Then, I took what we’ll call 'a very pungent delivery' and realized I started my period. When I went in, I hung my ginormous purse on the door lock. They also don't have anywhere to hang a purse. People in the seats can see in if it’s open. The doors are out of arm’s reach from the toilet, and the doors slide open widely. If you’ve never been on an Amtrak, the bathrooms had a sliding door that faces the first row of seats. I had a big, cross-body purse where I packed my glasses case and contacts, a book, wallet, emergency tampons, bandaids, snacks, etc. I had to wait another five minutes before my mom got to the school. 'To make it even better, the school crowd had just arrived, witnessing my bare ass. I didn’t realize my belt loop had gotten caught on one of the spokes and ripped off all of the fabric. I looked back to the fence, only to see the entire ass of my pants still hanging from the top. I soared off the fence, and it felt a little too breezy. I got up to the top of the fence, threw my backpack down to the other side, and decided how I wanted to land, so I didn’t hurt my ankles or anything. This was a day when the gate was still locked, but I had jumped it plenty of times. If you left class early to beat the crowd, sometimes the gate would still be locked because security hadn’t unlocked it yet. My mom would pick me up from outside the front gate.

When the bell rang, you wanted to get out of there ASAP so you didn’t get stuck in the crowd. 'I went to a pretty big high school with almost 5,000 students.

Most embarrassing moments at school