julien talks about his middle school experience

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[@annatrupiano9351]

i feel like julien was that one kid who was kinda weird but also was literally good at everything

[@avocado8137]

And that was me

[@catparoline391]

I don't trust anyone who actually liked middle school

[@giginoelani5880]

My only friend who enjoyed middle school was homeschooled 😂

[@Cakeontheroof]

amen

[@okitsjada1458]

i don’t trust people who liked school in general. all those years were the absolute worst for me.

[@cherrybomb2436]

@@giginoelani5880 I enjoyed middle school and was homeschooled 😂

[@KitCat898]

Same!

[@juliannab8322]

Imagine having to swim in front of people during peak puberty oh no

[@beckycouture6511]

It sucked. Every summer, me and my entire middle school would go to the outdoor pool every morning and it was the worst.

[@jenevans9004]

Ahh all girls school. Blessing and a curse

[@breneal1307]

i did in 10th grade omg so annoying when it was first period then u gotta go through the whole day with ur hair wet n smelling like chlorine

[@jeannebraun367]

Had swimming lessons twice a week for a whole year. Best part was when the teacher had the brilliant idea to film everyone while swimming and later watch the video in class and to have everyone pick apart each kids swimming technique individually. Noped out of that shit real fast. I was unfortunately sick right that day. What a bummer.

[@splashmanjr]

Y’all weak, I been swimming competitively since I was 6

[@TheEmilyxx99]

"yeah i went to a school dance in my gym clothes and ill do it again" JULIEN STOP I THINK ABT THAT POOR GIRL ALL THE TIME

[@justaestheticart5708]

Hahahah

[@zachw9065]

I really like these discussion highlights

[@pninasimmer5723]

Same I don't use twitch

[@watchwisteriagrow]

Same!! I can't watch the streams live, but I love hearing his chats.

[@morganquinn716]

When he said “getting fake asked out” that hit my heart lol

[@laurenthomas7464]

My therapist calls middle school the nuclear war zone of life and IT IS SO TRUE

[@KTdesign1]

I want your therapist pls LOL

[@maggotst.pierre2361]

The fact that adults that have literally went through the same shit put you through these extremely unnerving and scarring situations says something about certain teachers. Some of them may have been a bit psychopathic lol

[@Flyingbananal]

In high school, for freshman, there was a rumor that the pool was on the 3rd floor. There were only 2 floors lol

[@scenepunk09]

There was a secret floor underground! Lol

[@dalial0pez]

I feel like this was every HS! We didn’t even have a pool (went to the middle school for swimming) yet freshmen still believed it!

[@rey1185]

same for my hs but there was literally only 1 floor 💀

[@Krista2882]

haha we did that at my high school too (except not only did we not have a 3rd floor, but we also didn't have a pool), and I graduated in 2000

[@chloerene7858]

I really see Julien becoming big (more than he already is) on Twitch. He has been killing it with the streams lately and I can tell he enjoys it and is putting a lot of effort in!

[@pinkllama16]

Why does Julien look like Sportacus

[@FallenDivaLabRat]

Legends supporting legends

[@orionsbonk]

on halloween he was stephanie. now he’s sportacus. which lazytown character will he become next?

[@pinkllama16]

@@orionsbonk oh my gosh you're right

[@14Hecate]

Holy crap, @julien 2 , I remember my mom ( 8th grade science teacher) mention a kid showing up to a middle school dance in his gym clothes, and she subsequently had to ask him to leave. I mentioned your name and showed her this video, and she recognized you 😂 She said you were a super smart kid, but a bit of a turkey.

