they look too old in those movies, but it seems like teens really LOOKED OLDER back then. 😂 Nowadays they still look like twelve year olds 🤣
14 year olds maybe, but I definitely didn’t look 12 at 16. Either way, it’s better to look younger than you actually are. Because at 40 you’ll look no older than 32
Class of 1986❤️ I remember my senior year like yesterday. Sad that Gen X was the last to get a decent education in the public school system. Pre-internet, do research in the school library. Learn proper English.
Class of 1985, without the benefit of receiving a decent education in the public school system, "borrowed" my research paper, and had a much more firm grap of Ebonics than the Kang's Anglish.
I was never that popular but had friends and enjoyed high school. I can't remember any kid who was friendless. We had so much fun and freedom then. Miss it.
Class of 1983 this video is great . Very different than my high school in NYC. No busses, or cars. Subways , and our schools were in brownstones with no lunch room or gym. You went out of school for lunch.
High school 1982-1986. Great times which still live on in today's culture. We were at the crossroads of the Space Shuttle, cable TV, and the early internet. I remember the big deal was that MTV came to our school to film a music video for a local artist who was starting to make some noise, Patsy Torres. Our auditorium was playing the part of a concert venue and me and something like 150 of my friends got to be "the concert crowd". We would see the video and always say "That's me" as we looked at the silhouetted back of someone's head. Great times!
I don’t know how a small town in Indiana had MTV in 81, but there were times during open lunch, we’d eat fast, ride bikes to somebody’s house that had it. Watch for like 20-25 minutes and race back to school in time for afternoon classes.
had i even been the slightest bit serious about my "academic career" i would've graduated in 1985. as it happens i went to 3 different high schools and never even graduated. since there is absolutely zero footage of me from that era i do enjoy watching these compilation vids that people decide to put together all these years after the fact. i can also take pride in saying i never had a mullet or even anything close.
High school back then was mostly concerts, parties, being stoned, orange microdots (If you know you know) and pretty girls for me. As far as I can remember I had a blast. Dallas, Tx. Class of 82 ✌️
In most ways it was better. But today is 1000x better if you need someone to talk to (danger is the rabbit hole of self wallowing so that IS worse). But 100% better is if you wanted a hobby but couldnt afford it you can at least absorb all the info you can on the net. Too bad young people don't understand how GREAT that is. Instead they wallow, pretend they're 100 different genders, FOMO on socials, complain... some shoot their peers. Hobbies would solve most teen depression today. God if only I had the net to indulge my hobby interests at 15.
I just found an hour's worth of footage from Seneca HS in Louisville, KY on a tape from late 1985. It has a lot of these short interviews about school policy, lifestyles such as fashion, and even at the end a bunch of students jammin' to the rhythm of Prince's "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy!" Look out for it in the coming months for more great memories!
Our high school was built on some crazy energy conservation principles. There was only a small 1/4 size window in each classroom (if you were lucky to face outwards) in the back corner. That was to conserve the body heat from the students to heat the school. Except our electrical/electronics teacher told us they forgot about Mondays and had to last minute run more heating vents in the shop ceiling. They also used a ton of asbestos (you could literally reach up and tear a chunk off). Not sure why, it was like a prison - brick on the inside and the outside. The teachers ended up suing the school board over this and it eventually closed the school down in about 2000. Then the whole thing was torn down to make way for a new megaschool to cover the closure of 3 or 4 schools in the area.
Class of 87. Once in a while there'd be a fight but never a shooting. We learnedshit That we could use we had shop for guys that couldn't go to college. Maybe some weed and beer but not as bad as it is today..im 53 and a contractor i feel my HS education is sometimes better than the millennial educated engineers I deal with
Why do many of them look like Adults in their 30-40s? A lot of people wonder this, when they look at teenagers from the past decades, especially '50s and '60s....Vsauce science channel did an episode about just that. It's many things, their hairstyle, their clothing, which we associate with a long gone decade, but also they assumed adult responsibilities earlier, in fact the idea of teenager was invented at some point, and it was an unknown concept in the early 20th century.
