SYK So you Know.....or, understand, but understanding is probably only for the people who've been here from the beginning....and, come to think of it, most of THEM don't understand everything either. So, to make things a bit easier, here's a lovely little list for you to aquatint yourselves with at least SOME of our (my) rants. School. (which, we have all graduated, and yet still complain about.) -K (Kamikazi....er...I mean kommeroski) -Speer -Teplits -Students KOTC (the anti-core....errrr...just read it.) ******* School ******* Ahh, how we hated it, how they hated us. I still don't know why we were treated so badly....by both sides. Both sides you say? Yep, we caught it from the students, and the administration. *shrugs* Well, Chasm and I did anyway, can't really speak for everyone. I know WE never did anything to anyone. We just wanted to be left in peace (albeit, a somewhat twisted morbid peace, but peace none the less.) So, school, that will forthwith be referred to as 'Hell' (as it lived up to the title quite well) is over and done with now for all of us, and yet we continue to bitch. Why? Call us jaded, but when you're screwed with for that long, it kinda weighs on you. So, we do the only thing we can. *evil grin* We make fun of them. A lot. Wanna understand some of the things we rant on about? Ahh, I knew you did. Well, here's the hierarchy of 'Hell', or at least the leading cast. K - Ah, Komeraski, the Principle from hell. (that statement can easily go both ways) He was convinced he was running a military school, or a prison. Come to think of it, it was probably closer to a prison, but I digress. This man, among other things, was very condescending. I, for one, do not like condescending people at all. Particularly when they have the audacity to talk down to ones parents...and other adults that may gather at ones graduation. My friends (noting that most of my friends are about my parents age...for the most part, the majority of my friends are at *least* ten years older than me) did not at all appreciate this. Why did I mention this? No real reason....It just came to mind, and irked me enough to type it. ANYway, just a few things that became, well, expected from him... He was known for hiding in and behind dumpsters (I am *not* kidding about any of this) to catch kids smoking or cutting. He was once hiding in a tree with a video camera, trying to catch one smoking, and fell out. *WEG* He got a broken limb from that one (not a pun, I just can't remember if it was and arm or leg...but he broke SOMETHING) He was known for following people, going so far as to follow one student cutting (really, this is a bit overboard, and obsessive, don't we think?) all the way out to the mall (from school, a good 45 minute trek) just to drag them back. He has also dressed up in the 'Burger King' outfit, at said fast food place, waited on them (yes, the let him behind the counter) and THEN brought them back.... Was this all really necessary??? Anyway, he was a bit obsessive, and quite frankly made some damn stupid rules. (one of which being that no one was allowed to wear shorts before ...what was it, June 1st, I believe. By then summer was pretty much in full swing here, and it gets DAMN hot in that school. *G* There were guy's seen wearing dresses and skirts to get around that one... I knew at least two of them. It was rather amusing... but that's a tangent for another day. This all doesn't sound that bad now, does it? Keep in mind, I'm not typing everything that happened, and YOU didn't know the guy (If you did, I'm sorry. It was a terrible thing to deal with) I mean, most of the faculty and PARENTS didn't like the guy. anyway, I'm done with him for now...on too... SPEER- Otherwise known as 'The cat bitch', or other relatively similar titles. She was....well, it's kind of hard to explain her if you never met her. Rude, ugly (I don't mean this in the 'I was born this way' sense, but in the Hygiene sense. The woman never brushed her hair [and more than likely her teeth, judging by them] wore the same thing EVERY OTHER DAY, and was just sneered too much) and "Was always right" (I really don't like them either.) (NOTE: Dickerson was much like this, save the hygiene, and add a little of Komeraski's attitude (condescending an all...) and there you go) She could not teach worth anything, and passed only the people she liked (ie. those who kissed up so much their lips were chapped). She 'taught' german, which I was doing fairly well in, until I got HER. (Bladel was a good teacher, wish I could have kept latin though, that was interesting) She talked CONSTANTLY about her cats (Thus the name. And that outfit she wore every other day? a cat pattern dress) She claimed to have a husband, even though she had been divorced for about 5 years (hey, we knew people on the faculty. Not EVERYONE there was a dick) and talked of her cats FAR more. I honestly thing there was something wrong with this woman, but she was too much of a pain for me to pity her for it. On to... Teplits- Aah, the counselor for hell. ANOTHER one you could take both ways. The short and simple of it is, she did NOT know what she was doing. Even the "Therapist" she stuck us with (the core in general. She was "worried" about us, mostly because she couldn't figure us out.) said she didn't know how to do her job, and wanted her to LEAVE and get out of her hair. *G* I *liked* Sarah....but that, again, is another story. She forever meddled with us, but never did any good. Half the time *I* ended up cleaning up her messes (I was generally seen as the councilor of the group. There's another long story here...those of you who were there, know it. the others really would have had to have been there..) She tried to blame my problems on my family, which was *NOT* the case (the only reason I survived school was my family) and decided she would keep a "Close Eye" on Chasm, more or less nebbing. Most of the times, when she did get a hold of someone, she made it worse. (again, I was the clean up crew) and we tended to try to avoid her. a nuisance, that's what she was...and the STUDENTS- well, the only way to put it is, people are cruel these days. Constant degradation, tormenting, and some really childish pranks... that's the skinny of it. I could go into detail on some of the things done to us in general, but just a brief overview would take pages, and pages.... life there was tough for us. that's why we banded together. now on to... ********* The Kotc ********* They were the self proclaimed 'anti-core'. don't ask me why, they're lives must have been even more pathetic than ours. Mike Kersowski (which I'm pretty sure I'm not spelling right....but that's fine, because he can't sue me then) was the head of this 'fun' little organization, that's sole purpose seemed to be to make our lives miserable. *snort* Ya, like they needed to help. Anyway, Mike had decided somewhere along the line that we were evil (perhaps this springs from the fact that he though Chasm and I were evil, and we just happened to head the core....). Remember on the main page we mentioned people wanting to burn us alive? yep, this is a reference to him, and he made it quite clear that he'd love nothing better than to see me go up like a match. *sigh* oh well, we can't all get what we want now, can we. More to come on this...I just don't feel up to going into detail right now. ****** This doesn't sound so bad now, does it. Well, you weren't there, and I'm doing a horrid job of trying to recount it. I've honestly blocked most of it out, sooooo..... I'll add more to this list when it comes up, and any of the old members are free to send me additions and stories. I'll gladly post them.