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May 28, 2009
Ah, high school
Senior Prank, originally uploaded by ssilbermanlaw.
It's high school graduation season, which means it's high time for that noblest of traditions: the senior prank. As usual, free-spirited students clash with the stuffed-shirt administrators, who apparently exist only to stifle and punish.
First, seniors in dear old Lancaster were punished for a messy prank:
Police arrived at Lancaster High School, 1312 Granville Pike, and found plastic cutlery scattered over the campus and a car used by the school's automotive class that was pushed into a ditch. The incident occurred between 12:46 a.m. and 2:35 a.m. Wednesday. The pranks caused no damage, according to the police report.
"I've reviewed it, and from what I gather, there was no intent of any vandalism or damage," Lancaster High School Principal Steve Wigton said. "Other than the fact someone was going to have to clean up quite a few forks."
Of course, the ol' plastic cutlery prank. That's an interesting prank, but extremely difficult to clean up. It's also probably bad for the environment. I never quite approved of senior pranks that involved lots of litter, but whatever! Needless to say, the worst part of this is that they got caught. Come on, how do you get caught?
Anyway, if that prank was a mere nuisance, then the yearbook staff at New Trier High School is in some serious trouble for being "subversive." Check out what those rebels did:
A caper that put an unauthorized photo -- a snapshot of a girl holding a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon -- into the New Trier high school yearbook is being investigated by school officials.
The photo was not in the yearbook when the adviser cleared it for publication, indicating someone later sneaked the beer can shot into the layout, said school spokeswoman Laura Blair.
"It's clearly defiant and subversive and intentional," she said.
Whoah! Defiant, subversive, and intentional? Call the FBI! I just love that she called it subversive. Are we Footloose or something? I mean, I agree it's wrong to put alcoholic pictures in a yearbook, but to call it subversive? That's a little extreme. Better words: juvenile, inappropriate, stupid. But let's face it - seeing this picture isn't going to turn anyone into Janis Joplin.
I myself never attempted a senior prank. The closest I came was when one of my teachers gave me her car keys to get something out of the car. I seriously thought about taking the car and hiding it somewhere, but my goodie-two-shoes got the better of me. Also, I think it was a stick-shift, and nobody my age knows how to drive a stick.
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Posted at May 28, 2009 03:29 PM