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The awkward moment when juniors Katie Woods and Hannah Ellefritz get their backpacks tangled

Awkward moments are happening all around you. Let’s face it: it’s high school. Here are just a few of those awfully uncomfortable moments we can all relate to. Don’t deny it; it’s happened.

The Awkward Moment (At School) When…

You try to put your feet on the cage in front of you and it’s not there and you fall.

You’re eating carrots or crunchy food and you wonder if your chewing is as loud to everyone else as it is to you.

You’re shaking your leg and your whole row of desks notices.

Someone coughs and you say, “Bless you.”

Your backpack gets caught on a stranger in the hallway.

You get called on by the teacher and say, “I wasn’t raising my hand,” and then the teacher says, “I know.”

You can’t find your friends during lunch or brunch so you go to the bathroom.

You wave at someone in the hallway and he or she doesn’t wave back.

Someone has his or her headphones in and can’t hear you talking to him or her.

Two people are talking in the classroom and everyone waits for them to finish.

Someone leans back on your desk and gets his or her hair in your face or knocks your water bottle off your desk.

Everyone’s talking but as soon as you say something weird the class gets quiet.

The teacher thinks you’re texting but you’re actually just looking down at your shirt.

You trip over peoples’ backpacks trying to get through the row of desks.

You have to blow your nose but it’s silent in the classroom.

You have to hold in a sneeze and end up making a weird noise.

You take a deep breath and it sounds like a moan.

Your teacher calls on you to give an answer and you have to finish chewing your food before you can speak.

Your eyes are wandering around the classroom and you accidentally lock eyes with someone.

A phone rings in your class and you know it’s yours but you don’t want to turn it off.

You get to your desk and someone is sitting there.

You’re making a weird face at a friend across the room and somebody else thinks you’re making it at him or her.

You can’t figure out if someone is waving at you or wants a high five.

You say bye to somebody and then end up walking in the same direction.

You come to school and your arch enemy is wearing the same shirt as you.

You’re waiting at a teacher’s desk and he or she is finishing something so you just stand waiting there for a lifetime.

Something funny happens in class, everyone laughs, and then ten minutes later you’re still laughing.

Someone is complaining about how badly he or she did on a test but you did much worse.

You get to your seat and it’s still warm.

Have you experienced any more awkward moments? Comment below!