Junior High facts
While investigating facts about Junior High, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The "Cool S", that everyone remembers drawing back in junior high, has no clear origin and has spread across the globe since the 1980s.
Alex Smith took so many AP tests in high school that he entered university as a junior. The quarterback received his bachelor's degree in two years, and began working on a master's degree, before becoming the first overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 36 of the best facts about Junior High I managed to collect.
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Homer Hickam, subject of the movie October Sky, gave a high school junior a scholarship to the United States Advanced Space Academy when she was expelled and arrested for an exploding science experiment because Hickam went through the same ordeal for testing rockets in his youth.
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The first version of Eminem's song "My Name Is" contained the line "My English teacher wanted to have sex in junior high The only problem was, my English teacher was a guy", which was changed to "My English teacher wanted to flunk me in junior high Thanks a lot, next semester I'll be 35"
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DMX, Jay-Z, and Busta Rhymes attended the same junior high school with Biggie Smalls, at the same time.
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When Sesame Street was first introduced to Japan back in 1971, the broadcaster aired the American version and initially targeted it to junior high school students because that was the level where Japanese kids began English lessons.
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When Iggy Pop was in junior high, to support his musical aspirations, Iggy's parents moved out of the master bedroom of their trailer because it was the only room big enough to fit his drum kit.
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The current US flag was designed in 1958 by Robert Heft as a junior high history project an got a B- for it. The grade was later changed to an A after Heft's design was accepted and adopted by the United States Congress in 1959.
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Nye attended Lafayette Elementary and Alice Deal Junior High before he was accepted to the private school Sidwell Friends School on a scholarship until his graduation in 1973.
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In 1928 Jesse set Junior High School high jump and broad jump records.
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Isaac Asimov graduated from high school when he was 15, and then attended Seth Low Junior College (Columbia University branch).
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Joe Montana attended Waverly Elementary School, Finleyville Junior High, and Ringgold High School.
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Art "Hambone" Williams got his nickname because in junior high school someone yelled "hambone" and Williams turned around
A Michigan judge wrote a rap to support her reasons for dismissing a $1 million lawsuit filed against Eminem by an alleged junior high bully whom the rapper sought revenge against in song. - source
James Baldwin attended Frederick Douglas Junior High and studied poetry by Countee Cullen, a Harlem Renaissance poet and leading figure.
Charlotte's Web was banned at a junior high school in West Yorkshire, England, because all books featuring pigs could potentially offend the school’s Muslim students. The Muslim Council of Britain called it a "well-intentioned but misguided" policy and requested the ban be lifted.
In 2002 - contrary to popular belief at the time - a junior high student derived an equation that dispelled the myth that any piece of paper could only be folded in half 7 times - source
There was a show before "Saved By The Bell" called, "Good Morning, Miss Bliss", with Zach, Lisa, and Screech when they were in Junior high.
A study found that the odds of getting married or cohabiting before age 25 are at least 50% greater for men and women who were involved in a romantic relationship in their junior or senior year of high school than for those who were not
In 1957 a mid air collision over Pacoima Junior High killed 5 crew members, 3 children and injured 78. Missing that day was pop star Ritchie Valens. He developed an intense fear of flying and died in a plane crash 2 years later
The song Jump Around (House of Pain) features a it's famous high pitched squeal that repeats 66 times through the song. This was sampled from a sax fanfare 4 seconds into the Junior Walker and the All Stars track "Shoot Your Shot".
About Tami Maida, a junior varsity quarterback at Philomath High School in Philomath, Oregon, who in 1981 became the first quarterback to also become homecoming princess.
Adragon De Mello was the youngest college grad in US history at age 11. He later went back to junior high school and at 27 was working at Home Depot.
