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thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#26: Aug 1st 2011 at 7:35:43 PM

My highschool was built 50 plus years ago and had windows. Big ones that only had little slits to get air in. Suffice to say 30c weather made that place hell.

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GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#27: Aug 1st 2011 at 8:32:17 PM

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  • People come to learn how to be gangsters, smuggle alcohol and drugs, and make improvised weapons
  • Strong steel bar fence around the whole perimeter that is heavily guarded (the one in my hometown also has at least one cop at all times)
  • Everyone gathers to see the fights
  • Metal detectors for everyone who goes in and out, no exceptions (this is at a school only a few miles away from where I live)
  • Doing absolutely nothing to reform anyone who doesn't think they should be there
  • People at the place respect a hardass no-nonsense administrator a lot more than they respect a wishy-washy person who doesn't acknowledge that anything bad happens
  • The condition of being in authority has interesting effects on the brains of many of the workers
  • There are clearly upper-class facilities and lower-class facilities, with the upper-class ones being more likely to lead to a future of wealth, not to mention disproportionate racial compositions between the two types
  • Completing a stay at a facility is a sign of credibility with specific groups of people
  • People form into crews and cliques in order to improve their chances in a fight
  • Sometimes you meet some old-timers who are stuck there (Seriously, the high school I went to was also used as an adult training school. During the daytime.)
  • While people are there, they are often trying to find ways to get some booty. In fact, booty is an important currency. (Luckily or unluckily, the school I went to was so crowded that there were no secure places to do it, so they made sure to do it after school)
  • The more people who are in the facilities, the lower the property values of the surrounding areas.

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edited 1st Aug '11 8:32:45 PM by GlennMagusHarvey

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#28: Aug 2nd 2011 at 6:11:03 AM

I'd say another one is that you can get released early for good behavior in one.

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pagad Sneering Imperialist from perfidious Albion Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#29: Aug 2nd 2011 at 6:19:29 AM

I would hope that schools are somewhat less rapey.

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DanEile Inexplicable Student from Ireland Since: May, 2010
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#30: Aug 2nd 2011 at 7:41:00 AM

[up] Less stabby-with-shanky too.

Also, when done right, less filled-with-psychotic-murderers.

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