My County Spent Millions of Dollars, and All I Got Was a Nintendo (474 hits)
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Submitted by <daswk.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2004-05-18 08:01:39 EDT
Junior year of High School, a few things come to mind don't they? Not old enough to really do the things you want to do, yet not young enough to get away with everything else. A time of angst and bitchiness. Bleh, fuck that. When I look back and remember my junior year I can come up with only two things. One, I fucking hated it and couldn't wait to get ut of HS, and two...Super Nintendo.
Our county gave all High School students laptops, of course they were mac, so of course they sucked for just about everything. Until we realized that we could in fact use the school's network to share files such as pirated movies, video games, and of course school work. We had been given this wondrous piece of educational technology, complete with wireless internet...and we had turned it into a giant Game Boy and plagerization machine. Aren't children great?
Now this isn't really all that special in itself, if not to show just how no matter what, people, even children, will figure out a way to slack off and not do their work. However I have a rather specific incident that I just recalled today, the time of my first detention, I had actually been caught. My foul deed you asked? I was caught downloading a game in class, Megaman X2 to be exact.
Now, again, this isn't particular worth noting except for what I realized I was doing IN detention... how did I pass the time for my crime heinous among all crimes? Why, by playing Megaman X2 of course. Looking back, the situation, which many of you probably may not find to be all that funny, tickled me in a special way, and makes me chuckle, when I contemplate all that it means.
Of course, video games aren't the only things we did in school, oh no, I was ever the mindful student. I knew I was there for a reason, and it wouldn't have been proper to spend my time playing these silly games. No, more important things were to be done, such as, well, posting on Ubersite as I do now. I can't very well spend all my time on here though I have important things to do today...Sirges isn't going to defeat himself now, is he?
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Submitted by Swik (user info) at 2004-05-18 18:21:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Wow, bitter much? Suck it up and deal with it, as for me, it provided the perfect outlet for ADD and other distraction oppurtunities.
Submitted by hamilton (user info) at 2004-05-18 16:31:24 EDT (#)
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for getting laptops. Our schools best computers are 1983 macs. Would you mind writing us a check for new dell's out of your pocket money?
Submitted by slowlyrotting (user info) at 2004-05-18 14:42:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
my parish spent hundreds of thousands and all i got was a standard issue student planner.
consider yourself lucky.
Submitted by Philst82 (user info) at 2004-05-18 08:16:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Meh
Submitted by Swik (user info) at 2004-05-18 08:14:17 EDT (#)
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Submitted by euripidestrousers (user info) at 2004-05-18 08:04:47 (#)
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These kinds of ratings crack me up, it's kind of like those people who pay $1.99 to call an MSNBC poll, only to vote undecided. Slightly different here though, as it shows who read it, and at least they decided it was better than a -1 :D
Submitted by euripidestrousers (user info) at 2004-05-18 08:04:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by NintendoCzar (user info) at 2004-05-18 08:04:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 for saying Nintendo.
I have a thing for Nintendo, in case you didn't know.