Buzz·Posted on Apr 15, 201527 Things People Who Went To High School In Texas Will UnderstandNo, you didn't ride a horse to school.by Javier MorenoBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Regardless of where you went to school, football fever was a very real thing. View this photo on Instagram 2. Which was great, because pep rallies were an excuse to get out early and show some school spirit. View this photo on Instagram 3. And homecoming week meant mums GALORE, along with the nonstop sound of cowbells in the hall. View this photo on Instagram 4. Whataburger was your go-to spot to eat after school... View this photo on Instagram 5. ...and you or one of your friends stole an order number every single time you went. View this photo on Instagram 6. If it wasn't Whataburger, you went to Sonic for its happy hour drink special. View this photo on Instagram 7. And if you were at a rural Sonic, seeing horses at the drive-thru wasn't totally out of the ordinary. View this photo on Instagram 8. You looked forward to spring break, because it usually fell around the same time as the livestock show and rodeo. View this photo on Instagram 9. Or you were one of the kids who went to Port A or South Padre Island before you were in college. View this photo on Instagram 10. STAAR testing was literally the worst part of the entire year. View this photo on Instagram 11. If you lived in a big city, you probably hit up a club downtown for teen night. 12. And if you lived in a smaller town, cruising was a perfectly acceptable weekend activity. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 13. Chances are, you've heard the "horse to school" joke at least a thousand times. Sorry, I'm Texan @SorryImTexan If I had a dime for every time I’ve been asked this.. 06:32 PM - 08 Apr 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite And it wasn't funny the first 999 times you heard it either. 14. If you earned a letterman, you better believe you wore it with pride. View this photo on Instagram 15. And the sight of a blue corduroy jacket will forever remind you of FFA. View this photo on Instagram 16. Oh, and if you were involved in any extracurricular activity, you better believe your parents put a sign in the yard to let everyone know. 17. Regardless of where you went to school, chances are there were more than a few trucks in your school parking lot. View this photo on Instagram 18. When you started classes in August, the heat was still beyond unbearable. Pete Delkus @wfaaweather A Heat Advisory is in effect for much of N Texas through 7:00 PM Friday. Stay hydrated, check on kids & neighbors. 11:38 PM - 01 Aug 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite They have snow days up north, but can Texas get some heat days? 19. And the rest of the year, you had no idea on how to dress for school, because Texas weather is as unpredictable as it gets. 20. If you played sports, you knew that freshman initiation was a very real and scary thing. 21. At some point in your scholastic career, you've taken a class field trip to the Alamo. View this photo on Instagram 22. And there was always some kind of club selling candies at school to raise money for those trips. View this photo on Instagram 23. You've seen your share of senior pictures in a field of bluebonnets. 24. Whether your school was in the city or country, there was definitely a cowboy clique. View this photo on Instagram 25. Most school dances included some version of the "Boot Scootin' Boogie." View this photo on Instagram 26. And prom was the one dance you looked forward to the most. View this photo on Instagram 27. So even though you knew that in many ways, your education was unique... Sorry, I'm Texan @SorryImTexan We have high school football stadiums bigger than the state of Rhode Island 09:15 PM - 17 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite ...your high school experience was bigger and better because it was in Texas. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF