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The following section is reprinted from the 'SchoolStoppers Textbook' -a
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small section of the 'How to Revolt Handbook' -the fourth book of.... 'The
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Blacklisted News' -available for 13 bucks from the Youth International Party
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(Yippies). OK here we go - 81 ways to trash your school.
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Liberate your life - smash your school! The public schools are slowly
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killing every kid in them stifling their creativity and individuality making
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them into non-persons. If you are a victim of this one of the things you can
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do is fight back.
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This chapter is not written for people who are not yet sure whether school is
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good or bad. It is written for students that realize the way that compulsory
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education and grades destroy the natural curiosity so many children feel - who
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realize how the tracking system keeps the poor people and minorities in our
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society on the bottom while keeping te rich and powerful on the top - who
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realize the danger of teaching complete obedience to authority and who are fed
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up with the racism and sexism in schools. It is written for students who have
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'gone through channels' trying to correct these problems and who are tired of
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helplessly waiting while the schools destroy more and more minds each day. It
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is written for young people who realize that because they are trapped in school
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they don't have a chance to learn what they need to know to create a free and
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good life.
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Before trying any of the ideas in here you should think about the effect they
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will have in view of the situation in your particular area. Not all of them
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will be effective at all times in all areas. If you think of other ideas
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please send them to us so we can print them in future editions.(YIP address is
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same as Overthrow mag. in general section -sysop II)
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& WHAT YOU CAN DO &
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1.Get a syringe [minus needle] or similar device. Mix both tubes of epoxy
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glue with a little rubbing alcohol. You now have about half an hour to fill
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locks -door jams -etc. before glue hardens. If you can't get the epoxy glue
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and syringe a tube of airplane cement can also be used although it is not as
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permanent.
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2.An alternative use for the syringe is to pretend to shoot up while a
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teacher is watching. If they speak to you tell them you have to do it because
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school is so horrible.
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3.Call the school and leave the phone off the hook. The way some [but not
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all] phone systems work this will tie up their phone for as long as yours is
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off the hook.
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4.Protest U.S. aid to reactionary regimes abroad by defoliating plants
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around the school or by digging a bomb crater on the front lawn. When the
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ecology freaks complain ask them where they were when the U.S. was doing the
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same thing to indochina.
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5.Draw or paste something 'obscene' on pull-down wall maps or movie screens.
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6.Get some of the punch cards that you school uses for taking attendance.
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Punch new holes in them either with a keypunch machine or a screwdriver. Then
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switch the cards with others wherever they are stored. If you can figure out
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the code the cards are punched by this has even more possibilities. You can
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often be just as effective without actually repunching the cards by
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redistributing them a few days after you collect them [particularly when
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they're used for attendence].
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7.Start an information service to let new students opinions and warnings
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about the teachers and administrators before enrollment day.
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8.Bad food? Have a good old fashioned food riot.
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9.In gym classes or in hallways between classes have massive searches for
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'lost' contact lenses telling people not to walk through the hall or 'you might
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step on it'.
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10.If your school still has s dress code protest it having everyone do
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something disruptive that does not violate the code. For example dye your hair
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green with food coloring.
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11.Free all the animals in the biology classroom.
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12.Write a 'consumer report' on the 'education' you've been consuming.
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Distribute it to parents at school functions.
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13.Periodically have students go to the office to have some rumor confirmed
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or denied.
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14.Perform citizen's arrests of administrators for destroying the minds of
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youth then telephone the police to come and take the criminals into custody.
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[This would be an excellent guerilla theatre action].
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15.Rip off dishes and silverware from the cafeteria -towels from the gym
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-stencils and paper from the duplicating room -layout equipment from the art
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and drafting departments -tools from the wood shop and light bulbs from the
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sockets. Give them to a needy movement group.
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16.During lunch turn on and light all the gas jets in the science labs.
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17.Demand to see your school records on file. [Everyone can see them.]
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18.You can make a very effective fuse by inserting a non-filter cigarette in
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a book of matches so that it touches the head of some matches and will ignite
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them when it burns down that far. Then loosly crumple paper around the matches
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and cigarettes so that they are hidden. Toss it in a wastebasket or any other
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area with a lot of papers preferably in the office. It takes 5 minutes to
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ignite - by then you can be on the other side of the building. Practice this
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at home before trying it.
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19.Have giant coughing or sneezing epidemics in class or study hall.
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20.Rub lipstick -glue -vaseline -or shit onto the doorknobs of the school's
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administrative offices.
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21.Swallow some snake bite antidote then walk into the principal's office.
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The antidote [most types are harmless - make sure you get that kind] will make
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you vomit. Do so all over his carpet -desk -clothing -etc. then apologize
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profusely.
