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 Apr 23 2008, 06:01 PM
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 just another girl  Group: Member Posts: 490 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 393,136  |
so this is turning out to be an interesting week at my school. on monday, threatening messages that are could be considered terroristic were written on bathroom walls...the only think we know is that it relates to friday. tehy wont say anything else. tuesday- 14 cars were vandalized at school. and today- security was hightened and 200/2000 kids stayed home because their parents are scared.
most people think that theres going to be a shooting. i dont think its really going to happen. i'm sure security is going to be even better on friday than it was today. so i'm going to school. most of my friends are. some of my friends' parents are making them stay home though. so what would you guys do? |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:04 PM
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I would go, why? i am not sure, those things really don't worry me though, make me paranoid? yes but thats nothing you can't get over if it doesn't happen.
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Apr 23 2008, 06:05 PM
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 yo yo yiggidy yo. Group: Official Member Posts: 1,606 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,591 |
i go to school that is right next to this avenue and there's this gang there thats called "6th AVE". its funny. we get threats a lot, but its not really anything. i mean, nothing has happened to the school in the past four years i've been here. other than bloody fights and my friend's car being stolen by the same guy who took her cellphone, nothing.
so i would go to school. it shouldn't be anything serious. probably the same group of people cracking jokes. there was this one time, there was a bomb threat. i WANTED to go home anyways, so my dad signed me out. but i didn't go home because of the threat. there was no proof of anything, it was the most random thing that day. |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:06 PM
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 I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
i wouldn't go, i love free days.
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Apr 23 2008, 06:07 PM
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 ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Apr 23 2008, 04:06 PM)  i wouldn't go, i love free days. nothing in life is ever free!  they'll probably make up those days missed at the end of the year like snow days.  /edit nvrm. thought school was officially canceled, but i guess it's not. |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:07 PM
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 yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Apr 24 2008, 07:06 AM) i wouldn't go, i love free days. |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:10 PM
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just another girl Group: Member Posts: 490 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 393,136 |
Yeah, I mean I'll be more observant than I normally am (I seem to be oblivious to fights in the halls).
But I think if there really was a serious threat, they would call school off. THey're just playing it safe with the extra security that so far isn't very good. |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:15 PM
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 pretty. odd. Group: Member Posts: 58 Joined: Oct 2007 Member No: 581,333 |
i would go. because as it was stated, if the school was in serious danger, they would just call it off.
granted i would be a little paranoid, but i would rather be there doing something than sitting at home worrying. =/ |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:20 PM
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 Live long and prosper. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 5,525 Joined: Nov 2006 Member No: 478,024 |
I have the growing suspicion people are only writing that on shit to get out of school.
Its happening all over my area,And I noticed that tests are comming up so it would make sense. |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:21 PM
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pretty. odd. Group: Member Posts: 58 Joined: Oct 2007 Member No: 581,333 |
hmm. good point.
i wouldn't put it past people. =/ |
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Apr 23 2008, 06:24 PM
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just another girl Group: Member Posts: 490 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 393,136 |
Yeah I'm pretty sure its a prank of some sort. And I heard one of the seniors listing off everything she had on friday. So it could be something like that. But you never know...I'm surprised my mom is letting me go though.
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Apr 23 2008, 07:24 PM
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 (. .) Group: Official Member Posts: 2,367 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,089 |
i would go. there's a risk in anything you do; you can't let that stop you.
it's different though if there was a serious hostage situation or something ;o |
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Apr 23 2008, 07:50 PM
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 sleep now, moon Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,540 Joined: May 2007 Member No: 526,212 |
honestly, i'd start stashing weapons at school, unless school security is doing searches in people's stuff and using detectors. get your stuff stashed on thursday, so if they pull searches on friday, you'll already have your stuff in.
just don't actually bring a gun because then they'd think it was you who was starting everything. or if your school has an auto & body shop, loot some tools from there or bring your own. |
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Apr 23 2008, 08:20 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
It's kinda turning into a boy who cried wolf situation. The thing is, though, is that schools have to take every threat seriously, so even if it's some little punk kid who thinks it's funny they have to do something about it. There were kids who came to my school with guns (I know I've told this story here before) but they didn't actually kill anyone, thank goodness.
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Apr 23 2008, 08:34 PM
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I would still go. Living in a place like where I am now, my school gets threats about shootings, bomb threats, gangs, etc. I still went anyways, and nothing ever really happened. I live on the wild side. Rawr.
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Apr 23 2008, 08:45 PM
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 That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
My parents wouldn't let me miss school even if there was a shooting.
 So I'd probably be forced to go anyway.
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Apr 23 2008, 09:24 PM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
We had a firecracker set off at our school yesterday.
