YOU SAID:
See kids, I told you I was hot in high school.
INTO JAPANESE
子供たちを見て、高校時代は暑かったと言った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I looked at the children and said it was hot in high school.
INTO JAPANESE
私は子供たちを見て、高校では暑いと言いました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I saw the kids and said it was hot in high school.
INTO JAPANESE
私は子供たちを見て、高校では暑いと言った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I saw the kids and said it was hot in high school.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.