{"id":48580,"date":"2017-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/48580\/15-things-that-will-forever-remind-us-of-lebanese-bac"},"modified":"2023-08-14T11:55:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:55:18","slug":"15-things-that-will-forever-remind-us-of-lebanese-bac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/48580\/15-things-that-will-forever-remind-us-of-lebanese-bac\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Things That Will Forever Remind Us Of Lebanese Bac"},"content":{"rendered":"N.B This post was originally published in June 2016.<br \/>  <br \/>  <big>Think you\u2019ve escaped the pressures of sitting for the Lebanese Baccalaureate? Well, we\u2019re kinda here to remind you of every bac-related memory that still lingers in the back of your mind.<\/big><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>1. Some things just never seem to change.<br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The &#8220;mre2bit dawle&#8221; starter pack <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5PSixMHnx3\">pic.twitter.com\/5PSixMHnx3<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Wadih Merhy (@WadihMerhy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WadihMerhy\/status\/736523895348563968\">May 28, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  2. Your year-long companions<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/48580.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  3. Advanced technology at your fingertips\u2026<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/48580-1.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  4. Packing your official papers and stationary the night before because you were horrified at the idea of forgetting anything at home.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/48580-2.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  5. The hidden square on your exam paper.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/48580-10.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  6. Having this hanging on your fridge door for an indefinite period of time.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/48580-3.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via honasaida.net <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>7. THIS WORD.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/48580-4.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  8. Last-minute reviewing with your classmates.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/48580-5.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via saidaonline.com<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>9. This iconic map from your history book (and the fact that you had to swallow all 14 chapters of it).<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/48580-6.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  10. And having to memorize all 196 world countries for your geography exam\u2026<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/48580-7.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via alshref.com<br \/>   <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>11. The Minister of Education suddenly becoming the ultimate star of every news bulletin.<\/big><\/big><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/48580-8.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via Daily Star<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>12. The stress of waiting for the results AND surviving multiple website crashes due to the heavy traffic (or else waiting to hear your number on the radio if you\u2019re THAT old).<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/48580-9.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  13. Fireworks, and people complaining about fireworks.<br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Enough with the fireworks. We get it you passed your official exams go celebrate with some cake or something. Jeez people are so annoying!!!<\/p>\u2014 Tala Fleyfel (@Tala138) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tala138\/status\/233269007208284160\">August 8, 2012<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  14. And the most terrifying part: gunshots.<br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NNA: Lebanese National Rawad Abdullah Shamas was hit by celebratory gunfire fired over official exams\u2019 results in Brital<\/p>\u2014 MTV English News (@MTVEnglishNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MTVEnglishNews\/status\/616475351506522112\">July 2, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>   <\/b><\/big><\/big><br \/>  <br \/>  <big>WHY? <\/big><br \/>   <br \/>  <b><big><big>15. Last but not least, the standard yearly cheating rumors to keep everyone entertained.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imagesmtv-a.akamaihd.net\/uri\/mgid:file:http:shared:mtv.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tumblr_lm2220xcBv1qcpga9-1435083119.gif\"width=\"100%\">    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":412125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-48580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[68],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>15 Things That Will Forever Remind Us Of Lebanese 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