<p>...when school is open in a blizzard storm</p>
<p>...when the guy who works in the college office that takes care of SAT/PSAT/College Application/Recs and stuff don't know that the ACT is out of a 36... he thought it was out of a 38!!!!...and cant name the subjects tested on the test.</p>
<p>I like my school well enough, but it's 4 years old and it leaks in almost every room when it rains even a little bit.</p>
<p>Actually FAFSA is an acronym. Don't kill me.</p>
<p>When a history teacher believes that WWI came "just a few years after the Civil War" and says "which war was the Hitler one again? The first?" </p>
<p>When the class average on a math exam is 52%</p>
<p>When this same teacher has to give a shortened version of his exam to seniors (1 hour versus 2), he tells them to only do the "odd numbers." They tell him that 80% of the questions are impossible to do unless you've done the evens too (as in a set of ten questions will all deal with the same problem and you'll need to use data you found from other questions). No one finished.</p>
<p>When the Fellowship of Christian Students organization is fully funded, advertised, and backed by teachers/administration, but a Gay/Straight Alliance is strictly forbidden. And straight from our principal's mouth "No, I can't let you have a scuba diving club, because then I'd have to let the gays have one too."</p>
<p>When a "hurricane day" closes most of the schools in the county; one TV station says our school is closed, the other doesn't. In first period, we turn on the TV, watching (bitterly) as our school's name goes across under "CLOSED SCHOOLS" over and over. Then the principal makes an announcement "Attention. The school IS open." No duh.</p>
<p>When a student takes his own life one week, and the school all but ignores it. When a few days later a second students follows, THEN the administration decides it should care.</p>
<p>I could go on.</p>
<p>i live in sf.. where there are huge budget cuts to public schools
i remember during sopho year, my class didn't even have a history teacher for about 3 weeks b/c they couldnt afford it and when they finally got it approved, the teacher only taught like 3 classes so they could pay her less</p>
<p>Wish I was, tennispro, coincidentally, this is the same kid who wants to be a professional go-kart driver, and constantly does projects on his favorites.</p>
<p>when you don't get Presidents' Week and everyone else in the area does.</p>
<p>when we have a test on Grammer Rock! tomorrow in honors english 11. grammar rock is for 7 year olds and she brings it in to show to 17 year olds and she is being serious and we have a test on it tomorrow. i thought it was a joke too.</p>
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When your vice principal confiscates your food because you had your lunch out in the hallway (just took it out of my locker) and then proceeds to eat it in front of your face.
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^^^this here takes the cake. i could not stop laughing when i read it^^^</p>
<p>kchen: we had school on January 2. Which was a Monday. Abso-effing-lutely amazing. So I feel your pain...it's a freaking federal holiday!</p>
<p>Actually FAFSA is an acronym. Don't kill me.</p>
<p>Sorry, I figured I was wrong.</p>
<p>When there's an earthquake at school, and the substitute teacher runs out of the classroom screaming "it's every man for himself!" and then drives away and is never seen again.</p>
<p>you know ur skool is bad if a little (and i mean little) flirting is considered sexual harassment, and may lead to expulsion.</p>
<p>--^ that is applying to me</p>
<p>lol. good thing he got away though. speaking of my grammar rock test that I posted, it made me remember my friend's class was watching toy story in art (art=random movie class) and they were talking too much so she gave them a Toy Story test. We also have a test on The Pianist on Friday (which is relevant at least but still),good old pointless movie tests</p>
<p>also someone drew a picture of mr. t with guns saying to donate money for their MANDATORY community service thingy and got 4 cuts= 4 days suspension plus 2 weeks lunch detention. that doesn't even seem bad to me. some teachers are jerks sending kids to the office for stuff like that.</p>
<p>I got another quick one too. It's not so bad, just funny. the 9th grade lit teacher made us say <em>expletive</em> when we were reading aloud and got to some foul language. it became a joke because people started asking if things like "sheep" or "cigarette" should be expletives. what a funny class that one was. </p>
<p>it was good because everyone would be like ... ****........... i mean ....expletive</p>
<p>...when your physics teacher stops in the middle of the lecture, sits down, puts on his coat, and walks out the door, never to return.
...when it's no surprise to find pregnancy tests in chem.
...when your PE class consists of your teacher mocking and saying "Hey fatty" to pregnant gals in class.
...when, at some point during their high school career, students have considered dropping out
...when you walk out in the middle of biology class, knowing fully well that no one gives a damn, and that you'll still get an A.</p>
<h1>3 is quite deserved.</h1>
<p>-when a school buys laptops for all the freshmen and cuts the band, choir and a quarter of after school clubs for the upperclassmen -when there is a 28% pass rate on the OGT
-when the 15 security guards don't even know all parts of the school but somehow manage to clamp down on open campus rights
-when a shooting of multiple students occurs and the perpetrator is not caught for 10 days...and is a student at the school</p>
<p>whoops... i meant #4 as something universal. </p>
<p>...when your school breaks down into four mini-schools that creates a tension that pits varying pre-professional interests against each other.
...when you find out your English teacher is a pedophile and is then featured on the local news for his fascination with 8-year old children.
...when the most accomplished alum from your school is a go-go dancer and MySpace favorite with 50K friends.</p>
<p>...when your math teacher gives a lesson the day before vacation, thinking everyone is learning, then the day we come back from vacation, says there is a test next day, while no one remebers anything
...when your physics teacher consistly picks on two kids for talking in class, while everyone is chatting all the time
...when you study hall teacher doesnt let you go to the library, to work on your paper</p>