The 80s, the 80s! In my opinion, the 80s, WERE, STILL ARE, and ALWAYS WILL BE, "THE PINNACLE OF CIVILIZATION!" In my opinion, Cher said it BEST, "If could turn back time!" By the way, class of '89, here!
I entered high school as a freshman in 1989. I remember thinking I was so grown up, and going to school with seniors - many who are legally adults was awesome! I expected high school students to act like adults. Boy was I disappointed they still acted like elementary kids.
When face to face social interaction only existed. The 80’s was a wonderful decade.
Yes very well put and i agree with you!!
@@buckeyevinnie8456 technology has damaged society tremendously and it has also destroyed culture and so many values that people learned and enjoyed to the fullest back in the 1980’s.
Yes! 1000% human contact!!
We need to get back to that miss the 80s the best
Parking, skinny dipping. I don't think any of them today even know what that is without Google
These kids are in the 50s now......and everyone of them wishes they could go back to the 80s.....because it was awesome.....and man do I miss it too
Some of us are starting our 60s
@@justakitty6372 i was a young kid in the 80s , i am now 45
That makes me sad
Yes, some of this kids are grandparents as well. I will be turning 56 this year and was in CLASS of 1983. Loved this decade.
I was born in 78....so I was just a kid in the 1980s but I loved it.... as a kid in elementary school the first time I had to date one of my assignments with the year "1990"....I paused and just stared at it for a few moments....I knew then there that the end of a special time was over and gone forever and I felt sad because I knew the world would never be the same again....I thought the 80s would last forever and it was that moment I realized it wouldn't last forever and that it was infact gone for good.
Class of 1980...I am now retired, 3 kids, 3 grandkids, and still married to my H.S. sweetheart (43 yrs) as of 2023.
I genuinely hate my generation, class of 2026 here. it looks like you all enjoyed life to the fullest.
class of '80 too.
@@Sue-gq7xv Sue... it's great to read that another in the class of 1980 is still enjoying life!
I was in high school from August 1986 through June 1990. Great times. Wish I could live it all over again. Not only was high school great but it seemed like everything in America was great at that time. Damn shame what the world has turned in to.
Me too! Graduated in June 90.
I wish I grew up in this time
Best decades were 80s & 90s
The 80s were trash full of crack and gangs. What a horrible time. Now the 50s and early 60s was a truly great America.
I started high school in 86 as well, that was the year of the shuttle disaster, the world wept over the loss of 7 people that day, today 7 people dying is barely a news story
I was in high school from 1980-1985. I was part of the best decade of all time. Makes me glad I was an 80's teenager.
Is there a difference between 80s teenagers and 90s teenagers since teens in the 90s are the younger half of generation X
@@claytonphillips85As far as the pop culture goes a little bit. The internet started in 1994 so that's when things started going into the direction they are now.
1985-89 for me! Now that I am in my 50's I realize just how special this time period was!
The 80s. Never a decade like it before and won't be one after. Awesome time to come of age, experience as a teen then young adult. Fun, fun, FUN.
@tc720, FUN, FUN, FUN, till social media and other vices took it away.....😢
No beards No mustache. No tattoos. No earrings. Independent. Played in the street. Tough as nails. Long live Generation X . Long live the 80s❤❤❤
No cell phones!! 🎉
Hell yeah! 1000% human contact!!
This didn't look like my high school...where's the diversity?
There mustaches and earrings in the 80s.
And no instagram and facebook, no porn addiction. ..no internet. People were more real.
Imagine that, kids actually interacting with one another and not taking selfies
Class of 84. Same school all 12 years. married my high school sweetheart, almost 40 years now. To me the most amazing thing to see is the personal interaction between everyone...no heads all craned looking at phones.
Everyone was a lot thinner in the 1980s.
I graduated in 1985 and I can say that those four years were probably one of the best times of my life. I think the 80's was probably the best time to be a teen. Even more then the 1970's. Not a care in the world unlike today.
The eighties were my late teens and twenties. Such a wonderful time to be young. America was in great shape and Americans were very happy. The metal and concerts of the day were true events to experience. They will never ever be the same or even come close. I remember them like they were yesterday, I miss them like they were a 1,000 years ago. God-bless the eighties nation. God's favorite decade.
