My university makes us put quarters into the washing machines so we can use them. Does that count?
Has/did your school ever pull a dick move?
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Well...Blablahb said:
But I'm off track. Let's see here. the worst thing is that my school banned carrying backpacks around with you for a while because some stupid kid wearing one was jumping back and fourth through a closing gym partition and was killed because he got trapped. I actually haven't had anything bad happen to me... *shrug*
My school basically closed the lower levels of another building as an excuse to crowd more people into their shitty building from the '30s so they could go to the city and yell about GERSH DERNIT YA SEE THAR, WE NEED US MORE ROOM! You could ace your classes, but need to take them in college due to shitty teachers. The food sucked, the school was pieced together in ways that made getting to class on time absolute hell. I basically started skipping school for months and I eventually dropped out and magically did 2 years worth of work in 5 basic tests while getting my GED. Happy that I'm done with it and I NEVER want to go back.
I don't believe there really is an effective helmet law here yet, so you're right on that.artanis_neravar said:
Laptop program. Sure, I love the idea, but they make us pay $420 A FUCKING YEAR. Oh, you lost the adapter to recharge it? Pay us $50, instead of paying $20 for a better one at any store you can name. Oh, boohoo, you can't afford it? Well that's fine, but we aren't going to curve the laptop-based curriculum for the rather large group that can't afford it. We're going to make 9th and 10th Grades focused heavily on laptops and make it hell for those without one those years.
Also, not really a dick move, but them being dicks for not doing anything about it.
Only two men's bathrooms on the entire campus (Save for the office and the gym, both of which are far from the main buildings and essentially inaccessible) are functional. There are supposed to be 4 per building, with 5 and a half (5 two story, 1 one story) but only 2 of the men's bathrooms work.
Every single one of the others are always locked, 24/7, presumably because they aren't functional and haven't been fixed.
Water fountains. Only ONE of them in all 5 and a half buildings work. Well, actually, there are about 10, but 9 of them are on the lower levels, covered in bird crap, and are constantly in the sun, so the water that comes out is usually unbearably hot. That one water fountain that works provides at least semi-cold water, but it's all the way over at E building, at the farthest end of the campus.
Bathrooms are disgusting. The two small stalls, TWENTY FOUR FUCKING SEVEN, smell unbearably like crap, have toilet water all over the floor, and is STICKY (fucking disgusting, can not be unseen/smelled). In the only usable stall, I once saw someone had made two huge lumps of crap right on the toilet seat. Almost kicked the stall. I never used that bathroom again.
Also, not really a dick move, but them being dicks for not doing anything about it.
Only two men's bathrooms on the entire campus (Save for the office and the gym, both of which are far from the main buildings and essentially inaccessible) are functional. There are supposed to be 4 per building, with 5 and a half (5 two story, 1 one story) but only 2 of the men's bathrooms work.
Every single one of the others are always locked, 24/7, presumably because they aren't functional and haven't been fixed.
Water fountains. Only ONE of them in all 5 and a half buildings work. Well, actually, there are about 10, but 9 of them are on the lower levels, covered in bird crap, and are constantly in the sun, so the water that comes out is usually unbearably hot. That one water fountain that works provides at least semi-cold water, but it's all the way over at E building, at the farthest end of the campus.
Bathrooms are disgusting. The two small stalls, TWENTY FOUR FUCKING SEVEN, smell unbearably like crap, have toilet water all over the floor, and is STICKY (fucking disgusting, can not be unseen/smelled). In the only usable stall, I once saw someone had made two huge lumps of crap right on the toilet seat. Almost kicked the stall. I never used that bathroom again.
When we were in grade 8 we were suppossed to go on a 3 day trip somewhere up north, something that all the previous grade 8 students before us had the privelage of having, and then they cancel it for us and decide randomly to let the grade 4/5's go on the trip instead. To be fair it wasn't like it was going to be the best trip ever, but at least it was something, considering a) how our past few years weren't that good, having to break apart and reform classes after the first month and constantly trying to cut spending on books for our class and books in our library, meaning we were stuck with almost outdated books for class and almost no books for pleasure reading in the library, and also b) our year in particular was sort of having a rough time, often having to contend with lectures and being yelled at by our principal almost monthly even when our teacher agreed that we weren't doing anything wrong to provoke these lectures or outbursts, especially when we were given punishments for things we didn't even do, that some younger grade did and the principal didn't want to deal with them. So to find out the one thing that us as a grade to look forward to was cancelled for us and given to a younger grade that probably wouldn't enjoy the most of it certainly pissed us off. What pissed us off more was when we finished grade 8 and went in to high school we find out that they decide to let the grade 8's go on the trip again. It was right then and there that I officially claimed that our school was shit.
