34 Middle School Memories Only Zillennials Will Understand
Late '90s and early '00s babies, this one's for you!
1. Graphic t-shirts

Those name-brand clothes were such a flex. If your shirt said Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, or Aéropostale, you felt like the baddest bitch in town.
3. Silly Bandz

OMG, did Trey give you his elephant silly band? You two are totally dating now!
4. Scrimmage jerseys

These things probably got washed once a year and always smelled like pubescent sweat paired with notes of musty storage closet.
5. LG EnV3

Admit it, you wanted this phone. Look at that beautiful keyboard! No more T9 for you, baby!
6. The cafeteria

I can smell this picture. I can still feel the lower back pain from those seats. This is so visceral.
7. Braces

Nothing boosts that prepubescent self-confidence quite like being called "train tracks" or "metal mouth" every day! Bonus points to my troopers who also had those horrible rubber bands clamping your jaw shut. Wasn't it just delightful when they'd snap right on your lip?
8. Those kids who were way too obsessed with Glee

Literally me.
9. Sex Ed

I'll bet some guys wish they'd studied those female reproductive diagrams a little harder! Also, stop with the "abstinence only" bullshit, okay?
10. AXE

Nothing screams "I need a shower, but I have Social Studies in three minutes!" quite like this smell.
11. "I love boobies" bracelets

Brad, Chad, and Chase wore these to school simply because of the word "boobies."
12. Blue eyeliner

We really thought we were doing something when we caked blue eyeliner on our bottom lids, huh? Ironically, we could probably all rock this look now.
14. PINK

How to spot a popular girl: Is she wearing yoga pants? Does her sweatshirt say PINK? Does she smell like bubble gum and secrets?
15. Kickball

Does this trigger your fight or flight response?
16. Bath & Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom perfume

The entire locker room was actually just a cloud of this stuff.
17. Mustache print

Remember when it was cool to draw a mustache on the inside of your index finger and pose for pictures with it? What the fuck was that?
18. Dances

Why were we dancing to "Bed Rock" and "Bottoms Up" and why do I still know all the words?
19. Combination locks

What's my combination? Why won't it open? Am I going to be late for Spanish? HELP!
20. Picnik

Sometimes your newest Facebook selfie just really needed a glitter border and 11 heart stickers, okay?
21. School lunches
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Only the best for our developing bodies!
22. The beginning of One Direction

The start of a beautiful era.
23. Infinity scarves

What better way to dress up a school hoodie than with a chevron infinity scarf?
24. These little butt-scooter things

It was all fun and games until you inevitably ran over all your fingers.
25. Overhead projectors

More advanced than the humble chalkboard, yet not quite as evolved as Google Slides.
27. The Twilight fandom

Did your school have those kids who pretended to be vampires after reading and/or watching Twilight? Are they okay now?
29. Charlie the Unicorn

"CANDY MOUNTAIN, CHARLIE!" Admit it, you can absolutely hear this picture.
30. UGG boots

Bonus points if you hid your phone in your shoe so you could text in class!
31. Colorful Duck Tape

Why was it cool to have patterned duck tape? Why did we all want duck tape wallets? What was that?
32. Wearing mismatched socks

Middle schoolers love to express themselves, and what better way to do so than by wearing neon socks that don't match? It's not a phase, Mom!
33. Crimped hair

We didn't even look this good, tbh.
And finally...
34. Bill Nye the Science Guy

Everyone's favorite day in science class!