The 1980’s is when High School culture was at it’s best!❤
The ironic thing was that there were students in the 1980s complaining that it wasn't like their parents' time... the 1950s/early '60s with stuff such as sock hops. Just enjoy what you make of the moment, look back and treasure what's fondly, and then inspire everything to make a new goal. Each era has its pros and cons, and you just have to live with the good and the bad.
@@pannoni8449are you fkn kidding? My father was worried to death about being drafted into Nam. Then you had Korea in the 50s. In the 80s you didn't worry about being draftedThey just tried scaring everyone with ww3 movies.
Can’t believe parents saw the 80s in 4k
weird
Thats so fuckin funny
I get it,every video like this is some old blurry video look,so you can only image it in real life
The same thing with even older vids in black and white
Class of '87 and wow what great times wish i could go back!! A better world and a better country back then!!
It was a glorious time to be in HS. Kids talked and exchanged greetings instead of looking down at their cell phones. We were not afraid to be teenagers and you gradually learned that you were not the center of the universe. Mom and dad were not there to clean up all of your messes and make it all better. Every other word was not F this or Fing that. Use profanity all the time and it loses any meaning or emphasis.
I so agree, I have always said you can tell when I am really mad because I start swearing.
I suppose it depended on what part of the country you went to high school or the crowd you hung out with as far as cursing goes. I was in high school from 1982 to1986 and I heard it all the time. Well, even in elementary school...
Nobody was confused at what a woman was.😂
Class of ‘23 here. People still exchange greetings and talk with others. Just because we have phones doesn’t mean we don’t socialize.
If anything, it was easier to plan after school activities, I could call my ma and ask her if I could go to the fair while still with my friends during lunch.
My high school years spanned fall of 1986 to June of 1990. Those were some interesting times to say the least. I was involved in the annual musical production and the chorus, and I thoroughly enjoyed that. I absolutely loathed being teased and ostracized by classmates and being a target for bullies. That crap I don't miss at all! My senior prom date turning me down at the 11th hour because her first choice for a prom date was back on also bothered me. So high school was a mixed bag for me -- some awesome memories, and some I'd rather forget! An added bonus was the fact that heavy metal bands were exploding all over top 40 radio, which was way cool! You could tune into any random FM rock and top 40 station and hear bands like Motley Crue, Poison, Warrant, Ratt, Whitesnake, Great White, Guns N' Roses, Skid Row, etc. So at least it could be said the 80's had an awesome soundtrack! That definitely helped me get through some of the rough times of those 4 years. Even if my social life sucked, I could always count on a rocking tune on the radio to lift my spirits!
Well everyone wants to believe that the 80's was THE perfect decade, but we'd be lying if we said like any other time in school, you had your assholes and bullies back then too. You had crime, politics, sex and drugs, marriage, taxes and death, but to try and pinpoint what it is exactly that people really clammer for from the 80's. I think, it was the intention, the goal as it were, to create real happiness in life and to always look forward and be excited about what's next, what "new thing" was gonna make life better.
I hate to say this cause I don't wanna believe it, but I think we've reached the pinnacle of whatever the hell can make for a better society. In fact I think we're beginning to wilt and quickly, simply because we hit the ceiling, with technology, health care, food and drink, hair and beauty, television, music and film, media as a whole. (At least in most of the world).
And we've become so bored and complacent, we find fulfillment from the most ridiculous and mundane things, like video games, porn, and reaction videos. T.V and advertising has gone out the window, now that everyone watches everything online, even Cinema is nowhere near what it was twenty years ago. Without realizing it, technology is one thing we've allowed to take over a huge chunk our lives, and it's not good. I sometimes envy people who say they don't use facebook, like my god, I wish I could detox from it all. But, I also Think with the decline will be opportunity to come back around, forgive the manic depressive rant lol I probably sound like one, but yeah everything gets a return.
@rjc7289, mine spanned from fall of 1883-1988.
Class of 84’ and this video is spot on. Miss my youth and these days.