[@alkisfotopoulos6805]

If i was her I would just party with him 🥳

[@alkisfotopoulos6805]

I would be like "this kid is fucking LIVING"

[@izzylynn8632]

NO WAY

[@alexia6107]

Aweeee hahaha a bit of a turkey

[@pninasimmer5723]

I hope Julien sees this

[@nicolebaikalov4145]

julien HAD to have been a highlighter kid, there's no other option

[@maggotst.pierre2361]

But what does that mean? I don't get it and I'm 31

[@nicolebaikalov4145]

@@maggotst.pierre2361 people my age, 16, had a lot of kids in their middle school who were usually very athletic and stuff who would only wear neon clothing

[@loren1977]

@@maggotst.pierre2361 On Urban Dictionary it says a kid that always wears neon colors and blinds everyone, in 5th grade.

[@nicolebaikalov4145]

@@maggotst.pierre2361 like only the brightest of Nike and Puma clothes lmao

[@alexia6107]

@@maggotst.pierre2361 I knew a highlighter kid, he was very eccentric and extroverted. Nice kid

[@nikkiwin7842]

Did anyone else have to do cup stacking for way too long in school lol

[@Kayleekakes]

Yes

[@KM-lj7ee]

I love hearing julien tell us stories of when he was younger. I really like it and it made my day better.

[@megansuxks]

AHHHHHHHHHH IM SCREAMING THEY CALLED HIM A HIGHLIGHTER KID

[@rachelthepotato7279]

Julien: Middle school is the worst three years of almost everyone's life Me, a sixth grader: *I'm in danger* Edit: Okay, but like there are really nice people in the comments

[@kailasmith7414]

I'm a senior and I survived both middle and high school!!! It's not that bad, just remember that high/ middle school is just a flash in the pan and none of it really matters in the end. Just have fun !💕

[@alexia6107]

I'm in college now, it seems daunting but honestly.. go with the flow, have fun, don't let anyone dictate how you live your life and you do YOU. I had a blast in high school. Middle school was alright but there's no rush. What helped me a lot during middle school is realizing that people care more about what you think of them than what they think of you. So be yourself, man. Have fun!! ❤️❤️ Come back to this comment if you need any advice or help.

[@freerangeeggs6442]

You'll be alright. Just go with the flow. Have fun and don't worry too much about things that won't really matter. Give it a crack but don't get too worked up because in the end, middle school won't matter so much in an academic way, but it matters in the experiences you have and the friends you make. You got this dude.

[@madsmc]

It is honestly really scary and it sucks, but just remember it’s not permanent. You have to take it one day, one hour, one second, sometimes even one moment at a time. Find your safe people, and you got this.

[@jessicas2379]

Good luck with your studies! Keep working hard

[@marycoale8384]

Haha I commented about bowling in gym. We had like carpet “bowling alleys” and then other kids had to be the gutters.

[@painfulVeracity]

The other kids had to wHAT??? Lmao!!!

[@christykuttenkuler488]

AHHAHAHAHA THIS COMMENT GOT ME

[@ColoredinHappiness]

We went to an actual bowling alley

[@L337Dratini]

My high school made us walk to the bowling alley down the road, pay for rentals and a lane, and spend the whole period there. I was poor, but they'd mark me zero for the day if I couldn't pay for any of the stuff to participate. I almost failed PE until my guardian threatened to sue the school (an empty threat since we would never have been able to afford a lawyer).

[@rydelprince2124]

In Australia most places have mandatory swimming lessons from like grade 1 to grade 12....it was a nightmare 😫

[@alyssatius5118]

Woah that's a ton more than I had, mine was just year 4-5

[@beckycouture6511]

I had to explain to a 16yr old the other day what limewire was and I felt so old. Lol I still have burnt cds from when I was in middle school, I would always make the warm up cds for the teams at school.

[@LedaSBotelho]

I remember being fooled as a middle schooler. The pool is on the roof or in the basement. Goodness.

[@laylax5435]

I can’t believe I really thought we had a pool on the roof

[@jessicadoban2564]

In HS the school rumor was we once had a pool till someone died! Naw. Nope. But of course we just continued to spread it.

