Ahh, the last days of high school. Like most, these were always my favorite days. Not only was summer oh so near, but it was also the season of pranks, yearbooks and uhh, pranks. Did I mention pranks? But as devious as my formative years may have been (think: water balloons & crickets), I got nothing on this mysterious Shaker Heights high school senior.
(Or for that matter, this unfortunate – and pantyless – senior)
Tasked with the design of the school’s yearbook cover, this student did indeed make a nice cover – featuring a collage of the school’s mascot, the “Red Raider” – but with a fun and subversive farewell message hidden within. That message? “F. Y. ALL”. Apparently the message can only be read if the yearbook is flipped upside down, but of course that wasn’t quite enough to keep it from a quick discovery.
Word got around and the school’s principal, Michael Griffith, ordered an immediate stop to yearbook distribution, promising a new batch with completed “cosmetic surgery” in the near future. He then sent a letter to the parents of the school apologizing for the incident and had the offending student attach an apology letter as well. The letter reads:
“I can’t begin to clarify the unhappy emotion I brought upon myself, when I give up the trust of you all. I express regret for offending anybody and everybody. It is unlucky that I did not identify the big duty and admiration given to me as asked to design the cover of the Shaker Heights yearbook. I present my truthful apologies.”
As to the students? They didn’t seem to mind at all. In fact, at this Thursday’s graduation ceremony the mystery senior ended up receiving the loudest and longest ovation of anyone in the school.
Not bad for a senior prank.
surprised he didn’t get in more trouble (allowed to walk and everything). oh well, guess that’s a good thing
Back in the late 1960′s in a Iowa high school, I myself was the instigator for a stink bomb in the school’s ductwork right after lunch in the last two weeks of my senior year. I had done my calculations beforehand (part of my chemistry class education) and knew that the effect would be noticeable but not enough to cause a big problem.
WDF you can barely see it
and ther overeating. “The mother of all cuss words” He said F not F*ck and now they have to change it. Anyways how would they see the word. Was some guy like “oh im going to flip the book upside down for no reason and look at the picture carefully”