Thanks, Vortex!

I was the fat girl in an urban public high school - the one everyone wants to sit next to in chem lab, and no one but other geeks will sit by at lunch. As a matter of self-preservation, I made no fuss about people who copied off my tests. Well, I did say no to someone who was polite enough to ask, once. But then when I turned in my test, he walked up to the teacher's desk, looked at my answers, then went back to his desk and put the answers on his test paper. What was the point of trying to fight that? Life was hard enough without making people hate me more. I wasn't pretty enough to have power in high school.

At college, things were different. I had more social status, more strength, and more power. In point of fact no one ever asked me in college for answers. To this day, I hate bullies who take advantage of smart, low-status kids in school, and I don't see much difference between those who do so at 16 years old, and those who do so at 20, or 25, or 37. Tell me again why these people deserve my loyalty, over my loyalty to my own hard work?

and will promise the cooperation of every person here

And did they mean it? Cause that's the thing -- if the teacher's too busy to help you, and you're falling behind and not understanding things and not getting any help, the temptation goes up pretty darn fast.

I'm leaving now, so you'll all have to handle this without me.

I know you're crushed.

I'm leaving now, so you'll all have to handle this without me.

Our (cheating) hearts will go on....

And did they mean it?

When I was there, I'd say they meant it. Of course, Madison Sarratt was still alive. It's amazing how a few strong personalities can shape a school.

Hellllllloooooooooooo, -t! t /animaniacs

Thanks, Vortex!

no prob. BTW, that site had 2 other kinds of "college" fonts, but I picked the one that looked the most like the one you linked to. just put "college" in the search box.

Hey Windsparrow! I didn't not know that Siamese coloration was temperature dependent. They're like moodcats.

t /proof that I have read some of the thread

For the record, I have been through somewhere between eight and ten thousand stock images of babies today, for obscure work purposes, and I can report that it is now scientifically established that the Buffista-sprog are way cuter and more interesting looking than any others.

-t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY, INTERNET ACCESS!

The only thing I can think any of my high school friends cheated at was bridge, but that wasn't for credit. I will own that in elementary school, cheating on busy work was epidemic, even in the gifted programs.

I don't know why I draw the line at college/university level work. Perhaps because, on the whole, we were assigned less busy work there, or perhaps because I have more friends teaching at that level who are constantly frustrated by the P word.

One of my RL best friends is due today. No sign of baby yet, poor girl.

She's quite sick of being pregnant.

I'm kind of glad I escaped that part.