[@blazereho811]

there was a pool at the second middle school i went to and a bunch of us (we got redistricted and sent to that middle school for 8th grade) were so excited thinking we'd be able to swim in it. it always reeked of chlorine on my way to band. turns out it was for special ed classes lol ;(

[@Ab-oc7td]

There was a rumor that there was a pool under our gym floor that was covered up cause someone died in it

[@Ali-hi8tf]

At my high school we told every freshmen class that there was a senior lounge on the 4th floor (there was no 4th floor) and the only staircase to get there was in the AP physics room that no freshmen had class in

[@lydia7232]

i really like that we're getting so much content rn :) whenever i get a notification from julien it brightens my day

[@taffyvago]

Same

[@Misshowzat]

All of those things are really good for people struggling with coordination. They tend to be (some of the things) recommended for people diagnosed with ADHD or Autism.

[@flowerbabyliz]

wow I didn't know that. Ill try it out

[@Misshowzat]

Yeah. It's surprising to find out. A lot of ADHD/Spectrum people are just wired differently & anything where your opposite hand/leg crosses the midline of your body can really help with balance & coordination.

[@estarletta2588]

I'm a teacher and I swear in my mind, my kids are either 7 or 15 and there is NO in-between :P

[@andrewwidhalm8840]

he definitely went to clown middle school

[@brandonberens]

I'm a middle school teacher and I can confirm, middle school was one of the worst times of my life lmaooo

[@Oozes_Dark]

Middle school teachers deserve the highest salary tbh. Stay strong lol

[@Ali-hi8tf]

I feel like there are teachers who know this and then go back and try to make sure that it’s just as bad for their students

[@brandonberens]

@@Ali-hi8tf I know there are, but I'm glad I'm not one of them 😊

[@unicornluverz2]

We had portable bowling pins and they made us learn how to manually keep score in bowling 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@klwenz9375]

Limewire, AIM, Verizon flip phone... too much nostalgia. The flip phone had a extendable antenna that I used to chew on all the time.

[@shannon31]

Thanks for posting these clips!! I don’t always catch the streams and these stories remind me of the podcast :)

[@ckilbarger01]

I love these videos where he talks about his life and such ❤️ so fun!

[@o0.sonder.0o71]

I had to swim every. frickin. year. 5th grade-12th grade, during the winter too. We had to take a bus to the pool in the elementary building. Then at the end of class, everyone would run back to the bus (bc it’s FREEZING and everyone is wet) and go to your next class immediately afterwards. Everyone would be late to their next class

[@meganhamer5818]

love this little snippet from twitch❤️ I can't catch you streaming as much I want to so it's so nice to be able to feel like I'm chilling with you, even if it's only for 10 minutes. Thanks for this dude

[@watchwisteriagrow]

Julien, thank you for posting these highlights!! I never have time to sit down and watch a stream, but I still love hearing you talk.

[@reilly_17]

Scandals in my school district: - a teacher apparently abused animals (he taught/teaches vet tech stuff) - some kid painted a nerf gun black and brought it to school for a veteran project after being told he wasn’t allowed to do so. He lied to his parents about it who then tried to sue the school district. Veterans in my town were protesting bc the kid’s lies made the school look like they didn’t support veterans. - a mom was hooking up w/ her daughter’s boyfriend. The mom got arrested; idk what happened after that. - many rumors of teachers being pedos or bipolar - book bags were banned from being carried around school last year; I did it anyways and no teachers ever questioned me. - a teacher had a miscarriage and a student said something to her about a miscarriage w/out knowing she did have one. The teacher had to step outside of the classroom for a while bc she was still sad over it. Some students who knew the teacher got mad at him and explained to him what he just did was very wrong. He probably still feels guilty over it til this day - Most of the football team got drug tested which came back positive. Athletes were supposed to get suspended for some time, but there were so many football players getting tested positive that they didn’t do anything about it.

[@alexvlahakis9704]

Love you Julien, I’m glad I have someone to look up to in a fatherly kind of way. Thanks for putting out the positive content you do❤️

[@Piscesgarden]

This was so nostalgic! I was in middle school around the same time. I definitely remember juggling in gym class!

