If you grew up in Kent, you either went to a grammar school or heard an awful lot about them.

From intense rivalries with neighbouring pupils to debating the fashion crimes of your uniform, people who went to a grammar in the county have been viewed in a different light for generations.

Here are 13 things you only know if you went to one of the 38 grammar schools in Kent.

1 - People thinking you went to a private school

Kent might be full of grammar schools - but they're far less common across the rest of the country.

The system is virtually unheard of in the North East, so be prepared for millions of questions if you ever move there or venture to that part of the world for university.

2 - Skirt rolling

Most girls roll their skirts up during their time at secondary school - but certain grammar schools take the art to a whole new level.

A common way for teachers to check the length of skirts was to make pupils kneel on the floor to make sure they fell below the knees. If this happened to you - just know you are not alone.

3 - Discos with the school over the road

Most of Kent's grammar schools are single sex, apart from mythical paradises like Barton Court in Canterbury or Cranbrook School, near Maidstone.

To minimise the trauma suffered by pupils, some of them organise regular discos with their opposite sex equivalent - the most dramatic event on the school calendar.

4 - Abuse from other schools

If you got the bus to school with pupils from the local comprehensive, you probably had a pretty awful trip each day.

Happy to make fun of your ugly uniform, and the giant stack of books in your bag, it can only be described as a character-building experience.

5 - Heart-throb teachers

Being deprived of contact with teenagers of the opposite sex can only result in one thing - strange and inappropriate crushes on any young, mildly attractive teacher.

How they dealt with the constant stares, giggles, and strange comments is a complete mystery.

6 - Competitive grades

If you went to a grammar school, there were definitely some very competitive people in your lessons, who would cry if they got anything below a B.

You probably also had to deal with the people who pretended not to revise, and then walked in on exam day with an unlimited knowledge of everything coming up on the paper.

7 - Ancient textbooks and computers

Selective schools aren't always particularly well-funded, and love to re-use textbooks from as far back as what felt like the early 1900s.

Let's not even mention the heartbreaking feeling of watching pupils from nearby schools walking around with their brand-new iPads.

8 - Excessive homework

The biggest downside of a grammar school? The extra homework.

Whether you did it, or didn't bother, the whole thing was a huge pain, leading to hundreds of tears, tantrums and telling-offs.

9 - University talk

Most grammar schools take great pride in their high-achieving pupils and university is a huge topic of conversation at most of them.

At 11 years old, your mind was probably filled with dreams of Oxford or Cambridge, before you realised you'd be lucky to get onto an obscure Welsh and history course through clearing at Swansea University.

10 - Madness in mixed-gender sixth form

Many schools do away with the single sex-approach for A-level studies expecting it to create a mature atmosphere. Now, let's be honest - separating boys and girls for five years and then expecting things to stay calm when you put them together for A-levels is, quite frankly, ridiculous.

Also, the stress of A-levels and university applications is enough without the added pressure of making yourself look half decent every day.

11 - Being called posh

If you went to a Kent grammar school and thought you were never called posh, you were probably deaf.

While the whole point of the selective system is to provide opportunities for people who don't have thousands in the bank, try explaining that to anyone who thinks you're the next Kate Middleton.

12 - Having physics, chemistry and biology rather than science because we were all Stephen Hawking in the making

Taking normal subjects just wasn't an option. While the rest of your mates were happily taking science, you were stuck delving into the complexities of covalent bonds and further maths because, of course, that stuff is always useful to know.

And don't even start on iGCSEs and the International Baccalaureate.

13 - Having an intense and pointless rivalry with the other grammar school in town

Former Maidstone Grammar pupils will remember a bitter rivalry with Oakwood Park, and many ex-pupils from Kent will have had very similar experiences.

It makes no sense, but your rival school will always be inferior in your eyes.

Watch out for a live coverage of A-level results across the county on Thursday on KentOnline.