How was the high school in 1984
Yea, I was 85. Had a dream last night that it was 1981 again. So I watched this video.....Yea, great times, so glad I'm not young today
@@deanjordan2975 it was great.
You said in the 70s Video you started HS in 1979. If you did, you should have graduated HS in 1983. Were you on a 5 year Plan? 🤔 🤣
Just as I called it. An 80s kid. You didn't go to HS in the 70s at all unless you flunked a grade. Which wouldn't surprise me.
@@kbrewski1 I started in 79. I had a car accident and couldn’t graduate until 1984. I believe in one of these I stated I went to two proms. Are you a dick in real life or just play one on the internet? If you are not happy with the way your life turned out don’t project your anger on others. Have a nice day.
It’s crazy to think a lot of these kids are pushing 60 years old, your grandparents could be in this video.
1982 graduate. I grew up in PA where shorts were not permitted in school
Oh my gosh graduated in '87 from Ohio same here now anything goes!! I loved the 80's best of times for me!!
I was in high school from 1978 to 1982. FABULOUS days. Dirk Diggler at 1:15..... LOL
Ha ha, same here 78-82. Now cruising the rest of the way in life!
If you were good looking and had a very outgoing personality and made friends easy then high school was probably a very fun place for you it's like a party everyday for you and when you turn 18 the party moves to college. It's not fun for everybody and kids with issues with their looks or social problems it's a rough place. I think today in high schools it's the same formula.
Thank you. High School was not heaven for everyone. A lot people thrived after high school.
We were the 80Wonders , class is 81. What a great time we had❤️
Aug 1988 -May 1992. I came into HS listening to Ratt, Poison, Skid Row and Def Leppard only to graduate listening to Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Nirvana. What a time I had.
Sounds amazing! I wish I lived that too…
same here but 87 - 91. it was rock and roll high school back then
I was in high school from 92 to 96..but my 80s childhood was memorable
Can't believe it was over 40 years ago. Life was simpler and better then.
In HS from 1983 to 1987,, It was a great time to be alive!!!!
High school for me was from 1982 to 1986.
@@jamosh1967 So like 5 years??
1984-1988
I graduated from High School in 1982. I remember a lot of things from my High School Days. I hated the 10th grade the most. The funniest thing I remember right after I graduated was, I went to see Fast times at Ridgemont High. When I heard a couple of teachers say something about the exam and the final, I said that I was glad that I wasn't going to hear that in the Fall. Memories 😊. One guy who I went to school with, said that those were the good'ol days. Thanks 👍.
Class of 82 also. Kinnelon HS. Kinnelon, NJ.
I could hardly wait for 80 when we got our DL and a 72 Chevelle
@@daveb227 My first car, I got was a 1971 Chevy Impala. I got it in my junior year in High School. (In April of 1981. I still remember those days.
1982 Graduate. Best times ever. Fast Times at Ridgemont High is like a documentary. It's so accurate.
You graduated the year i was born.
Roll call, class of '85.
My brother
My high school class. 1980 Skaneateles New York. It's been awhile. Wishing all the classes at every school the very best. Never stop being awesome. Been at my job since 1985 making Dairy farm tubing for IBA and more plus medical tubing for ventilators and so much more. Stay strong and enjoy the life we have been given. Inside and out we are all special.
Class of 1986. Don’t forget me when I’m gone.
glass tiger
Class of 1986 here too.
The 80s were amazing
Yes they were i am also a 80's era when i grew up everything was awesome way better than this joke of a culture today!!
Those kids actually looked like the ones youd see in highschool horror flicks.
I always thought they look too old in those movies, but it seems like teens really LOOKED OLDER back then. 😂
Nowadays they still look like twelve year olds 🤣
14 year olds maybe, but I definitely didn’t look 12 at 16.
Either way, it’s better to look younger than you actually are. Because at 40 you’ll look no older than 32
Class of 1986❤️ I remember my senior year like yesterday. Sad that Gen X was the last to get a decent education in the public school system. Pre-internet, do research in the school library. Learn proper English.
Class of 86 here too.
The last to get a decent education in the public school system? ...God you sound old and cranky
Class of 86 too
Class of 1985, without the benefit of receiving a decent education in the public school system, "borrowed" my research paper, and had a much more firm grap of Ebonics than the Kang's Anglish.
