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Slashfan
I think they do it to stop panic but seriously as a human I have the right to know.
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Actually, you have no immediate right to that information - you do, however, have the right to refuse to follow a request given by a member of staff if you think that it goes against your rights. Whether that is a smart move when there is the threat of a bomb planted on campus is for you to decide.

As teachers, they have the responsibility of keeping you safe, including making decisions about the best way to handle any threats to you or other students safety - you were informed of the reason for the evacuation once the situation was under control, which I think is reasonable considering it was all in the interests of stopping you from being blown to bits.

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I thought the faculty did a pretty good job handling the situation. They've actually detained a suspect or 2 already. School will be back to normal tomorrow.
 
Had a few bomb threats myself.

Last year there was one. Got to the college for my afternoon lesson and the first thing I notice is the place deserted and a policeman in body armour and carrying an assault rifle (which is quite a sight in Britain as our regular officers don't carry guns) entering the building I was meant to be in. I then joined everyone else in the park a bit further down the road.

The year before that the same thing happened although only one building got evacuated and I was in a different one. It turned out someone had brought a fake gun in for some acting thing and it got mistaken for a real one.
 
otakukid96
Someone finally told the Chemistry teacher, to his face, that he sucks at teaching. He didn't have enough time to punish her, since he had to go on a field trip with his Physics class, so she got away without any issue. Then another student in Chemistry called one of her parents so they could talk to the principal about the Chem teacher. Honestly, I think that this is going to be his last year teaching at my school, since all the students hate him, and people are starting to complain to the principal about him now. Even I'm planning on getting him fired somehow.
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Something similar happened at my school.... One of the biggest/buffest kids at our school got mad at the art teacher, so he got in her face, yelling at her, telling her everything he thinks she does wrong :scared:.... He got suspended for two weeks for assault on a teacher, and i think had to go to an anger managment class.... And its weird, because he is the nicest and most laid back person I know at the school :crazy:
 
haitch40
Had a few bomb threats myself.

Last year there was one. Got to the college for my afternoon lesson and the first thing I notice is the place deserted and a policeman in body armour and carrying an assault rifle (which is quite a sight in Britain as our regular officers don't carry guns) entering the building I was meant to be in. I then joined everyone else in the park a bit further down the road.

The year before that the same thing happened although only one building got evacuated and I was in a different one. It turned out someone had brought a fake gun in for some acting thing and it got mistaken for a real one.
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This threat is the second one since I've been in school. There was another one when I was in the 6th grade. That one was a prank call :ouch: I think that person is still in jail.
 
Slashfan
That is one thing I hate about those things. The lack of communication to the students. I feel I have a right to know if there is a threat in my school so I can take appropriate action. I'd rather not get blown up and not know what happened (not that it would matter because I'd be dead). Pisses me off they don't tell us anything. I would obviously leave and they know that. I think they do it to stop panic but seriously as a human I have the right to know.
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My school had a bomb placed in it earlier in the year. Was handled really well though, even though we weren't evacuated. That was because it was barely a bomb as such, more like something which if gone unnoticed would have burned down a good 1/3rd of the school. I think they evacuated the students near the bomb's location.

Anyway, I do think being in my last year of high school, it's way better than other years. If the Deputy Principal saw a year 12 without their tie, she would get very angry at them... She saw me today without my tie (which I had forgotten), and because I was a year 13 (and maybe because I've been a good student the last 4 years), she was very nice about it... Which is unusual, because I've seen so many cases of her getting angry at students, and she is like the head staff member of uniform or something.

I have one class I shouldn't be in, as it was a last resort to fill in the line in the 6 class schedule (including study spell).

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I was meant to be copying notes in that class today, but instead I made a stack with all the pens and pencils in my pencil case (like the one pictured), and there were no problems with the teacher (who knows I am only in that class because there was nothing else). It was about 20 cm's tall (9 inches) and then I ran out of stationery. Was getting difficult at that point because all the pens and pencils were different shapes and sizes, so finding matching shapes was hard. At the end the circle pencils were almost rolling off.
 