[@Kayleekakes]

One of my P.E. activities was learning cup stacking

[@melissasotelo9931]

Our high school scandal was my junior year, on senior prank day. It was the new principals first day on the job and basically the sophomores high jacked the senior prank and basically started a small riot. We ended up having a lock down for the rest of the day, but at least I was in band and we just watched movies. But I’ll never forget that it was her first day as the new principal.

[@dadjokinggrandpop4895]

I never had to swim for school but pre covid I was a swim teacher on Saturdays. The toddlers always yeeted themselves into the pool, it was great

[@kyracheera9007]

2:02 "did you ever bowl in gym?" ... i did...

[@giantrees]

omfg i'm in my 30s and i felt this. bless u julen, giving a voice to those of us who lived through the early years of the internets. ALSO big mood on the drinking and smoking thing. i was a huge square in highschool too lmfaoooo

[@sarahbarker2784]

In my high school the boys once scheduled a time to all go to the same bathroom and just play the halo theme and they played a video of the footage of like 100 boys running into the bathroom and then running out at our graduation

[@LC-le9ew]

Had bowling in summer school gym. It was at least better than running on a track on an august afternoon.

[@gabriellesalfus4895]

in primary school we went to the local ymca and did swim classes but for us it was a lot of safety strokes and pool safety to make sure we wouldn't drown bc drowning was one of Australia's top causes of child death

[@monicamoon9785]

julen is so precious

[@sarahjo5570]

We had a rogue poop painter in the girls bathroom one year. That was gross. Lotta pregnancies, couple fights. Nothing too scandalous for our school

[@Adinamfeldman]

What Julien said about sports being a great reason for kids to stay out of trouble and stay focused on doing the right things, I completely agree but from my perspective as a theater kid. Having rehearsal after school every day kept me from slacking off, and I always knew I had to get all my work done early because rehearsal could potentially run late. Just having something structured frequently throughout the week where you can make friends and bond over common interests was such a lifesaver growing up.

[@lainielady]

It is so weird watching this on youtube instead of twitch, I have caught myself like 10 times wanting to type in chat responses to things he says LOL. Love it when you just talk and interact with us on twitch!

[@aubreydink6350]

im still mad u didn’t title it “middle schoolien” but it’s fine i *guess*

[@ciaraconover2290]

First year I had pe 1st and the next had it after lunch and had to run the mile after lunch... lots of sick kids I hate swimming in high school too. I still wasn't comfortable in my body and other kids didn't help at all.

[@AmberWray17]

some kid peed his pants during the ISTEP when he was a junior because he didn’t want to ask to use the restroom. so all of a sudden the entire room heard dripping and we looked back and he had a puddle underneath him and he just continued taking the ISTEP as if he didn’t just quite literally piss his pants

[@zach99999]

We only did sports in middle school gym class and I wish we had a pool because I loved and still love swimming. I also kinda wished I learned how to juggle in gym class.

[@lfk6370]

Does anybody remember texting Chacha questions because you didnt have internet on your phone yet lol? The 'Hey Siri' of 2008-2009.

[@hbhtcr5707]

Oh....my...god....

[@chantell209]

Middle school was my peak lol i did swimming too and loved it lol

[@readtousauntiecharlene9748]

Middle school was HELL for me!!! That's when the bullying started up to the 10th grade! We did square dancing for PE and swimming.... I couldn't swim and feared the water.

[@sarahwithanH22]

The ending 😂😂

[@pebbellz]

We actually did get to do bowling in my school 😂 I’m English, so they would put all the kids on a coach and drive us to the bowling alley for like 2 hours once a week for a while. It was the best. I hated regular sports because I have no hand eye coordination but bowling was super fun 😂

[@KellyIsShort]

Swimming was awful in school! I’m in the UK and we went to our local swimming and diving centre (fun fact: it’s where Tom Daley started training) in year 4 for swimming etc. I hated it with a passion. Thankfully, I broke my wrist midway through term so got to miss the last few sessions and got to read instead.