Class of 86’ ❤️
‘85 ❤️
‘86 here too. Do you remember hearing about the Challenger over your school’s PA system? So Sad. It seems like yesterday, but it’s been so long ago.
@@Unknown-rz1sj im class of 2023, and i completely agree with you! i wish i was born in the 60s :( life nowadays as a teenager sucks.
87 from Ohio it was some awesome times for me great memories!!
I graduated high school in 1986 too.
I graduated 1997 I was in grade school back in the 80s. My opinion the last decades when America was America the 80s and the early 90s.
The best days ever!!! I miss them so much😢 can’t believe we are in our 50’s!
I was never that popular but had friends and enjoyed high school. I can't remember any kid who was friendless. We had so much fun and freedom then. Miss it.
I was in the 9th grade in 1986; what a time to be alive!!!!
So many mullets in 1989
Yes, but at least it was an actual style other than a political statement like it is today
This really brings back memories. I was in high school from 1983 to 1987. Thanks for the upload! 😀
The cover🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤯😢🔥🔥
Class of 1983 this video is great . Very different than my high school in NYC. No busses, or cars. Subways , and our schools were in brownstones with no lunch room or gym. You went out of school for lunch.
Classic of ‘85!!!!!
High school 1982-1986. Great times which still live on in today's culture. We were at the crossroads of the Space Shuttle, cable TV, and the early internet. I remember the big deal was that MTV came to our school to film a music video for a local artist who was starting to make some noise, Patsy Torres. Our auditorium was playing the part of a concert venue and me and something like 150 of my friends got to be "the concert crowd". We would see the video and always say "That's me" as we looked at the silhouetted back of someone's head. Great times!
My high school years were from 1989-1993 at Encino, los angeles california. What a time to be a teenager in the san fernando valley.
The 80’s were a great time to be a kid and a teenager ❤😊❤ oh how I wish I could go back to that time I graduated from high school in 1987❤🎉❤
Class of '89, those were definitely the good ole days
My dad was also the class of 89!!
class of 91. i bet you were and still a hottie. date younger men? lol
My dad graduated in the early 80s it’s really cool to see videos from then :)
Born in '69, graduated in '88. Accurate!
Didn't know I'm so old until watch it ... Glad to be part of it - part of last humanity decade...
I'm 19 (born in 2005), and watching this is fascinating to me!
I left highschool in 1983 😢 miss it so much ✌️✌️
My HS years '87-'91. If we could only go back in time....everything was better!
Hello 👋🏿how are you doing?
Class of 91🎉👍
Every high school student in this video watches MTV.
Yes we did!
What u doin here Bulldog? We'll see yall Nov 5 punks...haha
@@GetSoberWithMe We will beat you guys again this year, just watch.
MTV wasn't widely available until about 1985.
I don’t know how a small town in Indiana had MTV in 81, but there were times during open lunch, we’d eat fast, ride bikes to somebody’s house that had it. Watch for like 20-25 minutes and race back to school in time for afternoon classes.
I was born in 1980 so i got to grow up during awesome times. The good ol days. I miss them. ❤💯
1981 class right cheer baby! Id go back in a heart beat!
had i even been the slightest bit serious about my "academic career" i would've graduated in 1985. as it happens i went to 3 different high schools and never even graduated.
since there is absolutely zero footage of me from that era i do enjoy watching these compilation vids that people decide to put together all these years after the fact. i can also take pride in saying i never had a mullet or even anything close.
I'd be the 1st one in the time machine to go back to high school. It was the best of times.
1981-1985 here!
Class of ‘88
High school back then was mostly concerts, parties, being stoned, orange microdots (If you know you know) and pretty girls for me. As far as I can remember I had a blast. Dallas, Tx. Class of 82 ✌️
Class of ‘88 here. I remember all those styles. Big hair, mullets and Jheri curls were popular then. 😂
Class of 83!
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If only high school was this always
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Class of '81
Wow, this was what school was like for my parents!? It looks so much better back then.
