What are your best memories from Tech?
As mentioned earlier, I was on my own my senior year. So, as an emancipated minor, I didn't have to get a parents permission to do anything, or get them to sign notes when I decided not to come in.
One day I needed a pass for missing the day before. Someone I never dealt with in the guidance office didn't know about my situation. He looked over my file and noticed how many days I had missed. He mumbled that he should just expel me. I told him fine, expel me. I'll just take my diploma and go. I then told him how all my credits were already done and I would be more than happy to leave with my diploma. Lily Johnson overheard us arguing about it, pulled in the counselor I was arguing with and she started to argue with him. After about 5 minutes, he walked out, didn't say a word to me, signed the pass and handed it to me. Ms. Johnson rocked!!!
Probably my second best memory was being a better shot than most of the members of the JROTC rifle squad. Or at least that was what Col. Fellows told me when he tried to get me to join it.
I also pulled a classic prank on Ms. Thomas in beginning television class. I had everyone in the control room look at her, turn their head and snicker. She saw a few of us doing it and came back into the room to see what was so funny. Man, did she get pissed. I told her it was nothing, but there was no explaining that the joke was that there was no joke.
I even initiated another prank on Mr. Eisenhart. Mr. Eisenhart had parked his VW bug on the sidewalk by the auditorium. A bunch of my fellow bus riders and I jumped off our bus and picked up Mr. Eisenhart's car and moved it closer to the railing that encircled the lower level windows on the Burt side of Tech. We were sitting on the bus, getting ready to leave when Mr. Eisenhart came out to get into his car. He opened the door and couldn't get into to his car. He had this amazing puzzled look at his face that was simply classic. He just couldn't figure out how he got out but now couldn't get in.
Now, before I get flooded with comments from people that really liked Mr. Eisenhart and are ticked off at me for doing this, let me point out a couple of things. 1) I didn't know it was Mr. Eisenhart's car, I just saw a car and wanted to see if we could pick it up and move it. 2) I didn't know Mr. Eisenhart and this prank was NOT some misguided attempt to get him, and lastly Geez, I was only 17 and any amount of fun at an adult teachers expense was worth it.