THE BEST THING ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL IN GOREE:20. You could say David Letterman has his Top Ten, but I'm from Goree and I have a Top Twenty.
19. The Converse basketball shoes we wore cost $5.98
18. You attended a donkey basketball game in this very gym.
17. You didn't have to have any acting skills to be in the junior or senior play.
16. You could go to Rhineland and sneak in and tour the Catholic Church at night.
15. You could climb the water tower and the night watchman would laugh at you because you got scared.
14. There were no wrestling classes.
13. The best day of school was when we had a fire drill and got to slide down the big slide.
12. You dated a Mogul, a Panther, a Greyhound or a Mustang at least once while you were in high school.
11. You wore an evening dress, not a formal, at the Halloween Coronation.
10. They didn't search your car -- if you had one -- for drugs.
9. You started to school after Labor Day.
8. You learned to type on a manual.
7. We thought there was only one language and it was Texan.
6. You knew Mrs. Moore would be your eighth grade teacher.
5. You got in trouble if you played hooky once a year.
4. You walked to school or rode a bus.
3. Text meant text books, not text messaging.
2. Your senior trip was the first time to travel out of Goree.
And the #1 best thing about growing up in Goree....
1. You could be the next homecoming speaker!
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