In high school, a bomb threat was called in and the building was evacuated. We were outside for what seemed like an eternity. At least the weather was nice. Anyway, the threat turned out to be a hoax, there was no bomb. Within a few days, the culprit was found. A senior called in the fake bomb threat from a pay phone in the cafeteria during class hours. I don't remember how he was caught exactly, either they traced the call, or simply WATCHED THE SECURITY FOOTAGE OF HIM DOING IT. He was suspended and, though he could still graduate and receive his diploma, he was banned from the ceremony.
Another time in high school, i had just returned to school after spending two months recovering from major back surgery. One of my classes, english i think, had just finished reading Animal Farm, the George Orwell novel, and there would be a quiz on it after about a week. Each day leading up to it, class time was spent studying for that quiz, discussing parts of the book, like events, characters, etc. I was informed ahead of time that since i was not present during the reading of the book, i would not have to take the quiz, and it wouldn't be included in the gradebook. So, every day that week, every one else would talk about the book and, having nothing else to do, i listened in. The day of the quiz came. Again, i was informed that i didn't have to take the quiz. I didn't want to sit in the classroom doing nothing for an hour, so i asked if i could take the damned thing anyway. We came to a deal, i could take the quiz, and if i failed it, the score wouldn't go in the gradebook. So i took the quiz. I got the highest score in the class. I did better on it, without reading a single page, than all of my classmates, who read it cover to cover. What's worse, the quiz was easy! I didn't lack for confidence going into it, but given the circumstances, i figured SOMEBODY would do better than me.
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