High School:
Laura: Cypress Falls High School
Daniel: Coppell High School & Kingwood High School. I moved from Coppell to Kingwood 3 weeks into my 11th grade year. It was a really quick thing. My dad was offered a job in Houston 2 weeks into the school year. Instead of waiting for the end of a semester I decided to move as quick as possible so I could have a longer time in Kingwood to make friends. I didn't even get to tell many people I was moving. I ran into some of my friends from Coppell in college and they were astonished at seeing me as they thought I had died or something.
1. Did you date someone from your high school:
Laura: Most guys were at a different high schools but I dated one guy my senior year and he was actually already in college but had gone to high school with me.
Daniel: Dates, yes. Dated, no. My girlfriend in high school went to the rival school, Humble High.
2. What kind of car did you drive?
Laura: 98 silver Honda Civic
Daniel: 97 Mazda 626
3. What is your most embarrassing moment in high school?:
Laura: I was a cheerleader in high school and we were at a pep rally. I did a tumbling pass and slipped on the floor afterwards and went sliding across the gym floor on my butt. I heard everyone gasp all at the same time. And to make matters worse...my dad has it all on camera.
Daniel: 9th and 10 grade, all of it, then luckily puberty ended.
4. Were you a party animal?:
Laura: Well I wouldn't consider myself one but I did go to a few parties in my day.
Daniel: What do you think?
5. Were you considered a flirt?:
Laura: No I don't believe so
Daniel: 9th and 10th, no. 11th and 12th, yes.
6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?:
Laura: I was in choir my freshman year
Daniel: Band for 1 1/2 years...9th and 1/2 of 10 grade. Stunk so bad I got moved from Trumpet to baritone, and then quit. It was band that made me realize that it's okay to be a quitter sometimes. That's about all I got from it. I probably would have gotten more out of it if I had practices more than 10 minutes in 2 years.
7. Were you a nerd?
Laura: Not really
Daniel: Duh! Graduated 7th out of 836. I was 3rd out of 400 in Coppell and was the only white person and only male in the top ten (everyone else were asian females). But let me make one thing clear. I wasn't the annoying nerd that answered every question and sat in front of the class. I blew the curves off of the tests, but I also sat in the back and never rose my hand or volunteered an answer unless the teacher asked. Being a nerd was bad enough, being known as a nerd would have been even worse.
8. Were you on any varsity teams?
Laura: Yes...cheerleading varsity for two years.
Daniel: HA! no...
9. Did you get suspended/expelled?
Laura: No way...I never got in trouble. But there was this one time where almost all the cheerleaders were going to get expelled for something we didn't even do. I don't think our principle liked us and she was this little old old lady. We had gone into the boys locker room to decorate for homecoming and we left some of the wall paint in there. So some of the guys went in and sprayed gang related symbols on the wall and curse words. Our principle didn't believe us (like we would even know the gang symbols) and called us into her office. Luckily one of the girls on the squad had a dad that was a really good lawyer and he was threatening to sue and so they backed down.
Daniel: Ditto Laura (except the whole cheerleading story). Never even had detention. I can remember getting called into the principal's office to have my picture taken for the paper and being surpised that they actually knew my name because I had never spoken to them.
10. Can you still sing the fight song? :
Laura: Somewhat but I still know the dance to it. But I should because I had to do it a million times.
Daniel: Do high schools even have fight songs? I'm sure it was "Hail to the victors" or some other generic ripped off college song. I remember playing it in band at the football games the few times we actually scored in Coppell. I have absolutely no idea what Kingwood's was.
11. Who were your favorite teachers? :
Laura: Oh gosh I had a ton. My tops favorites were Mrs. Featherstone (I was also her teacher assistant my senior year), Mrs. Whinery, Mrs. Berkelbach, and Mrs. Turner.
Daniel: I don't think I can remember a single teacher's name (except the 1 I didn't like, Ms. Finley). She was a die hard feminist English teacher and I was one of 3 boys in her class. She and the girls in the G/T class started the NBA book club (No Boys Allowed...yes I'm serious). Every paper I got a mid to high B (horrible for me) where it was all the "teacher's discretion" but I got 99 or 100's on every test where she couldn't let her "discretion" prejudice against me for being a guy. Back to the question, I did like my physics teacher. She was a very nice lady who nominated me to be a NASA scholar.
12. Where did you sit during lunch?:
Laura: at a table in the cafeteria with my friends
Daniel: 9th and 10th grade - with the other uber-nerds. 11th and 12th, with about 10 girls.
13. School Mascot?
Laura: Golden Eagle
Daniel: Coppell Cowboys and Kingwood Mustangs
14. Did you go to homecoming and with who?
Laura: As a cheerleader, we were required to go because we were in charge of it. So as a Sophomore, I just went with all of my girlfriends. Junior year I went with Marc Abraham and Senior year I went with Jeremy Hoffman.
Daniel: Yes. Stacy and Candace (different years of course, not at the same time).
15. If you could go back and do it again, would you?
Laura: Yeah I probably would....
Daniel: If I could have the confidence I have now, yes. If not, I'd rather stick dirty socks down my throat.
16. What do you remember most about graduation
Laura: I don't remember much about graduation other than it was boring.
Daniel: I slept through it all. The top ten students went first...then the rest of the 850+ students. However, I was awake for our psychotic valedictorian's speech where she basically ripped on everyone that wasn't as smart as she was. It was hilarious. She was the epitome of nerdiness.
17. Where did you go senior skip day
Laura: My girlfriends and I went shopping. I remember driving around in her BMW singing Jessica Simpson at the top of our lungs.
Daniel: Doubtful I skipped. I think I had an AP test that day. Plus my senior year, I got out of school at noon anyway.
18. Have you gained weight since then
Laura: No I have actually lost weight. My fingers are an entire size smaller and I weigh about 10 lbs less.
Daniel: I'm probably about at my high school weight after losing 30 pounds in Japan (1/5 my entire weight).
19. Who was your prom date?
Laura: Dustin
Daniel: Kelly
20. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion?
Laura: My gosh that isn't too far away...ahhhhh! At this time I will say that I will probably end up going. I still keep in touch with all my close friends but there are some that I wouldn't mind seeing.
Daniel: Not if my life depended on it. (I wouldn't even be typing this if Laura didn't have me at gunpoint). I was never really go friends with my people in my grade. They were always older or younger.
21. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself?
Laura: To be a little more outgoing.
Daniel: Ditto. I'd go back and do it all like my senior year and not worry about how many clubs or extracurricular activities I was in. Just hang out with friends and get my school work done.
