At my high school, we graduated with quite a bit of money left in our "class account."
There'd just been a tiny statue to the school chairman, who almost none of us knew, built.
We decided we wanted to spend our remaining funds on getting a larger statue built for the groundskeeper, Otis.
Teachers and student government were pressured to "change our mind."
I remember there was a pretty acrimonious and humorous meeting where the class argued for a few hours with their elected leaders about it.
I also remember being a pretty big dick about it, because we were in the right (and I was a HS senior with a chip on his shoulder).
In the end, we settled on "donating it to the faculty endowment in the name of Otis."
If I was me now, I would have fought harder then. Fuck not recognizing the people who get shit done.
It's not clear which side that was?
At my high school, we graduated with quite a bit of money left in our "class account."
There'd just been a tiny statue to the school chairman, who almost none of us knew, built.
We decided we wanted to spend our remaining funds on getting a larger statue built for the groundskeeper, Otis.
Teachers and student government were pressured to "change our mind."
I remember there was a pretty acrimonious and humorous meeting where the class argued for a few hours with their elected leaders about it.
I also remember being a pretty big dick about it, because we were in the right (and I was a HS senior with a chip on his shoulder).
In the end, we settled on "donating it to the faculty endowment in the name of Otis."
If I was me now, I would have fought harder then. Fuck not recognizing the people who get shit done.