Is anyone else taking the official A.P. U.S. History exam on Wednesday? If so, how are you studying for it? I really need a good strategy.
 
BubbleBelly542
Is anyone else taking the official A.P. U.S. History exam on Wednesday? If so, how are you studying for it? I really need a good strategy.
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I know a few friends that are taking it and they are just review information they may have forgotten. Their teacher helped them with material also. They have all A.P classes so they are stressed out from all of the other exams.

Just relax. If you did good throughout the year, then you will do fine on the test.
 
Being a freshman only lasts so long, don't have any AP classes just regular finals, but I do have HSA's so my exam schedule is this:
June 10th- Pd 2 (band)
June 11th (my birthday)- Pd's 1+3 (Spanish + bio)
June 12th- Pd's 4+5 (gym + English)
June 13th- Pd's 6+7 (Am. Govt + geometry)

I don't know when HSA's are but I have government and bio HSA's the government are new for year.
 
And the exams have begun! A month long endeavour deciding my future awaits... counting out the fact I received an unconditional offer from the 6th Form I applied for.
Although I'm not resting on that, I don't want to have to resit anything there even if it still means I can continue with my chosen subjects normally, after school sessions just don't comprehend with my laziness.

P.S-Feels like a long time since I've been here, glad to see you all again. :)

Also last 2 and a half days till I leave that hole, that's excluding the exams. If you include them my last day is the 14th June.
 
I'll be taking my first AP class next year, it's the first time my school's ever offered one. Any tips on survival?
 
MarinaDiamandis
Actually, you have no immediate right to that information - you do, however, have the right to refuse to follow a request given by a member of staff if you think that it goes against your rights. Whether that is a smart move when there is the threat of a bomb planted on campus is for you to decide.

As teachers, they have the responsibility of keeping you safe, including making decisions about the best way to handle any threats to you or other students safety - you were informed of the reason for the evacuation once the situation was under control, which I think is reasonable considering it was all in the interests of stopping you from being blown to bits.

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Ok, fair enough, but shouldn't I have the right to make the decision based on what I feel is safe? I mean it is human nature to get away from danger.
 
Slashfan
Ok, fair enough, but shouldn't I have the right to make the decision based on what I feel is safe? I mean it is human nature to get away from danger.
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You do have that right, but rights come with responsibilities, they do not allow you to do whatever, whenever with no repercussions. Is it reasonable to ignore an established and practised emergency drill because you feel 'unsafe'? Not particularly.
 
Slashfan
Ok, fair enough, but shouldn't I have the right to make the decision based on what I feel is safe? I mean it is human nature to get away from danger.
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You may be able to handle the situation in an appropriate manner, most other people will over-react, causing a panic.
 
MarinaDiamandis
You do have that right, but rights come with responsibilities, they do not allow you to do whatever, whenever with no repercussions. Is it reasonable to ignore an established and practised emergency drill because you feel 'unsafe'? Not particularly.
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But during an emergency drill, at least in my school, you usually know. If it's something serious, they stay quiet, and the staff either won't know what's happening or some do know and don't talk. That's, at least for me, my cue to leave.
justchyllan
You may be able to handle the situation in an appropriate manner, most other people will over-react, causing a panic.
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This I can understand.



Also, fitted for cap and gowns at the alternative school 2 weeks ago, got my home school ones today....I have no full weeks left. That's it. I'm done. YESSSSSSSSSSS
 
I took the state literature exam today. Tomorrow is the biology exam. Many people have said it's easy but I'm still a bit nervous.
 
Today was...an interesting day.

We had a knife throwing competition today during lunch. IDK why, it was just random. Little do my friends know that I actually knew how to throw a knife haha. Got 1st in my sector. However, I got 2nd overall, since apparently there was a guy in my school who was a skilled marksman. Challenge accepted ;D

I also finished my Muay Thai training today. Sparring is tomorrow.
 

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