* You believe going to the far corner of the football field makes you invisible.
* A 1-1/2 hour commute seems like a reasonable thing.
* Playing bridge in the cafeteria is an acceptable thing to do between classes.
* You think Risk™ is a part of upper class curriculum.
* Thursday means shepherd’s pie and maple ice cream.
* You identify students by their parents’ careers (missionary, business, military, diplomat, etc.).
* You didn’t know that you should be carded to get into Byblos or Mugen.
* The library is a great place to take a nap.
* You enjoy being crammed in a train and fall asleep while standing up.
* A class size of 8-12 seems normal in high school.
* You have nightmares about missing class or passing Mr. Myers slide rule test.
* Behind the shrine is a great place to make-out and smoke cigarettes.
* You think modular scheduling means classes are optional.
* You have beers with teachers.
* An Anglo knows more Japanese than an Asian.
* You cannot eat a korokke without Bulldog Sauce.
* As one who lived closest to school, you were often chastised for tardiness by Mr. Collins who reminds you that some people commute 2-1/2 hours from Yokohama.
* You thought dropping eggs from the water tower was a core part of physics.
* Grading in math meant on a curve with Andy Rich.
* You have enough DOD friends to get into the Chofu PX at anytime.
* You speak Japanese while traveling to Mexico..
* Mr. Collins bums a cigarette from you behind the gym.
* Eating in the cafeteria meant playing bridge.
* You start and end your day behind the temple.
* You are no longer freaked out by tall paparazzi walking outside the school to photograph our Japanese pop star students (Minami Saori, Agnes Chan, Judy Ongg, etc.).
* You consider five languages in one sentence to be normal vocabulary.
* Three trains seems like a normal way to get to school.
* You know never to talk to a sleeping pop star in school.
* You know the rules for the Cardinal Puff card (and drinking) game on the Yamanote Line.