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Date Posted: 20:43:04 09/03/01 Mon
Author: gina
Subject: Bop Article

From Bop - September 2001

Walk the Halls with 'NSYNC

Believe it or not, there was a time when the boys of
'NSYNC were not the fabulous celebrities they are
today, but rather just normal dudes with grades and
teachers to contend with. The high school years are
tough for everyone and the fab five are no exception
to that rule. Read on as they dish with us about
their high school memories...good and bad!

What subjects were you best at in school?
Lance: I loved physics and chemistry.
Joey: Drama and chorus. By my senior year, I had all
these extracurricular activities, so almost the whole
year, I was never in school because there was always a
field trip for something to get out of class.
Chris: English and reading were my favorites, but I
was best in math, which I hated. I knew if I
understood it, I would be a math genius, but there's
no imagination to it and there's no leeway. Math
stops kids from using their imaginations, whereas when
you write an essay, you can do just about anything.
And you can argue a C, but in math, if you don't have
that number at the bottom of your paper, you're
wrong...and that kills kids.

What's a life lesson that you learned in your teens?
Joey: "Don't touch that, it's hot!" Or, "Go inside
and get in your room!"
Justin: Don't eat yellow snow. I'm still
experimenting with that.
JC: As cheesy as it sounds, always be honest.
Sometimes when you're in a bad situation, it's really
easy to lie your way out. But even though it might
hurt in the beginning, it's so much better to be
honest in the long run. That pertains to every
situation in life. When it comes to relationships or
business, if you cover things up with a white lie, it
will come back to haunt you, no matter what you do.
Lance: I think the thing I learned was that your
parents are always right, and it was so hard to come
to grips with that. But they really do know
everything. I mean, I'm on the road 24/7, and my mom
knows everything I do. For some reason, she finds out
or just knows. I don't know how she does it.
Chris: I learned a lot of life lessons, mostly stupid
things about girls.

Is there anything you studied in school that has
proven useful now?
Joey: PE, lunch, chorus, drama - I use all that stuff.
Dance, I studied ballet and tap. I use that, too.
Lance: I was on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and
there was a question I learned in school - that was
all worth it. Those four years, all for that one
question.
JC: I have no idea. I mean, you take a little bit of
everything. I learned a lot in English; I learned a
lot in math. Whether you realize it or not, you use
certain things all the time.
Justin: Arithmetic.
Chris: Nope! Oh, wait, I take that back, I learned how
to bean a kid running from second to third. We used
to practice, standing by home plate.

What are some school memories that really stand out
for you guys?
Justin: I still remember the first day of school from
each year I went back. The school always had that
certain smell to it. I hated school; it's a horrible
thing. The funny thing is, you're not looking forward
to it at all, but there's something exciting about it
for some reason.
Chris: I remember the last day of school. My friends
and I would go camping. But I hated that one
smart-aleck teacher who thought he would be the
coolest teacher, and you would talk about him if he
gave you homework the first day of school. What a
joke! He'd be like, 'I want you to read the chapter
and do the question at the end of the chapter,' and
then, by the end of the year, he didn't even know what
he was talking about. Nobody paid attention; he just
wanted to come off as a hard teacher.

What was the most embarrassing thing that happened to
you in high school?
JC: That was such an awkward time. In ninth grade, my
body just did not catch up with my brain.
Joey: When I was younger, I chipped my front tooth and
I had a bond on it. I was swinging this wood stick
around in dance class and I whacked it. I looked at
it and it was chipped and I was like, 'Oh that's cool,
I can get that fixed.' But then I looked and the
tooth next to it had split and the facing was off. So
I started cursing, yelling and screaming and the
teacher was like, 'Cursing isn't going to do
anything.' I had to walk around school the rest of
the day looking like a redneck. I couldn't smile.

The album that got you through high school
Lance: No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom was such a huge album
in high school. It reminded me of graduating and all
that stuff. I was into a lot of alternative bands,
like Silverchair and all.
Joey: I listened to a lot of Boyz II Men, believe it
or not.
Chris: Def Leppard's Hysteria.
Justin: Believe it or not, Nirvana's Nevermind.
That's a good album. And I listened to hip-hop
through high school. The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride II
The Pharcyde was a great hip-hop record.
JC: There's a couple; I listened to so much crap. The
Red Hot Chili Peppers helped me out from 15 and 18.
Chris: Don't lie, it was MC Hammer.
JC: MC Hammer was when I was in seventh grade for a
quick minute. I had my Hammer pants. That was the
first concert I ever when to. The album that got me
through high school was probably the Chili Peppers'
Blood Sugar Sex Magik and some of the Brand New
Heavies' stuff.

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