Wow, some of these schools sound really messed up. Mine never had anything as bad as bomb threats or guns, but, as an all-boy school, there were a few incidents that I'll always remember.
In the afternoon, the bus was driven by a little Asian man. He had absolutely no control over us kids, so we took advantage of that. We had mass food fights almost every day, wrapped toilet paper all over the inside of the bus, and hung entire rolls out the window, and at every red light was stopped at, everyone on the bus would stand up, grab the bars at the top, and tip the bus. We got so much movement from that bus, you could see the fear and shock on the faces of the drivers stopped next to us. We came within a whisker of touching those cars. Once, poor little Asian man forgot to turn off the video camera, and he was very quickly fired.
We also used to throw stuff out the windows of the bus. Banana skins and general rubbish on the back of utes and trucks, never anything dangerous like splattering their windshields with eggs, etc. This one time, a kid missed and hit someone's window. The car proceeded to follow the bus, and pulled infront of it when it pulled over. Two guys hopped out and got on the bus (why the bus driver let them on at all, I'll never know). They walked up to the kid and smacked him in the chops, at which point the two guys got jumped by just about every one else on the bus. Ah, good times ^.^
Nothing major has really happened at my school. We had fights break out very often, and EVERYONE would rush over to watch. As soon as a (formidable) teacher came along, everyone would then run away as quick as they could. It became somewhat of a game, whereby people wouldn't discuss the fight, but rather the means by which they cheated death from the stampede of students. You can't really imagine it unless you see it in person; a thousand students rushing to one spot, and then rushing away in a matter of seconds.
Of course, that was probably the worst of it. I was very happy with my school, and always felt safe. The shenanigans were a pain in the ass for the faculty, but not overly dangerous or threatening for us.