One time when my dad went to this school, he saw somebody get stabbed in the bathroom. The person that attacked got 3 days suspension. |
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Apr 23 2008, 09:28 PM
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 Sing to Me Group: Member Posts: 1,825 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,808 |
QUOTE(LoveToMySilas @ Apr 23 2008, 09:45 PM) My parents wouldn't let me miss school even if there was a shooting. So I'd probably be forced to go anyway."Here, honey, wear this bulletproof vest. Remember, you hear gunshots, you hit the floor, okay?" LOL. My boyfriend attends Carnegie Mellon University and for buildings were closed multiple times because someone kept calling bomb threats. Heightened security isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's only when people get careless is there a real problem. |
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Apr 23 2008, 09:37 PM
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 cake or DEATH Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 631 Joined: Sep 2005 Member No: 223,586 |
woaah i had experienced the same situation at my college two weeks ago. someone wrote on a desk that they were going to start a shooting on a certain day. that day, the college was flooded with police and there was a huge delay just to get on campus. fortunately, nothing happened. it was just some disgruntled freshman who wanted to start something. or maybe he just wanted to get out of taking an exam. we've had threats like that occur mostly around midterms, finals, etc.
i still went to school, despite feeling very worried. besides if i skipped another day for my creative writing class, i would have failed.... |
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Apr 23 2008, 09:44 PM
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 durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
Moved to ACADEMIA > SCHOOL
Actually, I would stay home from school, if I were still in high school. It would just give me another valid reason to ditch, lol. But at the same time, I'd rather be safe than sorry. Plus my parents would want me to stay home too. Did they ever reveal whose cars (the 14 of them) were vandalized? Maybe someone has a vendetta against those students.. ? Oh man, sometime last week, a guy committed suicide in a parking lot at Revelle College, one of the 6 campuses in my university. They said he was not an affiliate of the school though. No one that I know knows for sure. 
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Apr 23 2008, 10:01 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,095 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 171,080 |
I look for any excuse to not be at school, so I think this would be a good one.
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Apr 23 2008, 10:45 PM
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sleep now, moon Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,540 Joined: May 2007 Member No: 526,212 |
QUOTE(Just_Dream @ Apr 23 2008, 09:44 PM) Moved to ACADEMIA > SCHOOL Do you want this moved to school? directed towards topic starter |
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Apr 23 2008, 10:47 PM
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durian Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,124 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,860 |
QUOTE(sparrowdust @ Apr 23 2008, 08:45 PM) Do you want this moved to school? directed towards topic starter lol I just did that to be a backseat mod. |
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Apr 23 2008, 11:01 PM
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sleep now, moon Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,540 Joined: May 2007 Member No: 526,212 |
haha, i know. It's okay though, I didn't really think of it until you mentioned it .. so thanks ;x
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Apr 24 2008, 12:27 AM
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 The Illustrious Mari C. Group: Member Posts: 586 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 26,671 |
I wouldn't go...too much is happening nowadays...people think it's just a prank & then it ends up really happening & then they end up having regrets that they didn't handle the situation better; there are too many sick people out there and people looking to go down in history because of incidents like this, take VT for example; that was the largest so far...I'd rather be safe at home & not at risk
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Apr 24 2008, 08:00 AM
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just another girl Group: Member Posts: 490 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 393,136 |
Yeah. Now I'm not going. Mom feels its better to be safe than sorry.
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Apr 24 2008, 08:42 AM
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 James killed the radio star. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,095 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 589,855 |
So. Free day.
What're you planning on doing? I think I would probably have just gone in... I dunno. I suppose it would be different if one is actually in the situation, though. |
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Apr 24 2008, 08:47 AM
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 <(^_^<) DANCE!(>^_^)> Group: Official Member Posts: 1,304 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 586,621 |
QUOTE(Spencer @ Apr 23 2008, 11:01 PM) I look for any excuse to not be at school, so I think this would be a good one. same here. i hate school. when i was in high school people would make threats and what not but nothing bad ever really happened (one time it was even on the news). the only time i was scared was when this one guy came into school with a gun and was running around the hallways. he was some girls older brother looking for the girls ex-boyfriend. pretty scary.... 
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Apr 24 2008, 11:05 AM
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just another girl Group: Member Posts: 490 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 393,136 |
I'm hoping to hang out with my boyfriend since he's gonna stay home too. I hate days where I have nothing to do, so hopefully he can come over.
I'd rather go to school since I doubt its going to happen. Ihate missing classes and stuff. It gets me so behind. |
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Apr 24 2008, 11:22 AM
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 Hey, I'm Mike Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 406,241 |
we had something like this happen last year. Nothing happened though.
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