Last day of school memories

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I had already passed Algebra 2 in a private school and had a credit in it. The only reason I was taking it my senior year was to keep my mind fresh for college since math was my worst subject. It turned out that I goofed off my whole year and the last day I found out that my grade in that class was an F and even though I took and passed it in another school if I failed a credit class I wouldn't graduate so I spent my last highschool day with all my friends around me in Algebra 2 class giving me answers to past homework that I hadn't turned in and retaking quizes to raise my score then taking the final all at which point being graded literally came to a 60.0% grade for me in that class! HAHAHAHAHA talk about cutting it close - I had no idea

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Signing year books, senior ditch day (going to Sabino Canyon and hiking/swimming), field day (my kids do this, I never did), cleaning out lockers/desks, end of year parties at friends homes, getting to listen to the radio/cd player in homeroom while hanging out, snowcone day..... so many good memories!

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Well it wasnt the last day of school but through the years I changed my mind on my career many times, fighter pilot, history teacher, computer programmer, retail manager, instrumentation tech. I decided to be a grocery store manager my senior year and they changed my schedule to where I took CDE(you get off at lunch and go to work). The day Use Your Illusion I and II came out, me and a buddy of mine from work(that sat behind me in CDE), took off after school to go to a record store and pick it up. We picked up our copies, came back to my house, stuck them in the cd changer in my parents stereo rack and ordered each of us a large pizza and a 2 liter of Coke.

I was a honor student my whole high school career, only was in trouble my freshman year because I beat up a 10th grader that was picking on me and got suspended for it. Anyway I went to school the last day in my Camel cigarette shirt, shorts, with my Guns n Roses hat, with a Confederate flag bandana tied to the band, my round John Lennon stoner glasses and my slippers. While sitting in the assembly before they dismissed us, I saw someone put their hat on so I did the same. Needless to say the principal called me up to the podium and the assistant principal made a comment about my slippers and I was told that if I made a scene at graduation I would be expelled. I believe me and the same buddy above lit and smoked cigars as we left the school grounds that day.

It was a bummer for graduation because we were going to be sitting in 2 different areas and had planned to wrap 2 cats with about 10 grosses of bottle rockets and light them up at the end of graduation but it didnt work out.

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Taking my loose-leaf notebooks, opening the rings and throwing the papers up in the air as I walked home from school. It was a local tradition which everybody did. Graduating seniors did it in the school hallways. Schools Out gave way to Another Brick in the Wall, Part II as the end of school song of choice around that time.

Some time in the early 90's, the community got all up in arms over having to clean up the mess from this tradition and pressured the police to put a stop to it. Which they did.

That gave birth to Senior Cut Day which is far worse...M-80's in mail boxes, tire slashing, drinking and other mayhem which is so rampant, the cops can't even stop it.

The irony is that many of the people who complained about our litter, raised the kids who are today blowing up mail boxes and trashing cars.

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There are a few things that come to mind...

Senior year of high school, there was an "class day" assembly on the day of the prom. We as seniors went to the program, the school gave out awards and scholarships and we were dismissed for the remainder of the day. Buddies and I went golfing, lit up the cigars on the course and had a great time. Came home and got ready for the prom and had an even better time...

Later in the year, very close the last day of class, we were taking our AP exams. Another senior and I had decided that after our AP Spanish exam we would go out to lunch at the local McDonalds. Not really supposed to leave school grounds, but we headed out, got in my car and took a spin up the road.

All was well until we ran into a popular sub at the school who happened to be my swim coach and my friend's assitant track coach...all was well though. Sub was very cool about it...said that she was surprised to see us...

Made it back to school and to the rest of classes for the day...

Fun times.