What Highschool musical has taught us

High school cafeterias are vast and spacious, leaving plenty of room to spontaneously break into song and dance, and are in no way packed, crowded or uncomfortable.

It's completely acceptable for the female drama teacher to walk into the male changing room where her young male students are showering.

A white, 5'9" junior is the best high school basketball player in the state of New Mexico.

In school hallways they put up really big posters of the most popular boy in school so that obsessed girls can sing to it

It's okay to practice incest if you're acting.

Students are allowed to work with chemicals unsupervised.

Everyone has a secret, and they have practiced to tell everyone about it...in perfect harmony...while dancing...through the medium of song...

In high school, you only have class once a day and it's only about 10 minutes long. For the rest of the day you can sing, dance, play basketball, make/foil plans, and hide out in secret gardens as much as you want.

Teenaged couples only sing when they're alone together. Nothing more, nothing less.

Parents do not teach their children that it's okay to be yourself, only pop songs can do that.

Singing and dancing in the hallways is outstandingly normal.

If you're the new kid in school, no one is allowed to look at you

If you audition for a school play, you send the entire school into pandemonium.

Some high schools only have 5 adults on campus. That's how the students get away with dancing in the halls.

When you're in love with a stranger, you can memorise lyrics at the drop of a hat.

If you're a stressed jock, you need only to go to the school gardens and sing... nobody will find you or pick on you.

If you love a girl enough, breaking and entering into her room is not considered a problem.

You have to take the bus to school even if your father works there.

Warning bells can be easily mistaken for cell phones.

Only fat girls like to pop, lock and drop it.

All stage fright can be cured by the saying “like kindergarten”

You WILL stick to the status quo and if you do not then the entire student body of your school will sing to you until you agree to do so.

Students in high school don't need backpacks... or books for that matter.

No one will find it weird that you're singing a sexual song to your sibling.

If a girl hates you then the way to win her love is to climb up her balcony while she remains oblivious in her bedroom.

People keep outfits in their lockers in case of any nacho-related incidents in the cafeteria.

All fathers with sons in sports are oblivious to their sons's other needs and desires.

Teachers from different departments always hate each other.

If you make good cookies, people fall in love with you.

A high school can produce 17 musicals in a span of two years.

Singing absolves a person of any bad thing they've done.

An entire school's network can be crippled by the push of a button.

Chilli cheese fries and milk are a substantial meal.

The very best way to condemn your friend for singing is to break out into a song yourself.


And from the sequel :)



If you wish to show your inability or dislike for dancing, it's perfectly reasonable to break out in a dance number...

If your love is strong enough, fireworks will go off, and lanterns will fly away as you and your boyfriend kiss.

Your friends are not real people and should always be addressed by the name of their school mascot.

You can be a chef, lifeguard, or golf assistant...no experience needed!

A guy can never wear too much bronzer.

The phrase "more moves than an octopus in a wrestling match" is something that can be used in everyday conversation

There are two bells that get you out of school. The first one tells you to start singing and dancing, the second announces you should stop.

Even though its the last day of school, its ok to leave stuff in the locker for the summer.
Pianos can float now.

If you're upset, just run through a golf course, jumping and spinning, while singing "Bet on it"...you won't fall at any point, and no one will stop and think "what the hell?" .

You can send telepathic messages to your mom to tell her to pick you up just as you're finishing your breakup song with your boyfriend.

A resort can be highly successful when there are more employees than guests.

It is now possible to hire an entire high school to be the staff at an upscale country club.

Being a teenage paparazzi at school and taking multiple pictures of the same two people is not weird or creepy in any way

It is okay to try to grope your girlfriend if she's leaving you, even though you have never kissed before.

When you frolic with your girlfriend in the golf course, you get in trouble. When you frolic by yourself and sing, nothing happens.

It IS possible to have any object in the world come in pink & engraved with your initials.

If you are the basketball star of your school, you can get yourself, as well as the rest of the school, summer jobs.

Tiffany’s makes hair bands

When your girlfriend breaks up with you and gives your necklace back, she obviously will somehow emerge out of a crowd wearing it again and singing.

Clocks get bigger if you stare at them and chant "summer"

You can be a male theater geek who wears sparkly hats and pink shirts, without any of the jocks who you kind of hang out with questioning your sexuality.

It is now acceptable to throw grapes at your girlfriends face.

It is not at all pompous to give your girlfriend a necklace with your initial on it.

The high school marching band is on call 24/7 for spontaneous musical numbers.

When you're frustrated with your personal life at work, just take off your shirt and shoot some baskets. Your boss won't mind.

Not telling your girlfriend about your new dress shoes you got from your boss, clearly is a reason for her to be concerned and question your relationship.

On the last day of school, it is perfectly normal to chant "summer" like a cult.

It is worth risking your relationship with your friends and girlfriend for a college that closed down in 1986.