check out this story I swiped from Johns blog...its quite bizarre. people really wanted these used laptops...
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/computer.frenzy.ap/index.html
its quite bizarre, but at the same time it strikes me....Henrico county...yeah, that nice place down in Richmond...they actually get laptops as freshman in high school? They not only put P. G. County to shame, but they make us look like we havent even invented the wheel yet. When I was in high school I took a data processing class (1997), and the computers we used didnt even have a MOUSE. Bowie was a special school though...with all the riotous activity that went on...the walk-outs, threats, actual explosive devices found, pep rally riots, and excessive fire-alarm pulling (sometimes 4-5 per day, no joke). so we had our ID tags (with "breakaway" chains, specially designed so an administrator could swipe it as you fled the scene of your crime), and our pat-downs at the front door, and all that. Ask me how many things got stolen from me during the 4 years I was in high school....sorry, didnt mean to ramble. What was life like at High Point, or Laurel...? I wonder....
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High Point aka "High Joint"
oh it was a blast. We also had breakaway chains, a girl go into labor in the lunch line, knives out the wazoo, one of our wings blew up and didn't open until junior year, definately had gang fights, murders, kids throwing other kids out the back of the bus, getting high in the bathrooms, the art closet, and for one brave soul, in the middle of class...people who think it's fun to get drunk and then come to class...security cameras as well as an on site cop, fights in the hallways (which by the way were socially and racially segregated in the mornings before class). Uh...do I have to go on??? I tried to wipe these memories out. Apparently it didn't work.
oh yeah...give it 10 years before we start gettin laptops. But then then, the laptops will be chained down to the floor
I'm from PG and I'm Proud!!
I jsut read the story!!
oh my...that's sad
yeah..the security cameras were lovely. And they locked most of our bathrooms so we couldnt:
A. Set fire to trash cans in there
B. Smoke in there
C. Hide in there during class
the stalls in the bathrooms purposely had no doors...
yeah, I think we really need to compare notes sometime....
Im thinking of saying a lot more about the state of the school, but not wishing to offend anybody...
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