And they think they have hard practices, it's kind of funny Footballers? Football players? are some of the most spoiled wimpy students athletes ever.Shakomaru said:Well...Blablahb said:
But seriously, the armour just makes it ridiculous. I was playing two hand touch with my friends, I'm the smallest person there, and also the only one who doesn't play sports much. I smash into one of my teammates at full speed and get elbowed right in the chest. I lost my breath, and all the other stuff that happens when you have that happen to you. Five minutes later I'm back in. Why is the armour necessary? it doesn't even stop most of the injuries! Dumb americans...
But I'm off track. Let's see here. the worst thing is that my school banned carrying backpacks around with you for a while because some stupid kid wearing one was jumping back and fourth through a closing gym partition and was killed because he got trapped. I actually haven't had anything bad happen to me... *shrug*
Phht, I can win this one.
When I got to year 12 (Australian equivalent to Senior year) the school removed our library. It took them 3 months to put a couple of shelves of books in a classroom so we could have the main books we might need.
Also, year 12 used to have a common room to hang out in at lunch time and to study during spare periods. When I got to year 12, they removed that as well.
For muck-up day, we were told that anyone found with an egg would be suspended and barred from completing their exams. (another first time for our year level)
We had a computer room with 25 computers. It was the year 2000 and the best was a "high end" 486, many were 386s. There was a single 28.8k modem for Internet access.
The school had about 1800 boys. There were also 3 girls in year 12. I'm not kidding. An all boys school, with three girls. They tried to make it co-ed slowly and only 3 girls applied, so there they were.
Shall I keep going?
This was in a supposedly fancy private school. All the funding went to the sports teams.
When I got to year 12 (Australian equivalent to Senior year) the school removed our library. It took them 3 months to put a couple of shelves of books in a classroom so we could have the main books we might need.
Also, year 12 used to have a common room to hang out in at lunch time and to study during spare periods. When I got to year 12, they removed that as well.
For muck-up day, we were told that anyone found with an egg would be suspended and barred from completing their exams. (another first time for our year level)
We had a computer room with 25 computers. It was the year 2000 and the best was a "high end" 486, many were 386s. There was a single 28.8k modem for Internet access.
The school had about 1800 boys. There were also 3 girls in year 12. I'm not kidding. An all boys school, with three girls. They tried to make it co-ed slowly and only 3 girls applied, so there they were.
Shall I keep going?
This was in a supposedly fancy private school. All the funding went to the sports teams.
The schools in my area do this all the time. I know we're supposed to be more accustommed to shitty weather then most people (Colorado has baaaaaaad winters sometimes), but come on, even then you have to draw a line. There can be heavy snowfall, icy roads, and temperatues at near 0 degrees, they only close if the school busses get snowed in. Yeah, you know, the big heavy vehicles that can get through snow easier then ordinary cars.gunmun said:
Ffffffffuuuuuu
And now that I'm in college, even THAT is completely irrelevant. I have no idea what convinces them to close, if they even can be convinced to begin with.
Worst thing I can thing of was my Principal at primary school, having become fed up with the littering going on he decided the best course of action was to get all the senior students (Years 4-6 IIRC) together at interval and lunch, and hold them all in one massive detention of sorts on the tennis courts until a few pieces of rubbish were claimed; he was prepared to on for several day. He was absent the following day and made no mention of it afterwards (I have a feeling he had a few too many complaints from parents and possibly some harsh words from the Ministry of Education or something). Worst still is that the junior students weren't held over those breaks, and were happily throwing rubbish around behind the principals back without consequence.
Other than that (and some piss poor administration at my Intermediate, but nothing too major there) school's been pretty good for me. High School was pretty awesome, to tell the truth; Cellphones were allowed outside of class, iPods etc allowed in some classes, 20 min interval, hour for lunch, Year 13 students had no uniform regulations, were permitted to leave school grounds during lunch and study break (even better, we had a mall right next to the school), any year group who got a better pass rate than the record was shouted free food and drinks by the Principal on the first day back, no fights or bullying, all facilities constantly being upgraded (when I started a new English block had just been built, when I left 5 years later we had a renovated workshop and arts area, renovated food and textiles area, a new Pool-Gym complex under construction, new projectors installed in every classroom...), and I could go on. One class even managed to veto their chemistry teacher (who was the head of department) and got a new one. Good times...
