<p>when finding used condoms anywhere in the performing arts area is normal, and almost expected.</p>
<p>when your art teacher is known for coming into school high, when there is no insulation in the hallways and you can see your breath when walking from classes, when your trig teacher gets halfway through a problem on the board and then can't figure out how to solve it sand says "we'll come back to that" but never do, and when all you do in law class is watch videos about the mafia, court tv, and other criminals and chases.</p>
<p>-where theatre students end up naked. somehow.
-where students openly fornicate in the chorus room and hallway.
-where teachers are convicted yearly of sex crimes involving minors. -where a student has drug-related seizures in the back of a classroom and the teacher begins to laugh hysterically.
-where a teacher goes on a psychotic rampage and rams every car in the school parking lot, having her license revoked and having to resort to the regular use of public transport.
-where a large cuban immigrant population (derogatorily referred to as "refs") is antagonized by an administrator who a pretends to do the breaststroke.
-where herds of the above mentioned population randomly pour into a school patio for no apparent reason and then promptly disappear. (flash mob?)
-where cuban flags hang from tree branches.
-where unapologetic racist comments amongst students of various latin american origins are graffitied on bathroom walls.
-where a statue of the school mascot, a gigantic metal cavalier, is covered in condoms.</p>
<p>aside from this, my school is actually a really interesting place which until a few years ago was academically very reputable. many of my teachers are also incredibly decent, intelligent people. i don't hate my school, it just has problems sometimes.</p>
<p>when students go into the library and takes books and keeps them because there isn't a full-time librarian and because there's no late fees.</p>
<p>...when the school is replacing windows and they run out of windows halfway through the replacement and use plywood. </p>
<p>...when the chemistry team get 1st the state and there is no mention in yearbook but STUDY HALL get a full page!!!!!</p>
<p>When your history teacher skips the civil war, and almost everything
preceeding it</p>
<p>When you're named Junior of the State, but people in science club and who have most improved GPA's get honored at a special school assembly</p>
<p>...when your history teacher (also the football and track coach) tells your class that half of you will become convicted murderers and rapists in the next ten years.</p>
<p>when your US history teacher teaches you english history instead because she likes it better</p>
<ul>
<li>when a teacher hands out flyers to students concerning the incompetency of the principal</li>
<li>you can see kids smoking pot while skipping class from the window - you can even wave to them from a distance</li>
<li>there is a special stairway dedicated to sex </li>
<li>when you don't have a football team but have cheerleaders</li>
<li>when a chemistry teacher who has graduated from an ivy league school in the field gives extra credit points to students for correcting her [numerous] mistakes</li>
</ul>
<p>-when the only things your school has ever been in the news for are deaths and rapes</p>
<p>it was built on swampland.</p>
<p>-your school is built infront of a garbage rendezvous, and smells every thursday(our garbage day)
-your classmate thinks the capital of Canada is the CN Tower
-your library includes shelves but no books</p>
<p>When your science teacher gets arrested for child pornography and molesting young children.</p>
<p>Gym teacher gets fired for being online porn star.</p>
<p>your english teacher used to be a stripper</p>
<p>Jesus, I thought my school was bad. From some of the things listed here, I'm surprised some schools haven't been shut down completely.</p>
<p>when your classroom's airconditoner breaks down for the 50th time in 90+ degree weather, 7th period and the principal finds the "air conditioner workers" playing basketball on the school roof. oh yea, and an ex gov't teacher with a daughter whoe's a stripper. (he retired last year)</p>
<p>When they brag like crazy about their prestigious school, and are yet never even ranked in the top 1000 by Newsweek.</p>
<p>When they get grants and crap and spend it on football, and cut AP Environmental Science because they need more money for FOOTBALL.</p>
<p>Did I mention I hate football.</p>
<p>...when your principal daily tells the entire student body that she is disappointed in them</p>
<p>...when your school administration somehow forgets to fix the air conditioning/heating system, and instead spends it all on Smart boards that no one even uses</p>
<p>...when your school assigns you massive amounts of summer work, just because you're in honors classes, and are expected to have your life revolve around school.</p>
<p>When the football team gets a field, 6 coaches, special camps, a locker room, expensive equipment........and our soccer team gets one soccerball--THAT IS IT! They wouldn't give us anything else.</p>