<p>Reasons as to why my high school fits the definition of “ghetto”:</p>
<li>Mr. Schneider’s english classroom smells terrible</li>
<li>People spit, and saliva covers the hallways</li>
<li>The hallways smell terrible </li>
<li>Nothing’s been changed or redecorated since the 1970’s (except we’re currently undergoing a building remodelization, and by the time I graduate, everything will fine and dandy and up-to-date)</li>
<li>A large percentage of the student population listens to rap music and takes it very seriously</li>
<li>A large percentage is gangsta, or think they are gangsta</li>
<li>One of our math teachers is absolutely terrible, and he’s the reason why most students didn’t pass the math portion of the state standardized test (which is necessary to graduate) on the first try</li>
<li>No teachers under age 45</li>
<li>We have ONE guidance counselor for both the high school AND middle school (about 800 kids), so we get no help at all with the college admissions process</li>
<li>We have only 3 AP classes available (English, Spanish, and Music Theory)</li>
<li>I’m in the top 5% of my class, and I hardly ever do my homework</li>
<li>Our school district was forced to lay off several teachers and staff members last year</li>
<li>Nobody joins clubs. I’m an officer in almost EVERY CLUB, and I’ve never had to run against anyone for a position.</li>
<li>Quite a few of the lockers have no locks, or the locks are absolutely useless</li>
<li>Nobody has heard of the SAT II’s</li>
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<p>Anybody else in a similar ghettofabulous type of high school situation?</p>
<p>Your school sounds nice. My mom went to the same HS that I do, and it was old back then... Nothing has changed since then. </p>
<p>I see coke deals on my way home almost everyday. We have police chases through our campus. We have multiple gangs on campus. I think I had a death thread by the gang who is the enemy of the Latin Kings... can't quite remember who exactly. We have two police officers on campus at any given time "just in case."</p>
<p>Our female janitors leave work crying every day because the bathrooms are so utterly inhuman. They have to go in with a hose and spray it down. It's sick.</p>
<p>But we do have the most national merit scholars in the Central Florida area! Haha. It's amazing what a good principal and tons of funding can do to an otherwise hopeless school.</p>
<p>all of the idiots at my school treat our custodians like complete ***** as well. i walked in the bathroom the other day and somebody had taken a dump inside one of the custodians rolling mopping carts that they had left in the bathroom.</p>
<p>My school is pretty ghettofab. I was the one who introduced everyone to the SAT II's. I think I'm only the second or third Ivy League applicant in school history. I have PRESIDENCIES in three separate EC's. Less than half of our school passes the state standardized reading test on the first try. The only reason we offer a decent amount of AP courses (10 I think) is because we have 3000 kids, so there's so many that there's enough smart people to fill those classes. I barely ever do homework and I still have all A's in the most rigorous schedule possible. And in my high school career, we have had multiple lockdowns, one RIOT, a bomb threat, someone selling a gun at school, and a stabbing. We have had gangs, but after the riot they dissipated due to several expulsions. About 80 girls at our school are pregnant or have already had a child. And only 20% of students move on to a 4 year institution.</p>
<p>omg, I think we go to the same school! Ghettofab all the way :p</p>
<p>But really, my school is somewhat like you school, except we have a few super-smart kids (tehe), more advanced classes, and not as much real gang activity (at least I think so). Most just think they're gangstaa.</p>
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<li>I'm in a class of 8 seniors</li>
<li>We have no honors, AP, IB course offerings</li>
<li>Our only foreign language is 2 years of Latin; no chemistry</li>
<li>We have basketball, baseball/softball for sports, that's it </li>
<li>Our last couple vals have gone to community college</li>
<li>The school building is haunted (really)... it is an old Jesuit seminary</li>
<li>Boys and girls are segregated at lunch and must use separate staircases; there is an absolute hands off policy for all students. You cannot give someone, even of your gender, so much as a high-five.</li>
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<p>I want to say that despite most of this (and because of some of it) I like my school...</p>
<p>lol. no offense, ryno, but your school isn't ghetto. it just sucks.</p>
<p>some idiots just set fire to the boys bathroom, which is now a charred mess (and i liked that bathroom!) last week, we got a letter about how someone brought a gun to school (i mean "weapon") and someone set fire to some papers in the back stairwell. then there was a fight, and a car crash, and...did i mention that my school is one of the best in the county? lolz.</p>
<p>My school is ghetto. It's in spanish harlem, everyone listens to rap, the building is falling apart and there are as many security guards and aides as teachers.</p>
<p>But it's not as bad as the GED school across the street.</p>
<p>My school is just like that with many people in gangs and some are fake, the whole entire school can be considered as garbage gum, candy, papers, food is everywhere. A big portion of school not graduating on time. Many of the security aint doing what they suppose to and alot of students has weapon and no body does anything. There is also a fight every now and then!</p>
<p>I like my school. I go to a DoDDs school. We have no security problems, and just a minor drug problem. Drinking is legal at 16, so we don't really have probs with that. We have a lot of above average students and a lot of AP classes. I consider myself lucky :)</p>
<p>My school isn't really ghetto, but it's still pretty crappy. I don't think anyone's ever gone to an Ivy (if they did, the guidance department doesn't know about it). We have a modest amount of APs, but people rarely pass, except in Calculus (but that teacher is the best in the school). No one has ever heard of, much less taken, the SAT II's, except for me and one other kid. We have bomb threats once a year, someone got expelled for coming to school with a bottle of vodka and trying to drink it in class. Oh, and it's considered really good to get into the state university, and the majority of my class can't get into the community college. One girl I know was really excited because she hit 1000 m/v on her SAT's after 3 tries.</p>
<p>my school isnt getto but:
we literally have retards going to my school i mean there are full blown retards at my school i go to school w/ the mentally insane we at least have 6 kids in r school that r mentally cuckoo and a ton adhd kids who are bouncing off walls at r school(i have minor adhd but u dont see me running around unless im w/ the gang me and my 3 bffs...i mean all of us together)</p>
<p>we have clubs even a literal club period...but nobody does ne thing in it..we all just chill...except in my 2 favorite clubs: Student council and fido and felix club oh and since its at the end of the day seniors dont have to go to club they can leave after 6th period(they have 7th off also club is 8th period last period..)</p>
<p>u have to hear a pdd/tourettes combo(hs cool otherwise) 16 yr old w/ the maturity level of a 5 yr old sing lalahlahlahah and a song that remarkably resembles Wild wild west and i'll be home for christmas...(and hes jewish...) and have ur bffae dancing on a lunch table outside.....</p>
<p>oh and if ur in classs of 08 ur the only girl next to me...im the only girl in a class of 12 in 11a and 3 in 11b...lol and theres 90 kids in 5-12</p>