Other than that (and some piss poor administration at my Intermediate, but nothing too major there) school's been pretty good for me. High School was pretty awesome, to tell the truth; Cellphones were allowed outside of class, iPods etc allowed in some classes, 20 min interval, hour for lunch, Year 13 students had no uniform regulations, were permitted to leave school grounds during lunch and study break (even better, we had a mall right next to the school), any year group who got a better pass rate than the record was shouted free food and drinks by the Principal on the first day back, no fights or bullying, all facilities constantly being upgraded (when I started a new English block had just been built, when I left 5 years later we had a renovated workshop and arts area, renovated food and textiles area, a new Pool-Gym complex under construction, new projectors installed in every classroom...), and I could go on. One class even managed to veto their chemistry teacher (who was the head of department) and got a new one. Good times...
Let's see...
- I was suspended from the bus for getting off at school, because iit wasn't my stop
- if you're even just a little late, automatically get 2 days OSS.
- There's a Wal-Mart right across the street from my school, my first two years they let us go to it, but now they say we cant because our parents wont know where we are.
- I was suspended from the bus for getting off at school, because iit wasn't my stop
- if you're even just a little late, automatically get 2 days OSS.
- There's a Wal-Mart right across the street from my school, my first two years they let us go to it, but now they say we cant because our parents wont know where we are.
This. Right here.SirBryghtside said:
My school started doing a "flex schedule" thing this year, where you can come in late or leave early. I have four classes out of a nine-period day. That's five free periods, or roughly four hours, of me sitting on my ass doing nothing. They don't even allow us to eat in commons (similar to study hall) anymore, which is especially good since I don't have a lunch period.
If you have two open periods at the end of the day, you can leave no problem. Any more than that and you need a job or they keep you there. Personally, I think a job and schoolwork is too much for me. Especially since I really don't want to fail anything this time around.
Completing a test for History class only for your derp of a Teacher to completely forget about it and give me a zero anyway.
My grade dropped from a 91% to 78% in one day because of that nonsense. The Teacher never fixed the problem and he botched my GPA.
My grade dropped from a 91% to 78% in one day because of that nonsense. The Teacher never fixed the problem and he botched my GPA.
That's an incredibly weird schedule you have there...
My school pulled a minor dick move just today. It was seventh period and the power randomly went out. My school is an insanely tech-dependent school (every student gets laptops, most teachers use "Smart Boards" to teach lessons). They were going to let us out early, and just as everyone was standing up to leave, the power comes back on, and we hear an announcement pretty much saying, "Whoops never mind. Stay here everyone."
My school pulled a minor dick move just today. It was seventh period and the power randomly went out. My school is an insanely tech-dependent school (every student gets laptops, most teachers use "Smart Boards" to teach lessons). They were going to let us out early, and just as everyone was standing up to leave, the power comes back on, and we hear an announcement pretty much saying, "Whoops never mind. Stay here everyone."
Let's see...I went to a private school where you basically gave up nearly all your legal rights when you stepped through the door so I have several, but I'll go with this one during my senior year. This happened to a junior girl in my class; One Friday night, me and few other seniors and juniors planned a trip to Six Flags by ourselves with no adults. That same day, one of the juniors wasn't feeling well when she woke up so she didn't come to school but as the day went on, she started feeling better and still wanted to come to Six Flags with us. We all met up at our school before piling into a single van and drove to the theme park. That next Monday, the girl was given in-school suspension. Their reason? Even though the school was never involved in any stage of planning whatsoever, simply because we all met at the school first, that somehow automatically made our trip "an extracurricular school function" and the school had a strict rule that if you didn't come to school, you weren't allowed to go to extracurricular stuff after school...so yeah, that was kind of dick thing to do...
I had left my high school because the people there were jerks.
They lured me back in grade 12 with a digital arts program, specifically told me about it.
Then a week before school started, they withdrew it from the curriculum.
Later I found out that they had taken the funds from said program, and put it into the sports program.
Bunch of weenies.
They lured me back in grade 12 with a digital arts program, specifically told me about it.
Then a week before school started, they withdrew it from the curriculum.
Later I found out that they had taken the funds from said program, and put it into the sports program.
Bunch of weenies.
I got bullied over facebook. I defended myself. I HAD TO END UP APOLOGIZING TO THE FUCKING BULLIES.
Also a girl in 3rd grade bullied me as well so I called her stupid(I was little) and the school wouldn't beleive me, they said no one bullied me so I ended up loosing.
I now don't give a shit.
Also a girl in 3rd grade bullied me as well so I called her stupid(I was little) and the school wouldn't beleive me, they said no one bullied me so I ended up loosing.