[@kimc4031]

I really love Julien on Twitch - the community is what kept me there though. Legitimately one of the friendliest places. It opened the door to a lot of other great, entertaining, and just NICE streamers. Jasom, Jcyrus, Bearki, Granny, WillShayhan... love them too. Highly recommend joining in the fun.

[@corro202]

Awesome video.

[@BlankDragyn]

9:05 me @ softball, I miss it so much

[@Solomonica]

We went to the same middle school :-) Lincoln middle school in Santa Monica, CA. So funny because I only lived in California for a few years, I'm originally from Holland.

[@Sassyray]

My middle school didn’t have a gym, auditorium, or a pool lol.

[@rebekahno]

all we did was play kickball in 5th-6th and then i didn’t have gym after that because my school district didn’t have the funds for people to do music and gym. we literally had “online gym” for high schoolers who didn’t do sports or marching band. 😅

[@AllCloudsAreBunnies]

I thankfully never had the limewire experience bc I was scared to use it due to it always being riddled with viruses (but I did use Napster when that was new new!). I used slsk (soulseek) instead of the limewire and used it for a great many years thereafter... and still use it to this day on rare occasions. I think I last downloaded The Body X Full of Hell EP, the newest mogwai album, and the Merzbow x Boris collab bc I wanted to listen to it on my phone... and I cant transfer vinyl to digital bc I’m not that savvy.

[@BlankDragyn]

I was in late elementary school when julien was in junior high I'm realizing

[@giginoelani5880]

I relate to that confusion about the drinking thing. I didn't realize that some kids my age were already doing things kids shouldn't be doing 😂 I remember I literally got shamed on a field trip bc I overheard a girl talking about how she slept with her bf, and I immediately just blurted out "But you're 12" The look of annoyance the other girls in the room gave me 😂 I felt like I was maybe the only sane person in that room.

[@CarlyCravesChaos]

Swimming in middle school gym class was actually the worst. I had gym first class of the day so I spent the rest of the day either smelly and sweaty or reeked of chlorine. Every single girl in my class, myself included, conveniently had our periods every week as explained in notes our “moms” wrote so we didn’t have to swim 😅

[@Wildmetalhead]

Julien, we grew up in middle school with Myspace, limewire, MSN, Tap Tap Revenge & more!! :') AND GOOD EMO MUSIC!!! (NOT MCR EMO, REAL EMO!!!) Oof growing up to Underoath, taking back sunday, from first to last, scary kids scaring kids, Hawthorne Heights, The Used, Story of the year, linkin park, attack attack, Simple Plan, AFI, Alexisonfire, Motion City Soundtrack, etc. Those were the good old days!!! ❤️

[@ryanb57510]

I knew when he said step bro chat was gonna get him 💀

[@micatwo-spirits8260]

Love these glimpses into Julien before we knew him. Sounds like the kind of kid I would have hung out with.

[@Niriixa]

My middle school also had swimming classes at ass-o'clock in the morning, at peak awkward puberty stage. At least I was reasonably good at swimming, but otherwise I had such bad coordination, I was always one of the kids selected last for teams and stuff :(

[@rhi2180]

I also learned juggling (and cup stacking lmao) in 6th and 7th grade 😭

[@grrrfield5660]

grade 5 was swimming for us. it was fucking poggers. was the best thing honestly. the only thing I looked forward to. every Monday, even in the winter!!! and we’d come back right at lunch recess so with wet-ass hair, we’d be in like -20*c weather. our hair was always frozen. looking back, it was really fucked up that they made us go outside in the dead of winter with wet fuckin hair

[@kyleribs6637]

First period gym was the worst I had it a few semesters in high school

[@ymakeskzstay]

“that’s so cool how did you do that?”

[@Kayla9261Musicxz]

We went to our town's bowling alley and did bowling, best ever. Never swam though. Badminton was also the best even though I was bad at it. I hated gym bc I was so bad at sports and I hated my classmates.

