High School

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Fox's hysterical new comedy captures the countless absurdities of high school show choir -- and so much more.
  • My mother is crazy -- what can I do?

    She has persecution complexes and paranoia, which is why she won't see a doctor!
  • High on high school

    In HBO's imported Australian hit "Summer Heights High," comedian Chris Lilley tackles high school in all of its absurd, disturbing glory.
  • Smells like middle-aged spirit

    Your 20th high school reunion is a reminder that you actually can go home again. But as you suck in your gut, ask yourself this: Do you want to?
  • The real world: Iraq

    In the HBO documentary "Baghdad High," four high schoolers film their lives in a war zone.
  • I'm going to feel like a loser at my high-school reunion

    One chum is working on a cure for cancer; one has started his own political party. All this overachieving is giving me status anxiety.
  • I'm 17 and I can't figure things out

    I don't know what my friends are talking about, and I don't know what my problem is.
  • 15 years ago I said something offensive and now I want to apologize

    Something slipped out of my mouth in junior high and it has bothered me all this time. Is it too late?
  • The real high-school musical

    Forget Zac Efron and his singing, dancing friends. These real, live high-school musical videos deserve a standing ovation.
  • I'm a doubting teenager

    My experience contradicts what I have been taught. I feel guilty and alone.
  • Maternity leave ... from math class?

    Denver school board considers family-friendlier policy for pregnant students.
  • What teen girls are made of

    In their own dark and funny words, four teenage girls tell us everything we need to know about sex, parents and gym class.
  • My girlfriend's daughter is dressing like a stripper for Halloween!

    I'm disturbed to see this 16-year-old girl pretending to be a slut!
  • A prom to remember

    Audiofile reveals the perfect songs for a high schooler's big night.
  • Bright lights, big pity

    The low-rated but brilliant drama "Friday Night Lights" needs a Hail Mary pass from NBC if it's going to see a second season.
  • Big man on campus

    Author Jeremy Iversen went undercover as a high school student. The experience taught him about text messaging and steroids -- and the failures of U.S. education policy.
  • I don't want my husband at my high school reunion

    I'm not ashamed of him, but I think he'll be bored and make me nervous.
  • My high school yearbook staff are all slackers and idiots

    I asked the director if I could get rid of them, but it looks like I'll be editing a pack of morons.
  • I'm having trouble with my high school friend

    My best friend since seventh grade is acting weird and I don't know what to do.
  • Classroom confidential

    Following a number of high-profile sex abuse scandals, high schools across the country have begun carefully policing teacher-student relationships. But is this new vigilance keeping the most committed teachers from doing their best?
  • The great debate

    At the world championships of high school debate, teenage Demosthenes spouted off about sex, politics and house parties.
  • Coach

    Afraid he'd blow it, my ex-husband didn't want to coach our daughter. He changed his mind -- and we all won.
  • Abstinence pledges suck -- literally

    As news spreads that teens who pledge chastity have lots more kinky sex, millions of aging boomers ask: Where was Bush when I was in high school?
  • Sex ed as art film

    A new series about sex -- on Showtime this weekend -- dares to make movies for teens by teens.
  • When the drug war invades the chess club

    ACLU lawyer Graham Boyd discusses the impact of Thursday's Supreme Court decision to allow drug testing of students who participate in extracurricular school activities.
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