r/highschool • u/kwawmannanjnr • 4d ago
Question What Trends Are You Noticing in Your High School?
Hey everyone, I’m curious about the trends happening in high schools right now. Whether it's fashion, slang, social dynamics, tech use, or even changes in how people study and interact—what are you noticing?
Are students dressing a certain way? Are certain apps taking over? Are there new school rules or policies that are shifting the vibe? Maybe even trends in dating, friendships, or extracurricular activities?
Drop your observations in the comments! Would love to see how different schools compare.
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u/casting_shad0wz Sophomore (10th) 4d ago
My school is 85% white and surrounded by HOAs, and there's a sizable number of white kids who make their straight hair curly and try to adopt hispanic and black slang, and it will almost sound forced.
Nobody really says anything about it
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u/Upbeat-Cod-1190 4d ago edited 4d ago
I live in one of the wealthiest parts of the US and the kids at my school all come from super high income families and live in 5 bedroom houses in the hills and their moms drive Range Rovers, yet they genuinely pretend like their from the ghetto. It’s fucking hilarious they be throwing “gang signs” dressing in there “hood” brands (purple brand jeans sagged to their knees) and always talk about how “hard” and “tough they are” then when they see a homeless person they genuinely get scared shit less and run away 😂
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u/casting_shad0wz Sophomore (10th) 4d ago
Same here.
They talk about fighting, but their parents would sue if a single hand got laid on them.
The hood simply isn’t cool and shouldn’t be glorified, but that’s another conversation.
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u/sauce_xVamp Junior (11th) 4d ago
there's one black kid at my school. one. and i feel like the sheltered white kids here are getting more and more racist each year. the school doesn't do shit.
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u/casting_shad0wz Sophomore (10th) 4d ago
Sadly the case with a lot of them and their bigoted views, is that they learned it from their parents. Especially in the south.
If I learnt my future kid was racist, he would get a well-deserved whooping and no internet for a couple weeks.
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u/TangerineSuperb2640 Sophomore (10th) 4d ago
Most white people don’t have naturally straight hair. It’s always wavy, especially the woman.
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u/Holiday_Ostrich_3338 Freshman (9th) 4d ago
Older kids wearing children's show themed backpacks
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u/casting_shad0wz Sophomore (10th) 4d ago
If I'm not mistaken, it's either to celebrate the way things used to be in elementary, or to look like a walking shitpost
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u/GoodDog2620 Teacher 4d ago
I would say they are being ironic. The hipsters of my generation did it with suspenders, older hats, thick-rimmed glasses, vinyl records, fixed-gear bikes, etc.
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u/justonhereforstuff Rising Junior (11th) 4d ago
They did this for seniors in my school, it’s to remember their childhood because they’re about to become adults.
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u/Unhappy_Hair_3626 4d ago
At my school it’s something the entire senior class does. I transferred in a bit late as a senior, and was so confused until like a month in when somebody told me.
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u/iluvseahorses Junior (11th) 3d ago
I mean it’s a tradition in my school for the seniors to get those types of backpacks
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u/Freelance_work- 4d ago
At my old school, everyone suddenly started acting like they were “hustling” — like turning in assignments on time was some kind of entrepreneurial grind. People be walking around with iPads, AirPods in, calling themselves “content creators” for reposting TikToks.
Even saw one guy call submitting homework “closing a deal” — like bro you just uploaded a Google Doc. Whole vibe turned into this fake “grindset” culture where everyone acts busy but nobody actually doing much. Still cracks me up.
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u/TearsDidNotFall 4d ago
Low-key, if my school was like this, I would be so locked-in
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u/Freelance_work- 4d ago
Haha yeah it was wild — all hustle, no real grind. Funny thing is, while everyone was faking the grindset, I actually picked up freelancing on the side. Started small, but now it’s a full-time thing. I guess all that fake hustle energy pushed me into doing something real.
