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Today’s Poll: School Troubles!

I'm working on a new article as we speak -- should be up by this afternoon. Meanwhile, let's get another one of those surveys going. Okay, kind of a shitty one, but I'm curious nonetheless: in your various travels at school, from nursery up to high school, what's the most trouble you've ever managed to get yourself into?

I have a couple of good stories, but the best one is really embarrassing, so I'll save it for the comments section later today. Post yours!

Posted by Matt on 01/22/2004. E-mail me!

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FIRST!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Snakey_Bender @ 01/22/2004 9:01 AM

I’d like to thank all the little people that made this possible. This really means a lot to me.

Chestnuts roasted by Snakey_Bender @ 01/22/2004 9:02 AM

um.. *thinks* *things* shit.. first post and I choked..

Chestnuts roasted by Toxicity- @ 01/22/2004 9:02 AM

heh maybe not..

Chestnuts roasted by Toxicity- @ 01/22/2004 9:02 AM

*Does obligitory 1st post dance*

In HS I once turned the entire last week of school before graduation into huge party. The last week is only exams and 70% of the students don’t show up if they don’t have too. To make it even more sucky those who do show up can’t leave till the last bell rings even if they only have one exam .

So me and a few of my friends comendered the auditorium for the last week. We brough in TVs, DVD players, a full DJ setup, Playstations, Couches and food and partied from 9am till 3 the entire time. We eve had kids from the neighboring county coming over to party.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr Mango @ 01/22/2004 9:04 AM

w00t! I made it on top 10. I r0x0r. As for me, the most trouble I ever got in was by chucking these little crab apples at some kid in 7th grade. Yeah, I’m a square. I could always make up something to keep you all interested, but what’s the point in that? Oh…to keep you all interested. Okay then, so this one time I [complete lie]threw my half-empty beer can in the superintendent’s conference room while they were having one of those important meetings. But not important enough to close school, God forbid. It landed sideways on the table and covered every board member’s file folders with cheap beer. Then I screamed "F**k!" at the top of my lungs and ran in to get it and finish off the last few drops. Then I even had the audacity to throw it in the garbage instead of recycle it.[/complete lie] I’m a bad kid. OH YEAH!

Chestnuts roasted by Omni @ 01/22/2004 9:15 AM

someone threatened to shoot me because I was trying to sabotage my High School so that we wouldn’t receive some prestigious award.

I ran across the baseball field as someone yelled "stop, or I WILL shoot you!!"

I’m a total fucking pussy, so I’m still amazed to this day that I didn’t stop. I got dizzy from fear, fell on the street, bloodied up my work uniform, almost got hit by a car, and ended up throwing up from all the adrenaline in some girl’s house while her stripper mom looked after me.

Our school ended up getting the award anyway, so it was all for naught… but that’s life in O.C.

Chestnuts roasted by Chopstick Sensei @ 01/22/2004 9:15 AM

Dude, I got nothing. I only got like three detention halls in highschool, I think mainly for tardies to class. I got one detention hall for a smart ass comment in a class, but I think that was so the teacher could impress the principal who was sitting in on class. I just did the harmless rebellion stuff, like grow my hair long, wear sandals, drink coffee, which was banned, in class, play guitar instead of going to study hall. This in rebellion to a school with a strict dress and appearance code. I was the harmless artsy, drama butterfly-collar-wearing hippy in school. Remember me?

Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 01/22/2004 9:39 AM

me and jessica galvon (are you out there jessica?) staged a protest in 5th grade. the whole class got in on it and the substitute went insane. The next year we saw that sub and she was cold, bitter, and had two earings on one ear! Two…on one ear! It was the early 90′s, she was pretty bad then.

In that same year (I think) we almost walked all the way to the generals house, which wasn’t really that far away, but far enough that no one could see you if you went.

But by far, the most amazing "trouble" story is when I argued with my second grade teacher. She claimed that she could make a cloud over her stove and put it in a jar. I said that was impossible. To this day, I still think catching a cloud in a jar from an airplane is a far better way to get your very own cloud.

Chestnuts roasted by Kennef @ 01/22/2004 9:42 AM

I was always one of the wierd kids in school (still a wierd adult, now that I think about it) who was totally into horror movies and punk music and shit like that. Anyway, one day the librarian caught me reading some horror magazines (gorezone or something) She confiscated them and sent me to the principal. I felt that I had done nothing wrong, so I didn’t bother going. I soon heard my name called on the P.A., so I was again sent to the principals office and I again didn’t go. This started a day long hunt where I wandered all over the school, avoiding administraters. I managed to go the whole day without ever seeing the principal…He caought me the next day, but it was still a pretty mighty victory for that one day.

