Weed came later, when I got out.

But no one ever suspected. I looked innocent, was never tardy, and never got into fights.

Two out of three. Was never suspended. Alas, I have been bad. Worse yet, I sometimes wear a hoodie. Doubtless, there can be no security in America unless I am gunned down by a neighborhood watch person.

on something very important here. As I understand it, Zimmerman's father is a retired judge. That means if he is like most retired judges, he has a lot of money in the bank, as well as a lot of people who owe him favors. Can it be any wonder then that the Sanford pigs "botched" their investigation of the crime, failed to significantly interrogate Zimmerman, and have also thus far not seen fit to in any way hold or arrest him?

And what about the mysterious "friend" of Zimmerman's, Joe Oliver, who claims to be so moved by his "friendship" with Zimmerman that he has quit his job (leaving him no means of support) to go out to the media in support of his "wronged friend"? Surely some mysterious benefactor must be somehow channeling money to him which permits him to sustain his existence, and probably a lot more.

This entire situation reminds me of another very similar incident that happened back in the 1960's. I know of it only from a ballad about it that was written by another person whose name is Zimmerman. I am referring to Robert Zimmerman (Bob Dylan) who wrote the song, "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll.

Listen and see if you don't see a lot of the things happening so far in this current debacle that are surprisingly similar to the story that is told in Dylan's ballad.

... went to H.S. in the early 70's. Just like the t.v. series.

I've never smoked weed (or tobacco), but I have been late to classes, bunked off classes altogether and been suspended for other bad behaviour. I was pretty obnoxious as a teenager, though fortunately I'm white, so it wasn't a capital offence.

I'd never heard of pot when I graduated high school.

There is just too much hate in this world we live in today and in our case here in the USA hate radio and faux noise leads the charge.

I would like to see Faux News shut down for good!!! Every time I see a clip from that show, it just makes me sick!

I did everything wrong in High School, way worse than what this poor child did! But as someone said so well a few posts up......... I was born white!

Hate to admit that, but it is so true. America is still very racist, although they pretend not to be. I have seen them, you've seen them..... they are the ones that you will see interact with a person of color, no, I shouldn't say that, because that implies all races; Asian, Indian etc.... racist with them also, but it is worse with the African American. When a racist interacts with a black man/woman, they pretend to act all equal, and act hip in front of them. But watch how they act when they are with their friends. N this... N that... Nothing worse than to see people like that in action ........ I absolute despise those kinds of behaviors.

Says he's Christian but I'll kiss his ass if he lives his life like one. Don't like Blacks, Mexicans, Indians, hell even the wrong kind of bird that feeds at his bird feeder and its bam, bam

I'm none religious and I'd bet good money that if there is a heaven I'll get closer to it than he will. I live my life like a religious person should or according to their bible that is.

We're tinkerers in kind but its getting harder and harder to go around him due to this hypocrisy
I have no problem with a religious person if they truly are what they say but when they are for expediency sake then not so much.

What a cretin

Cretin is the right word too.

K&R

and smoking pot in high school

Terrible asthma attack prevented me from smoking anything. Actually, in my high school we took all the classes in one room except for science classes which in the next room. So 0-3

When I was in high school and was just a junior, the chemistry teacher shut the door when it was time to start class because the bell system was broken and the principal didn't have the funds to fix it.
So, when I opened the door to go into class during the 2nd week of school, the teacher told me to never open the door to his classroom again once it was shut.
He said that once that door was shut, that his class began and he told me to never interrupt his class again.
I told him that I was sorry, I didn't know that, and he started to berate me right in front of the entire class.
He said that if we didn't make it to his class on time, tough.
He said that he didn't count students in his class as tardy, they were either present or absent.
Needless to say, he wasn't too popular.
Good teacher, but no personality.
He reminded me of Mr. Hand in the movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High".

A couple of times.

taking enough prescribed for an illness), I was tardy anough and I guess I should have been on death row. I'm black too so I would have been a two for one.

...or else you would have known that the unidentified person following you only has the best of intentions.

I was a little early for pot, but had more than my share of beer.
Oddly, though I was always on time.
Big question whether I would be allowed to graduate in the big ceremony or not despite being ranked high in the class.

Our principal of 45 years ago is still being sued for fondling boys at the catholic school I attended.

My first suspension was in *junior * high school ( I started an epic food fight in the cafeteria), so I reckon I am highly murdereable.

I never started a food fight. I sure as hell finished one, though

I've heard it is extremely difficult to get blackberry cobbler out of ones blond hair. I'm a blond, too, but I wasn't the one that experienced that particular joy. The blue cheese dressing and lettuce was bad enough.

This wasn't at school, though, just my cousins and my sister LOL at a family reunion. My sister and I are lucky we survived that one, and we are lucky we had a mother with a sense of humor. She was impressed with the blackberry cobbler after she got over being mortified with the heathens she raised LOL!

But I know how to be late. I was a good student, too, I just couldn't seem to get there on time.

I got suspended in junior high because I poked holes in the plates and made dribble cups for some fundraising dinner the school was having. I didn't do it to all of them, just some of them, and the results were hilarious enough to me at that time that I gave myself away. Three of us went down for that one, though I must say with pride, it was my idea

I've been known to say stupid things too. And do them.

That's 35 years more of life than one murdered boy will have.

it was placed on my "permanent record" that I took an underground newspaper to school in the 7th grade.

The Great Speckled Bird.

The rest? Oh, yeah.

and I was an A student

I dropped out/was kicked out of high school at the end of my junior year of high school because I'd skipped so many times, mostly to smoke weed with my friends. Never got me killed or even shot. Of course, I'm a white girl who only wore unhooded sweatshirts, so that probably saved my ass.

Got kicked out of class once because one of my friends and I got the giggles and couldn't stop,
but the prof. was not too hard on us since it was his weed we had smoked at lunch.
Was threatened by suspension if I ( and 1,000s of others) walked out of the Univ. in an anti-war protest.
We walked, no suspension.
I am sure there were other incidents, but my memory is hazy, for some reason.

Haven't smoked pot to this day, never suspended. Don't recall ever being late to class, but I suppose it's likely that it happened at some point.

Pot came later, 1969 or so.

from time to time when it's chilly outside.

Thanks for the thread, grits.

Was never suspended or tardy to class. So I guess I was a good kid in high school. Though I did skip school one day. I told my mother and she lied for me when the school called the next day.

A little unfortunate marijuana incident when she was a senior in high school resulted in a 10-day suspension and some maneuvering by our lawyer to get the charges expunged.

I was a "good kid" in high school and never got into any trouble. I saved myself for college.

Three times for arguing in class and telling my teacher to fuck off (or something similar) and once for skipping a club meeting and telling the teacher that found my friends and me roaming the halls to fuck off. I had issues with authority. Of course this all went down on my permanent record. I have struggled ever since to overcome the shame.

But between her dragging the cow in the classroom, stringing falsies and tampons up in someones room, I'm shocked she ever graduated. She'll still set your ass on fire with a lighter, or land a bucket of water on your head.

I just learned to laugh with her, because it is funny as hell.

Mostly because I probably sold your Daddy the weed that he was smoking.

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smoked pot in high school and tardy a few times…no suspensions.

(before the current crop of campus cameras of course) driving off the range with the driver ed. car, (isn't everybody hungry for a Big Mac during driver's ed) cheating for a test, copying somebody else's homework, smoking in the HS bathrooms, God the list is endless....and that was in a Catholic HS.

Where have these people been living, really?