[@liveyerrlifex26]

My middle school didnt have a pool so god bless. But we did definitely dance, and I threw up running the mile after lunch once in 6th grade. And we bowled in high school junior and sr year bc there’s a bowling alley like 5 mins from my high school. Honestly PE at any grade after elementary school SUCKS.

[@chronicalyme3018]

I feel so old watching this.

[@lalaland12]

My middle school had us doing ballroom dancing with eachother and dodgeball 😭

[@sarabeacher]

In the south we had to learn how to pine dance in gym. I’m 36 tho, so maybe it was just in the 90’s.

[@emilycm617]

i was super overweight in middle school, hated pe and every part of it. sports, running, dodgeball, the clothes, ALL OF IT. my teacher GRADED on the mile, so i would get f’s on every one and that was the only thing that stopped me from getting a 4.0 in middle school

[@jaebird2422]

We had swimming in high school gym class, thankfully I was only at that school for one year

[@ohyeahoh693]

The fact that schools have swimming pools blows my mind 😂 or hockey team, lacrosse teams. Like I went to school in the middle of the mountains, we didn’t get any of the cool shit

[@Alexuskapkeo]

I know I'm watching this at like 4 in the morning, but I swear julien is talking at the speed of light.

[@megansuxks]

I wanna see more middle school pictures of Julien ahah I think that would be so cool

[@caiteohle9878]

“did you go to school with dogs?”lmao same thing happened at my high school and the principal stepped in it

[@emilygregston2865]

Cup stacking in elementary school walked so juggling in middle school could run

[@merseyray2012]

The scandal on my high school is that one year a guy and girl got caught in the bathroom together. The girl was giving him oral. The following year they installed cameras through out 5th he school. Another scandal was when someone sliced the school bus tires. There wasn't any school for 2 days.

[@oanaalexia]

The person that took "care" of the tires must of wanted to skip a test or something.

[@ABeiji123]

We did makeshift bowling

[@ClementineShmementine]

We learned to bowl, learned to ski, and had aim(highschool because I’m older)

[@sherrythomas3028]

My school redid the school districts. I had to go to a new school in 6th grade All we played was kickball. I hated it! Good thing I have an Autoimmune Disease and was able to get my doctor to write a note to get me out of gym class. And I got to spend recess in the library 🤷🏻‍♀️😂💜

[@anni6456]

Omg I lived my best middle school punk rebel homeschooler life on AIM 😂

[@crystallins1760]

My tiny school had a pool so we had to swim in gym 7th - 12th grade. And that's weird you had to juggle in gym but we had a friggin dance unit! Like we all had to go in a wide hallway an fckin waltz with each other. And we had to pick dance partners, like "who are you disgusted by the least". And I'm a 6' 2" girl so who tf wanted to dance with a tree

[@ohyeahoh693]

Also idk why I was deemed the person that everyone would give their MP3 players, iPod shuffle or zunes for me to download music for them. I did it for one friend and everyone wanted to jump on the raft lmao. When limewire shut down and frostwire was the next thing absolutely sucked, js. BUT I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO GO BACK TO THAT TIME FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS!

[@jillianb825]

Omg AIM, what was your AIM screenname? Mine was parodyofanangel0, back in my Thrice loving days. Downloaded from lime wire of course.

[@littleartperson8465]

When we did swimming in gym class i remember seeing a piece of tp with a chunk of shit on it floating in the water and i refused to swim the rest of the unit after that

[@lovebirds360]

YES WE LEARNED JUGGLING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AT MY SCHOOL! the teacher gave us scarves to practice and then the balls

[@csvtvChrist]

I didn't get to swim in 6th grade, but I did develop like rage towards everyone who spoke at me during P.E. I couldn't kick a kickball, but I could literally throw another kid. Not something I'm proud of, but that was my middle school experience.

[@lunaluna6474]

5:37 thiss! people who are just now being diagnosed are so lucky because when i was 12 and had to change my diet cause of celiac, literally everything tasted like fucking cardboard. it was horrible