Chestnuts roasted by Trash @ 01/22/2004 11:05 AM

I can’t remember getting into trouble at all in High School – never had a detention or anything. It was pretty much the same in Primary School too, but I do remember getting yelled at a lot by our psycho Headmaster then. I think I bit a girl once…that was probably the worst….it’s not that I don’t do bad things, I just don’t get caught…ok..I’ve never done anything bad….still got 6 months left though!

Chestnuts roasted by Yally @ 01/22/2004 11:14 AM

I wanted to hang out with the "cool" kids so I went to the mall with these so-called "friends" while they shoplifted. I was too afraid to do it myself, but I acted as look-out. My "friend" stole a CD player and as we left, we were stopped by security. My "friend" was freaking out because he had an abusive father and would probably lose a couple of teeth when his dad found out. I knew this, so I decided to take the fall. I told security that I did the whole thing and he had nothing to do with it. He was sent home and I had to face the police and my parents. That sucked.
The next Monday I saw the "friend" at school and told him I had to pay $250. He had promised earlier that he would pay any fines, but he just laughed. He just walked away. Later, he and his friends pointed and laughed at me in the hall. I knew then that I had been duped. I took the fall for nothing. I saved this waste of skin from getting beaten by his father, paying a fine, and who knows what else with his priors and he just snubbed me. I learned a lesson that day: Don’t just do something because your "friends" are doing it. I don’t want to sound like an after-school special, but you need to have a little backbone and stick up for yourself. I did something I knew was wrong because I thought it would make me look cool and they would respect me. That is not the way to earn respect.
I went to a counselor (being underage) and told her what happened. I told her that I accepted whatever punishment because I had gone there with the intent to help them steal, which is as bad as taking the item myself. She thanked me for my honesty and I got off with just paying the fine. The thing is, I never told my parents the truth about what happened that day. They still think I did it. I feel it is in the past, I learned my lesson, and I am going to leave it there. I learned a lot that day.

One who commands our liking because of his virtue is called a good man. One who is sincere with himself is called a true man. He whose goodness is extensive and solid is called a beautiful man. He whose goodness is abundant and is brilliantly displayed is called a great man. When one is great and is completely transformed to be goodness itself, he is called a sage. When a sage is beyond our knowledge, he is called a man of the spirit.
— Mencius (371-289 BC)
Book of Mencius,VIIB.25

Chestnuts roasted by Stilewalker @ 01/22/2004 11:14 AM

In grade 7 I was on my way to do my history final exam which I didn’t study for at all. I was really worried what to do because if i didn’t pass it, I’d probably have to repeat the grade. As I got off the bus, and started the hike to school, I noticed 2 guys were following me. Didn’t regognize them at all, they weren’t students.
As I got closer to school they asked me if I had the time. I said I didn’t have a watch, but it must be close to 9:00am. They asked me where I was going and if I lived around here. Getting really nervous, I told them I was on my way to school. That’s when one of them punched me in the ear and the other one kicked me in the snow. They grabbed my school bag and ran off. I made it to school and the principle phoned my dad and the police.
Eventually, they caught the guys, and were sent to juvenile hall. The school decided to pass me to grade 8. So it worked out in the end. A year later one of the guys got shot in the head at an arcade.

Chestnuts roasted by turkeys can't fly? @ 01/22/2004 11:46 AM

the most trouble i ever got into was when i got detention for a week because i teacher THOUGHT i rolled my eyes at her. how lame is that?

Chestnuts roasted by winkle @ 01/22/2004 11:52 AM

I never really got into trouble in school,but the closest was in high school when I kicked a kid who was teasing me just as the principal was coming around the hall. Nothing really came of it,just a nice talk with the principal.

Chestnuts roasted by Overlord @ 01/22/2004 11:56 AM

Eh… Mine arn’t that bad.. I stay out of trouble. But I do have my worst two…

4th Grade – Got into a fight. Well, sure average except I got into more trouble because I don’t fight like a normal person. I guess when I fight I fight to hurt, not strut and He had my arms pinned so I had but one alternative… I bit a chunk out of his arm, Living Dead style. ^^; Got in trouble and the rest of the kids thought I had rabies.

In High School, (And this is lame lame lame) I was doing some work on the library computer (Writing the definitive Chrono Trigger Walkthough, I’m a geek) and I was given three days suspension… FOR USING A DISK I BROUGHT FROM HOME! O_o!! WTF?! 3 Days?! They thought that using a disc from home that they were SURE could have been loaded with some terrorist computer virus was worth me losing 3 days education? Fine. I spent it playing video games.