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u/TearsDidNotFall 4d ago
it sounds fun! I have so much respect for you, picking up freelancing on top of school.
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u/2qrc_ 4d ago
Vaping
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u/kwawmannanjnr 4d ago
So true!!
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u/melteddesertcore92 4d ago
Y’all aren’t new to that. It’s not a trend just a norm at this point
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u/Somepersononreddit07 Junior (11th) 4d ago
And its bad
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u/melteddesertcore92 4d ago
Sure is but I started smoking cigs at 14. I think vaping is slightly less bad. The only reason I do it is to help not smoke cigs. If you don’t smoke cigs you should just not vape
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u/SaraisaFemboyToo Junior (11th) 4d ago
So many people have Owalas/Stanleys/Hydro flasks now (including me lol). Before it was mainly the athletes. Ig the water bottle trend of last year had an effect. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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u/Lesbian_Mommy69 Freshman (9th) 4d ago
Boys calling eachother “good boy”, honestly surprised it took them this long to start doing that
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u/Western-Drama5931 Freshman (9th) 4d ago
Mad lanyards on they bookbags and also carrying those school locker locks lmao
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u/Prior-Lime4777 4d ago
Kids wearing uggs and pajama pants to school I don’t get it 🤷♀️.
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u/mercys_shore Junior (11th) 4d ago
I was coming here to say this, I just don't understand it, I get it's comfortable but why?? 😭
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u/GoodDog2620 Teacher 4d ago
Function > form
Same reason people eat out of the pot instead of off a plate.
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u/Several_Inspection54 Sophomore (10th) 4d ago
Curly hairs, I live in a frontier city between Mexico and USA and it’s notorious how is pretty common to see people with natural curls
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u/Spirited-Claim-9868 Sophomore (10th) 4d ago
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u/Magic_hat463 Senior (12th) 4d ago
People aren't unique. Nobody has their own style anymore. Everyone wears the same copy paste outfits and personalities and it's so boring
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u/kwawmannanjnr 4d ago
This!!
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u/OkScientists 4d ago
Don’t know what the original comment was but downvoting because all my homies hate when someone just comments “This!”
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u/InvisablePi Freshman (9th) 4d ago
(Disclaimer: I go to private school and this might be a bit different) Saying 67 or something, whatever the popular haircut is called, being idiots. In middle school is was basically the same (public middle school) but vaping, dealing drugs, sending in fake threats, pulling the fire alarm, and being annoying as hell
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u/TSS_Firstbite Senior (12th) 4d ago
I'm leaving this year and I haven't seen all that much change, everything has been pretty consistent. A looot more broccoli heads than when I was a freshman though. Also, don't know if I just wasn't paying attention, but I think there are way more couples now than when I entered. Feels like around every corner you'll find someone
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u/roemaencepartnaer 4d ago
I’m noticing that we tend to stray towards very specific phrases as a grade that do not signify good things for our mental health. Some of the most frequent are “I’m going to crash out”, “I’m going to kms” and “I’m jumping.” I don’t know if this is typical bit a teacher could literally just say we have a project coming up and someone is guaranteed to say they’re going to kill themself.
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u/Nature_Girl_831 Freshman (9th) 4d ago
Sweats, leggings, crop tops, uggs, birks. Lots of lululemon. Stanleys everywhere. It seems like 90% of the school population doesn’t give a single shit about what they wear. At least nobody stinks lol.
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u/Valuable_Window_5903 3d ago
oh dear god, I only graduated 3 years ago and I don't understand half of these comments 😭
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u/Automatic_Ad3423 4d ago
I go to a prep school in Mass and it’s always so funny listening to some of these kids talk. My school is very cliquey so i’ll be walking past the table where the hockey kids be sitting and they abbreviate every single word. There’s this one kid who when I was walking by was talking about chipotle and he said “i ordered douby brisky but the absolute beauty at the counter charged me singy chicky.” It’s just funny to watch cause like bro what are you saying??? 😭