I moved away from home at 16 to attend a residential high school, the SC Governor's School for Science and Math. It's one of Newsweek's 17 public elite US high schools. 80% of the faculty have doctorates, 23 of the 65 members of my graduating class were National Merit Scholars. With *ALL* the thought they put into this school, no one realized that their acronym would be GSSM. Because, surely brilliant 16-18 year olds won't think THAT'S funny =/ - FFing Enigma from Bookmarklet

Hehehe... GSSM... - Johnny

Stupid Blogger, my ass! Just being humble I suppose. - Tinfoil 2.0

It's irony, dammit! - FFing Enigma

GSSM makes you happy? Sorry, I couldn't resist!!! - FFing Enigma

Tina... OK it's driving me insane. Since no one else has said it... I think its funny cause the acronym would have a strong emphasis on the first two letters, forming a 'J' sound... - Johnny

EXACTLY!!! And even if it's supposed to be G.S.S.M., it's a bunch teenagers. How ELSE are they gonna say it?!? - FFing Enigma

... Horay! Now does this make me smart or just dirty minded... hmm... Maybe I need a few years worth of GSSM to work it out... - Johnny

Hey Tina, one more thing we have in common!! I went to the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS or (MS)^2 as we geeks called it). Our acronym wasn't quite as funny as yours, I guess! :) - Lindsay

That's awesome, Lindsay! Was your school residential as well? I know the NC governor's school is residential but I'm not sure about some of the others across the country. - FFing Enigma

Yeah, it was residential, basically college with more classes (21 hours was the minimum you could take a semester... one semester I took 32 and nearly killed myself) and not as much of the fun. I was 18 most of my senior year and was REALLY fed up with curfews and such. I learned a lot about how to take care of myself and cover my tracks. ;) - Lindsay

Alabama School of Math & Science here. Lived there two years, met my wife there. We were '99 and '00 respectively. - Daniel J. Pritchett from fftogo

You make me feel old, Daniel. :) I was class of '94. Met Tad while I was there, but not in person... I didn't meet him offline till '95. - Lindsay

asms graduated its first class in 93. My 10 yr reunion is next summer! - Daniel J. Pritchett from fftogo

Class of 96 here, and GSSM is a 2 year residential. Ours was setup with a January mini-mester where you took one class for 3 weeks, which I loved. My first semester senior year was crazy busy because I had two night labs, so I'd be in classes 8a until 9 or 10p couple days a week. I got to college and 4 classes a semester seemed like a joke... - FFing Enigma