I now don't give a shit.
okay, just to be clear this reply may get a little whiney in places.
Where to begin with my school...
first of all is the fact that the administration doesn't give a f!@# about what any of the students, or even the frigging teachers have to say about anything. second, they try to make us think we have control over things with our student council, but they can't do s!@# and its not even their fault. third, they really messed up the schedule this year. fourth, they can't seem form a single logical thought inside their minds. fifth the punishment system is a giant thing of bulls!@#. sixth, they couldn't give less of a s!@# about failing people as long as they graduate. seventh, the grading scale is f!@#ed up. eighth, they listen to idealistic new teachers more than the wise and actually good older teachers who actually know how to teach their material. ninth, they try to force stupid, childish practices onto us. and tenth, they don't give us ANY time to actually do stuff in class that should be done.
and now, to ellaborate
1 and 8. most of my angst is comming from the fact that the entire schedusle this year is a massive slap to our faces in the way of us having even a lick of say in any matters at my school. to start off, some background... my school has been on the "block system" which is a system where we have 4 periods in a day and each period is 1 and a half hours long. a couple years back, the administration decided that they should change to an 8-period day instead of our usual 4-periods. when some of the leaders of our student body heard of this, they got together a very good petiton that was signed by most people in our school. because of this the board backed off. then this past year they tried doing it again. this time they succeded and thus made pretty much every student mad. but that wasn't the beginning, they tried to disguise it and sugar-coat it as much as possible by presenting to us several different schedules that sounded good. of these they included an 8-period schedule and a modified block schedule. they DID NOT AS FAR AS I KNOW offer a straight block schedule in any way shape or form. they first offered this to the student council who all voted for the modified block. they then took it to the teachers who, as far as i know, voted as a majority for the modified block. the administration said they would take these results into consideration for next years calender. As far as I'm concerned, however, they may has well just wraped up the results, tossed them in the trash, lit it on fire, then threw it in the river. they pretty much just went with a straight 8- period day instead of the modified block that mostly everyone thought would be better for everyone. that is the current source om most of my angst against the world.
Now, all due respect for the school board and the rest of the administration, because you guys are nice and all, but this was a pretty dick move on your part.
Oh and also, if you want to promote the positive behavior model thing, at least try to make us feel like you give a crap about our opinions
Where to begin with my school...
first of all is the fact that the administration doesn't give a f!@# about what any of the students, or even the frigging teachers have to say about anything. second, they try to make us think we have control over things with our student council, but they can't do s!@# and its not even their fault. third, they really messed up the schedule this year. fourth, they can't seem form a single logical thought inside their minds. fifth the punishment system is a giant thing of bulls!@#. sixth, they couldn't give less of a s!@# about failing people as long as they graduate. seventh, the grading scale is f!@#ed up. eighth, they listen to idealistic new teachers more than the wise and actually good older teachers who actually know how to teach their material. ninth, they try to force stupid, childish practices onto us. and tenth, they don't give us ANY time to actually do stuff in class that should be done.
and now, to ellaborate
1 and 8. most of my angst is comming from the fact that the entire schedusle this year is a massive slap to our faces in the way of us having even a lick of say in any matters at my school. to start off, some background... my school has been on the "block system" which is a system where we have 4 periods in a day and each period is 1 and a half hours long. a couple years back, the administration decided that they should change to an 8-period day instead of our usual 4-periods. when some of the leaders of our student body heard of this, they got together a very good petiton that was signed by most people in our school. because of this the board backed off. then this past year they tried doing it again. this time they succeded and thus made pretty much every student mad. but that wasn't the beginning, they tried to disguise it and sugar-coat it as much as possible by presenting to us several different schedules that sounded good. of these they included an 8-period schedule and a modified block schedule. they DID NOT AS FAR AS I KNOW offer a straight block schedule in any way shape or form. they first offered this to the student council who all voted for the modified block. they then took it to the teachers who, as far as i know, voted as a majority for the modified block. the administration said they would take these results into consideration for next years calender. As far as I'm concerned, however, they may has well just wraped up the results, tossed them in the trash, lit it on fire, then threw it in the river. they pretty much just went with a straight 8- period day instead of the modified block that mostly everyone thought would be better for everyone. that is the current source om most of my angst against the world.
Now, all due respect for the school board and the rest of the administration, because you guys are nice and all, but this was a pretty dick move on your part.
Oh and also, if you want to promote the positive behavior model thing, at least try to make us feel like you give a crap about our opinions