High school

Dante’s Opinion: Was I right in just doing what the principle said?

First question is by Kayla (I’ve always liked that name)

Okay I’m 19 and work as a janitor for a high school. Anyway I feel kind of bad I had to do this yesterday. There were some students from a college coming to talk for an assembly today. Anyway they were there from about 9:30 and were leaving at around 12:30.

At around 11:30 we had to lock the restrooms do to some water problems. The students were allowed to use the nurses bathroom but there were no other restrooms for the college students who had come to the school. Now here’s where the problem comes in.

Just after locking one of the restrooms one of the college girls ( I knew it was one of the college girls because she was wearing khakis and a white blouse and I mistook her for a teacher at first, she obviously wasn’t a student ) who came to the school that day came around the corner and was walking towards the bathroom. She obviously had to go so I told her to use the nurses, however she said she needed to talk for the assembly soon and couldn’t walk across the school.So she went back to the assembly.

Anyway when they were leaving at 12:30 the girl and two of her friends who were from the college asked me to unlock a restroom so they could all go but I couldn’t because I didn’t want to get in trouble. The thing is I felt really bad because I heard the woman say to her friend “I’m gonna end up going in my pants soon” as they were walking out the door.

I just feel bad about this. They come from a college to help give some advice to students and this is the treatment they get. Was I right in just doing what the principle said and keeping the bathrooms locked? The worst part is we opened them about 15 minutes after they left as the water was fixed by then!

Hey, there was a problem in the bathroom. Your hands were tied. I would feel bad, but, there was nothing you could do.

This question is from Alvina Castro Depp.

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10 More Things You May Not Know About Me

So, a few weeks ago, I presented a list of facts about me that I’m sure one at least made you say, “wow, didn’t know that”. Welp, here’s another list of stuff.

1. Technically, I am a high school drop-out

Yes, I have my high school degree. I’m in college now. However, during my high school days, I couldn’t be bothered with the work so I just stopped doing it. Oh, and yeah, I was home schooled. Now, how did I manage to pull that off? Welp, I didn’t. My mom/teacher was not pleased and she tried so many things to punish me. I remember at least three things. One was take away my video games and TV. I didn’t have a cell phone a the time. And, if I did, I couldn’t do anything with it anyway because of the plan. Anyway, I lost that stuff. Didn’t work. Then, she tried this little thing: If I didn’t finish all my work by a certain time…normally 9 pm, I would get beat with the belt. Wait…I would get beat with the belt, while butt naked. I’m not kidding; my mom is crazy. And I got whipped too! Why? I didn’t finish my work because I simply did not care. In fact, my skin got used to getting beat it didn’t even phase me anymore. Lastly, she kicked me out. Yup, I packed a bag and was on my way out. I guess she was bluffing because she stopped me. I didn’t care; I was done with school. Family tried to talk to me. Nothing worked. So, how did I finish? What pushed me to complete it? Welp, my mom said I couldn’t go on vacation. Yup, that’s right. The lack of games, the beating butt naked, and the almost getting thrown out to the street didn’t wake me up. I wanted to go on vacation. To this day, as you know, I still don’t care for school. I credit my start of high school as starting this mindset.

2. I have no friends

I have a lot of acquaintances. However, I really can’t say I have any friends. There is no one I hang out with or talk to on a consistent basis outside of my household. Try as I might, I can’t see to step up and start a friendship with anybody. I prefer to sit on the couch and type posts like these.

3. I managed to steal from a department store…and then I busted myself like an idiot

Yup, I’m a former thief. Hey, I’m not perfect. I was a young lad, perhaps 8 or 9. I was in the store with grandma and my sisters. Well, I saw this Pokémon top spinner (I know right!?) and I had to have it. So, I did what any normal kid would do, I stole it. I put it in my pocket, still in the plastic packaging and all. And we made it out of the store and went home. That should be the end of the story but it’s not. Technically, I didn’t go home; we went to grandma’s house since we were staying with her for the day. So, I had this toy that I just got. Obviously, people would start to wonder how I magically got this toy. I had to make a plan. How could I explain this to my folks? Well, it just so happened that my uncle, who is only 7 years older than I, was living with his parents, my grandparents. The plan was simply this: Claim that my uncle left the toy out in the open for me as a gift. Yeah, like a fool I laid the toy out in the open instead of keeping it in my pocket. My grandmother didn’t buy it, then she told my parents. Jesus. I denied it of course but I eventually confessed. As a kid, I never got in trouble so I shocked a lot of people. I took the toy back to the store where there were police cars outside. Oh snap! I’m thinking: I’m off to jail. This is it. The end. I wish I wrote my will. Instead, I told the policeman what I did and he gave me a nice talk about how wrong it was to steal. I guess since I was a kid and brought the toy back, I got off easy. One of the scariest days of my life. The darn had to have been $1 or so. Really, Dante?

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Weekly News 6

Another round of good, weird, and funny news to check out! Are you ready? Let’s do this thing.

This isn’t weird news…even if it does sound weird. No, we’ll say this is good news. For two years now, this guy, on his birthday, stands out in the street giving out money. Yup. Giving it away. This year was $750.

Here’s some creepy news. If you hate clowns, turn back now. Apparently, there’s a clown stalking a town. Yes, a town. Where? Northampton, England is where. Trust me, I’m not clowning around.

In Good News, we have a man who decided to show love to those less fortunate. He quit his six figure salary job to do charity work.

Mark Wahlberg (yes, that Mark Wahlberg) has finally become a high school graduate at age 42. He wants kids to finish too:
His Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation has partnered with other organizations to provide resources to young people who commit to finishing high school.
Good for him.

Daily Good Stuff 180

It’s Thursday and I think it’s safe to say that I’ve had a decent week. It could’ve gone better but whatever. Let’s get down to another round of good stuff!

A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination  and hard work. Colin Powell

“Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.” John 14:21
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Ain’t that the truth? Well, it is for my life. Shoot, it’s 1 am as I write this.
One day, the teacher walks into her classroom and announces to the class that on each Friday, she will ask a question to the class and anyone who answers correctly doesn’t have to go to school the following Monday.

On the first Friday, the teacher asks, “How many grains of sand are in the beach?” Needless to say, no one could answer.

The following Friday, the teacher asks the class, “How many stars are in the sky?” and again no one could answer. Frustrated, little Johnny decides that the next Friday, he would somehow answer the question and get a 3 day weekend.

So Thursday night, Johnny takes two ping-pong balls and paints them black. The next day, he brings them to school in a paper bag. At the end of the day, just when the teacher says, “Here’s this week’s question,” Johnny empties the bag to the floor sending the ping-pong balls rolling to the front of the room. Because they are young kids who find any disruption of class amusing, the entire class starts laughing.

The teacher says, ” Okay, who’s the comedian with the black balls?”

Immediately, little Johnny stands up and says, “Bill Cosby, see ya on Tuesday!”

Nice! A little forced, but still a good joke.
Mark Wahlberg (yes, that Mark Wahlberg) has finally become a high school graduate at age 42. He wants kids to finish too:
His Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation has partnered with other organizations to provide resources to young people who commit to finishing high school.
Good for him.
So a few police officers cut in line to buy Grand Theft Auto. Only problem was, they weren’t cops. Wait, the folks were outside waiting for the store to open. These guys show up, get inside before opening, and run off with copies of the game. Yeesh. And that’s not even it. Check out the rest of the story.