In most ways it was better. But today is 1000x better if you need someone to talk to (danger is the rabbit hole of self wallowing so that IS worse). But 100% better is if you wanted a hobby but couldnt afford it you can at least absorb all the info you can on the net.
Too bad young people don't understand how GREAT that is. Instead they wallow, pretend they're 100 different genders, FOMO on socials, complain... some shoot their peers.
Hobbies would solve most teen depression today. God if only I had the net to indulge my hobby interests at 15.
It was!
Class of 82, Kinnelon HS, Kinnelon, NJ. Fun times especially senior year all the parties n getting wasted.
I just found an hour's worth of footage from Seneca HS in Louisville, KY on a tape from late 1985. It has a lot of these short interviews about school policy, lifestyles such as fashion, and even at the end a bunch of students jammin' to the rhythm of Prince's "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy!" Look out for it in the coming months for more great memories!
I'd sure like to see that footage, I went to seneca in 89'
Class of 91 and I remember those late 80's dress styles.
Everyone looks their age.
81-85 for me. I miss my mullet & my cheap cool cars! Ok maybe not my bitchin’ mullet
I graduated in 1985! Great times!
Our high school was built on some crazy energy conservation principles. There was only a small 1/4 size window in each classroom (if you were lucky to face outwards) in the back corner. That was to conserve the body heat from the students to heat the school. Except our electrical/electronics teacher told us they forgot about Mondays and had to last minute run more heating vents in the shop ceiling. They also used a ton of asbestos (you could literally reach up and tear a chunk off). Not sure why, it was like a prison - brick on the inside and the outside. The teachers ended up suing the school board over this and it eventually closed the school down in about 2000. Then the whole thing was torn down to make way for a new megaschool to cover the closure of 3 or 4 schools in the area.
what memories and not just of high school!
I want to know where that footage of Somerville High School starting at 1:37 came from?
Class of '84
Class of 87. Once in a while there'd be a fight but never a shooting. We learnedshit That we could use we had shop for guys that couldn't go to college. Maybe some weed and beer but not as bad as it is today..im 53 and a contractor i feel my HS education is sometimes better than the millennial educated engineers I deal with
Crazy how the 80s look like the 70s now.
Something looks different but I can't quite put my finger on it
great video
Why do many of them look like Adults in their 30-40s? A lot of people wonder this, when they look at teenagers from the past decades, especially '50s and '60s....Vsauce science channel did an episode about just that. It's many things, their hairstyle, their clothing, which we associate with a long gone decade, but also they assumed adult responsibilities earlier, in fact the idea of teenager was invented at some point, and it was an unknown concept in the early 20th century.
The word "teenager" was officially coined in the early 1940s. That word appeared on the cover of some magazine.
Its the video, they looked just as young as today. No different...but they were almost never obese or overweight.
My last high school years were 1980 and 1981. They may not have been perfect, but I managed to survive!
That song at 4:30 is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Back when social life exist
My HS years were 71' to 75'...best time ever
Class of 81 Parkdale Sr High Pg County MD. The best of times! .
Senior 84! Good times!
The 80s, the 80s! In my opinion, the 80s, WERE, STILL ARE, and ALWAYS WILL BE, "THE PINNACLE OF CIVILIZATION!" In my opinion, Cher said it BEST, "If could turn back time!" By the way, class of '89, here!
Don't forget. No cell phones
Uma linda viagem no tempo ❤
The hair the clothings the music good years.
I wish I could've experienced being a teen in high school in the 80's like my older siblings did. My high school years were in the mid and late 90's.
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I can vouch for the late 80s. My first two years of high school. Awkward scrawny kid trying to fit in. Junior and senior year was 90-92.
The early 80's they could pass for adults and by 89' they were back to kids.
Tbh, they could all pass as 21 year olds
The decade where recordings started to look more clear and not grainy.
Shout out to the Columbia High School Class of 1982. Long Live Elmo!
1986 La Porte Texas
I entered high school as a freshman in 1989. I remember thinking I was so grown up, and going to school with seniors - many who are legally adults was awesome! I expected high school students to act like adults. Boy was I disappointed they still acted like elementary kids.
Graduated in 1989 wish I could go back