My 9/11, or, yet another near suspension from high school (901 hits)
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Submitted by Chronic (View user info) at 2006-09-09 15:25:28 EDT
In the days leading up to September 11, 2001, I was dealing with the drama of my first weeks of sophomore year. I was always a bit of a clown, and as a freshman, I had begun to make a name for myself as quite a sharp kid with a flare for the comedic and chaotic. I felt compelled to solidify such a reputation for the rest of high school and had already found my way into some amusing troubles.
The actual day in question was a Tuesday or a Thursday and began as most days do. It was a clear morning and I pulled my signature "smoke a joint while running to the bus stop" that I became acquainted with during my freshman year, and extremely well-accustomed to in my sophomore year. Upon my arrival at school, there were a few slips waiting for me in homeroom, a few from individual teachers, but most signed by the Dean of Discipline. It was really no surprise and my homeroom classmates had become enamored with reading them aloud each morning, as they often contained hilarious explanations of my most recent misdeeds. After the daily rundown, I made my way to the Dean's office and had my little meeting with The Man. I seem to remember it going pretty well. We had some laughs. I got some warnings. So on and such about.
It wasn't until my second class of the day when the announcement came through that the first building had been hit, and that if anyone needed to call someone, they were to go down to the central office. She called it a "terrible accident." I knew what terrorism was. I knew it was terrorism. Only a few minutes later, the teacher stepped out of the room, and a few minutes after that, he came back just in time for the second announcement, that the second building had also been hit. Politely, I asked that the TV be turned on. He said that school administration had just told him and everyone else that televisions were not to be turned on. I promptly stood up and walked out.
I went to the next room over, where my closest friend was in a science class of his own. Remedial science, I'm sure. I think it went something like this:
Me: "Hey, Marc?"
Teacher: "Excuse me. You can't just.."
Him: "Yeah, what's up?"
Me: "Administration has the TVs on lock. We're outta here."
Teacher: "Marc, don't you even think about.."
Him: "Let's go."
We walked directly through the building, out the front door, and up the block to the local pizzeria that we all so regularly frequented. They weren't technically open yet, but the owner knows us well and when he saw us knocking on the door, he let us in. The employees were awestruck, staring at the TV. Within maybe 30 seconds of entering the place, the first building fell.
We stayed there for about two hours, watching in horror as the carnage unfolded. I called my dad. He was standing at a window in Jersey City and had actually watched each of the Towers crumple into themselves. When we got back to school, we were almost immediately quarantined by a renegade teacher in the hallways and deposited in the Principal's Office. To say that I was "less than understanding" of her concerns regarding our behavior would be a massive understatement. I believe I stopped only a few words short of "go fuck yourself." She eventually cut us loose, so we went to lunch in the cafeteria, which by this time, was packed with students. It seemed that one or two of the more reasonable teachers had eventually allowed students to watch TV in class, regardless of what they had been told. We were the only ones that actually saw them fall, though.
I don't remember much else from the rest of that school day, but the next day, the administration held a disciplinary hearing for my friend and I, which we won only on the grounds that everyone there soon realized what a horrendous judgment they had made to try and shield high school kids from the most important new story of their young lives.
I can't believe it's already been five years...
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Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-09-12 02:01:39 EDT (#)
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Whatev. I wouldn't expect, or even want, the Shlong man to +2 this.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-09-12 01:37:13 EDT (#)
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to even it out
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-09-11 23:50:16 EDT (#)
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Yeah, pre-Shlongy, the rating on this post suddenly went to +2.00.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-09-11 18:01:57 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-09-11 00:57:38 (#)
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Hm. It would appear that whysenheimer has been eliminated.
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REALLY?
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-09-11 17:51:59 EDT (#)
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My uzi was in the shop getting a hair trigger installed at the time.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-09-11 14:33:39 EDT (#)
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You should have shown some balls and went Columbine on everyone.
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2006-09-11 14:02:20 EDT (#)
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Young buck
Submitted by sideshow (user info) at 2006-09-11 13:11:27 EDT (#)
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Awesome.
I walked to school all the time, and I always had a doobie to keep me company.
Teachers don't know shit.
Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2006-09-11 09:23:20 EDT (#)
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It was a Tuesday.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2006-09-11 09:13:52 EDT (#)
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bunch a damn young'uns.
I was in sixth grade when the shuttle blew up and they immediately turned the tvs on for that. strange that a high school would shun an opportunity for kids to actually take an interest in world events.
Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2006-09-11 05:48:58 EDT (#)
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shamless link whore ---> http://www.ubersite.com/m/90913
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-09-11 00:57:38 EDT (#)
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Hm. It would appear that whysenheimer has been eliminated.
Submitted by extacy_red (user info) at 2006-09-10 21:13:09 EDT (#)
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Still my favorite writer.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-09-10 00:54:43 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-09-09 19:25:03 EDT (#)
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At least you've truly proven your point by giving a negative rating to all of these similar posts.
Oh that's right. It's the Internet. You don't have a point.
Submitted by whysenheimer (user info) at 2006-09-09 18:33:16 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-09-09 18:06:13 EDT (#)
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It's not so much of a secret that I have some cocky bastard in me, methinks.
But to be called out for it will always get a laugh.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-09-09 17:39:45 EDT (#)
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HHA! See? I called you a cocky bastard, and insinuated that there were "others like you", as if I knew you, when I don't, and you STILL said "haha yep".
YOU COCKY BASTARD!
Congrats on that. you wear it well.
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-09-09 17:33:44 EDT (#)
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hahaha yep
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-09-09 17:32:33 EDT (#)
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I swear I knew ten kids like you in high school. Cocky bastards.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-09-09 17:04:30 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-09-09 17:04:08 EDT (#)
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My teacher had the tv on for the whole class as it happened, and told us how important this was. The others kept everything turned off and swamped us with busywork.
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-09-09 16:49:50 EDT (#)
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I seriously can't figure out what kind of society has implemented such flagrant retards at the most crucial level of education outside of the 2nd grade.
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2006-09-09 16:27:58 EDT (#)
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This is a coment.
Submitted by Spooner (user info) at 2006-09-09 16:26:01 EDT (#)
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Our school decided to keep us in ignorance. Because, hey, it's only the most substantial attack of any kind of US Soil, class is more important.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2006-09-09 16:20:33 EDT (#)
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My school turned the TVs on for us after about an hour or so, I recall them having the some moral dilemma of "show them or not show them" at first though.
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-09-09 15:58:44 EDT (#)
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That's how it's SUPPOSED to work, but my school was more retarded than most.
Submitted by Hookhand (user info) at 2006-09-09 15:51:12 EDT (#)
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That was a poor move on the part of your school administrators. They really treated you like children at that school it seems. My school made an announcement over the PA and everyone turned on the tvs and watched together. We didn't do any work that whole day and we went home early to be with our families.
Submitted by PerkMan (user info) at 2006-09-09 15:32:01 EDT (#)
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Shit same for me. I was a Jr. at the time.