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22.Pick up some dog training liquid at any pet store - it smells like
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concentrated piss. And if you can't figure out what to do with that then you
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shouldn't be reading this.
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23.Remove contents of teacher's mailboxes. Print up everything that's
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confidential or interesting.
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24.Leave notes and hints that 'Tuesday's the day'.
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25.Impersonate parental voices and make irrate phone calls to the office.
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26.Make a super stink bomb out of Hydrogen Sulfide and put somewhere in the
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ventilating system. This has cleared school buildings for days.
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27.If your school has a suspended ceiling[that is a ceiling composed of
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rectangles or squares resting on a frame so that the rectangles can be pushed
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up] you can put a dead fish -or anything else -above them. Or put it into
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empty lockers and glue them shut.
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28.Put signs on your locker saying 'this locker will self-destruct if opened
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for inspection'.
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29.Give your school library a subscription to a good underground newspaper
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from your area and insist that they make it available to students.
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30.Print up false notices frequently using the same format as the school uses
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and distribute them to the teachers' mailboxes. Eventually they'll never know
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what to believe.
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31.Make your own passes -forms -tickets -etc. -or lift them out of teachers'
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desks.
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32.Need a signature? Collect things that have teachers' signatures on them.
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Paste them all down on a sheet of white paper and either xerox or print up a
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bunch of copies. Forge when useful.[When getting started you might put a piece
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of carbon paper under the signature with the carbon paper facing down on what
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you want signed. Then trace over the name with a steady relaxed hand.
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Practice makes perfect.]
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33.Do some revolutionary wall painting.All you need is a can of spray paint
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[red?] plus a little imagination and courage. Then write your favorite slogans
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on walls -sidewalks -blackboards -etc. If you are a perfectionist you can make
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a stencil -but that limits the size of what you can do. WEAR GLOVES or you
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will certainly get tell-tale paint on your spraying finger.
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34.Are certain teachers or adminis- trators misbehaving? Print up a rat
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sheet with their names and telephone numbers and distribute it. Now students
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can call up at any time and reprimand them - 3.00 A.M. for example. Also you
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could order them pizzas -plumbers -think big!
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35.Break into your school at night and burn it down. To get inside you can
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either hide in the building during the day and wait until the janitor leaves
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[know in advance what time that is] -or come in later at night and either force
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your way through the door -find an open window -or break a window [see Monroe
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Mindfuck]. If you use the latter method do it a few hours or days in advance
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so you don't get caught if it attracts attention. Be careful not to leave
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fingerprints - wear gloves all the time if possible. Once inside make sure the
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walls will light well by placing loose paper or wood around them -or squirting
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lighter fluid -kerosene -or gasoline onto them. If alot of burnable boxes are
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stacked in one area spread them around. Start the fire from the inside of the
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building so it will take longer before it can be seen from the windows. Make
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sure the fire has a way to travel from one burnable area to another. Of course
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you should wear dark clothes and know exactly where you are going when you
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split.
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36.Get hold of a film to be shown at a school assembly and splice in parts of
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another movie of your own choosing before the assembly. A little imag- ination
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on your part will make for an unforgettable day.
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37.Clog up the drains of sinks with clay then turn on the water after
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everyone leaves school.
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38.Teachers often leave gradebooks -conduct sheets -and attendance records
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unguarded. Take every chance to help yourself.
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39.Put up posters all aroun the school. To make them stick permanently use
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Pet evaporated milk for glue.
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40.You could ice-pick tires as a warning - but make sure you have a total
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enemy before you put sugar in their gastank.
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41.Start wailing in the halls
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42.If you can't find any skunks -let chickens loose in the school -or
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pigeons.
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43.Creat the 'WEB OF THREAD' in your classroom.Have everybody in your class
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bring a spool of thread - with extras for people who forget. Tie your thread
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onto something and pass the spools around till you run out - winding thread
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around everything. [It is best to pick on one of your more dullwitted teachers
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for this one]. Expalin that you did it in the name of art.
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44.Carry and pretend to sell oregano rolled in papers ans aspirin with the
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name filed off.
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45.Put Calcium Carbide [available in some parts of the country as 'Gopher-
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Go'.also available in some hobby and joke shops] in a gelatin capsule and flush
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down a toilet or sink. Calcium Carbide reacts violently with water -quickly
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producing large amounts of gas and bursting pipes -etc. as soon as the water
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disolves the capsule.
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46.Ride a bicycle down a busy hall.
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47.Save your book reports and essays. Give them to other students to use
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next year or re-use them yourself with different teachers.
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48.Play with lighting and microphone controls during 'important' assem-
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blies.
