HIGH SCHOOLS

DO TV SERIES

Such as "Glee" show hig school life as it really is?

Does everyone drive to school?

Are there stric social groups? 

"Today" talked to students across America to ifns out!

EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN LOCKER

NO. It looks great- a corridor full of big lockers where you can put your things. No carrying around a heavy bag all day... Sadly, however, we couldn't find any schools that have the big gym-style lockers you see on TV. "Small" and "tiny" were the words most often used by students all over the country. "You would have to run your stuff over with a truck if you wanted to put it in your locker", complains one student from Massachusetts. But at least these ones have lockerts. That i only the case in about half of schools. "Some schools don't allow them because kids can hide contraban in them", explains Heidi from California.

CHEERLEADERS ARE THE MOST POPULAR GIRLS IN SCHOOL

YES, BUT... "When I was in high school, there was an unwritten rule that the Homecoming King and Queen had to be a football player and a cheerleader," says Mary, and Ohio journalist. But in their daughter's school, the king and queen were members of the theatre club. "Theatre kids are popular now,! her daughter says, something Mary says would have been "inconceivable" in her day. "Jokcs and cheerleaders are not at the top of the socials tree," agrees a California student, but "there are some who believe that they are". OK, but do they all go around in their uniforms, like they do in glee? Apparently not: uniforms only come out for game days. And at least one school in California has banned them from classrooms: "cheeks are hanging out," says Traci Williams, the school principal. " We don't want the girls bending over".