Chestnuts roasted by Blaine @ 01/22/2004 12:02 PM

Waaay back in a very previous post, I mentioned that I may not cause much trouble, but I am a catalyst. Like that guy in the Twilight Zone episode, I might have just what you need. Well, once in high school, about this time of year, (this ain’t no Large Marge story) my cousin asked me if I had a pen he could borrow, and wearing a coat with a lotta pockets, I said yes. Rummaging about, I pulled out a errant smoke bomb left over from New Years’ and he grabbed it. He pulled out a lighter and talked about setting it off after school. He would get the fuse real close to the lighter and pull it away. Then, pppftt! sssssssssss! Ack! Put it out! The smoke filled the classroom and several others, thanks to an odd venting system. The room we were in was once the Home-Ec room, back in the day, so there was a sink to extinguish our mistake. So the hall to our little country school was soon filled with people glad for a break in the day. Of course we were given a talking to. But Cousin is a bit of a expert of B.S. and the Talkaround, so I had to change my coat, and all we had to do was write a paper about RESPOSIBILITY, which we never turned in. For the rest of the year, I was known as the guy who tried to burn the school down.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 01/22/2004 12:14 PM

I threw the main breaker when a bunch of Nerds were writing papers in the computer lab. Damn nerds.

Chestnuts roasted by Nerd Stompa @ 01/22/2004 12:26 PM

to make a good story short. i cursed out my kindegarden teacher. I dont remember why but I found out later that because of things she was doing to me she deserved it. If she got her way, I would have been put in a learning disabilities program and now I’m a college student at UCF who get’s dean’s list every semester so teachers sometimes deserve to be cursed out.

Chestnuts roasted by pennyrhps @ 01/22/2004 12:29 PM

Hi it’s my first time commenting on the blog long time fan of the site tho.

I had two big trouble events and unfortunately for me they happened in the same year. Also because of a school screw up my parents found out about booth (even though they were well spread apart) at the same time.

I was not a child who used a great deal of language but once in 6th grade in an attempt to sound cool I decided to drop an F bomb…..fairly loudly..and the teacher heard. I got sent to the principals office I thought it would not be so bad since it was the end of the year and it was my first offense. Well it was the principals last year and as he told me he was glad he was leaving so he would not have to deal with kids like me anymore…then he opened up his bible and started reading stuff off to me. To say it was surreal is an understatement. The other one happened earlier in the year. I was known as a nerdy kid back in the day and to keep the story short I’ll just say that I was having words with this other kid. I was sitting behind my desk and he grabbed me by the throat (the teacher was not in the room yet) I don’t know where it came from but I proceeded to get the strength of gods as from me seated position I pushed him and much to my surprise it was not only enough for him to let go but also so that he went over the desk behind him. I was championed that day. The next day….I WANTED MORE! Yea… I was a bad kid that day as I picked a fight with him, he didn’t want to fight. This has gone on long enough so I’ll end it by saying that yes I won the fight, however we got caught and I got in trouble big time. So remember kids don’t get greedy in your lust for glory.

Chestnuts roasted by Thejyav @ 01/22/2004 12:32 PM

I remember writing on the wall in the bathroom and getting caught. They made me scrub the bathroom walls of all graffiti (one "f" or two?"). Gross, but informative. Apparently, I suck, but if I want a good time, Chrissy T. class of ’94 gives good head.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 01/22/2004 12:51 PM

Most of my trouble (in high school) was not realizing that suspension was actually punishment instead of a vacation. So, if I ever got detention or Saturday school for something I would just push it a little further and get suspended instead. This happened at least three times. I’m not sure about other schools, but at mine if you skip Saturday you automatically get suspended. How great is that?

Besides that, I once threw up all over some 6th graders head when we were standing by the lockers. I was really sick that day. That was at the end of 8th grade and I still laugh every time I think about it, kinda twisted I guess.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt (#2?) @ 01/22/2004 12:54 PM

Almost got banned from the University Radio Station for being part of a show during which a porn site was accessed on the station computer…

Chestnuts roasted by Pete @ 01/22/2004 12:57 PM

At our highschool, we had to take at least two years of foreign language classes. I decided to take german because…I don’t know…it was the least-cool-sounding. Apparently I have a knack for language because I was consistently at the top of the class. The Frau (german teacher) decided that I would make a fine foreign exchange student. I agreed, and six months later I was sent to Germany for a semester. Long story short, I found out that you could smoke and drink legally at my age, I grew a little too fond of both, and was deported a month later. To this day, I’m still trying to kick the cigarette habit I picked up there (6 years ago!).

Chestnuts roasted by Franny Glass @ 01/22/2004 1:02 PM

I shot a man in PE just to watch him die.

Chestnuts roasted by Jordan @ 01/22/2004 1:03 PM

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