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49.Flush things down the toilets [preferably faculty johns] like baloons
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filled with air -baseballs -M80's -huge amounts of toilet paper -etc. Then
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build an ark.
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50.Start a campaign to have the letter Z appear everywhere as the mark of
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angry students.
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51.You can short-circuit the school's wiring by taking a regular plug with a
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short cord attached -connect the 2 wires with a switch between them. Plug it
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in -turn the switch on -and you've blown a fuse. Turn it off -pull it out -and
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try another. You don't have to use the switch -but if you don't sometimes the
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current will arc and weld the plug to the socket.
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52.Set up a fake school and hire away the lousy teachers - or put up notices
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inviting the entire school to a going away party for a teacher who isn't really
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leaving.
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53.Read the school budgett. Reprint and distribute a list of the stupid
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expenditures.
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54.Take booze to lunch in a thermos and pass it around.
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55.During some important test [SAT/ACT/etc.] on each subject have some
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student who is good at that subject stand up and read the correct answers for
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as long as possible. When they're finished or silenced have someone else stand
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up and do the same thing. The test results will be worthless and it will have
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to be given over at great cost to the school.
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56.Take down the American flag in front of the school and put up one of your
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own. The best way to do this is to lower the flag that's already up replace it
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with your flag and cut the rope about a foot below where the flag is attached.
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Then tie a slip knot around the other end of the rope that is hanging down to
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raise the flag. At this point there is no way your flag can be lowered without
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someone climbing up the flagpole.
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57.Put alarm clocks in various lockers set on 'loudest'. Set the alarm
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clocks so they will go off about every 10 minutes then close and lock the
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lockers.
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58.Have a group of people march around the school with a flag singing the
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Star Spangled Banner. If the administration tries to punish you telephone your
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local radio stations and patriotic groups and complain that your school is
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being run by pinkos.
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59.In a class where there is a rule against chewing gum have everyone blow a
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bubble at the same time one day.
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60.Many schools have automatic sprinkler systems which go off automatically
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when sensors in the ceiling feel too much heat. Find the sensors and hold up a
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match to them.
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61.Persuade the graduating class to use their senior gift money for something
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useful or subversive.
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62.Reprint SchoolStoppers Textbook in your underground paper or on a leaflet
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or buy bulk copies and pass them around.
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63.Demand that all equipment being stored rather than being used be made
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available to students.
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64.If your school won't have a teacher evaluation make up some forms and do
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it yourself. Compile the result and publicize them to students -faculty
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-school board -and community.
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65.Use your 'free choice' book reports -term papers -etc. to read
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revolution- ary literature and further the poli- tical education of you and
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your class.
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66.Have a student lie on the ground. When a teacher comes scream 'he jumped'
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and point to the roof or third floor window. Mumble 'Fred dared him' or 'Maybe
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it was LSD.'
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67.Make an address list of disliked adults in your school. Answer sex ads
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for them - or order them a few gross items [C.O.D. of course].
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68.Toss handfuls of BB's on the floors of busy halls -assemblies -graduation
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ceremonies -weddings -funerals.
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69.Steal cafeteria trays or plates -burn large holes in them -and turn them
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into the school washer saying 'I guess the food did it'.
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70.Leave phony letters of resignation from teachers or administrators on the
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principal's desk.
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71.Get a small group to always carry screwdrivers and slowly dismantle the
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school.
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72.Lots of bomb scares tend to break up the boredom especially during exams
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or on beautiful days.
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73.Photograph teachers and adminis- trators constantly - even without film.
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74.If you've got the nerve piss in your pants while giving an oral report.
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75.Splice into your school's intercom system [from a remote hidden spot].
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Now you have your own guerilla radio station. Play on!
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76.Drop large bottles of ether in science class.
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77.Hang your teacher! Hang a hangman's noose from a tree - make a dummy and
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hang the dummy from the noose. Pin notes on it like 'Weatherbee in '73.' To
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add realism put holes in the body then let dilute ketchup trickle down.
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78.Newspaper stands in buildings are usually left unguarded. Take out papers
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and replace with rotten comics or papers.
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79.Put a rotten apple or stale sand- wich on teacher's desk.
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80.If your school intercom has phones that connect into the intercom switch-
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board -put a small magnet either where the cord comes out of the handset or in
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the part where you hear. If the intercom just has a speaker -put the magnet
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near or on one of the elec- trical connections of the speaker. In either case
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it will short out the system. It may take weeks for them to find the trouble.
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81.Take the door of the administration offices off its hinges but leave it
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standing there so that when the principal tries to open the door in the morning
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it will have a slightly crushing effect.
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