Hey guys.

[Cobra_13]

Does your graduation certification depend on completing the 50 hours? If not, tell them to suck it and walk. It's not a legally binding thing is it?? -Curtis

 

 

well they're not even an actual court. it's just a bunch of old teacher's who call themselves the Dyer County Truancy Board.

 

I have my diploma. But last time i went for the same thing, The woman at community service didn't have my name on the roster. And that's why i'm not that concerned. They are a truancy board and i'm out of school. so what does it matter.

 

BTW last time it was because i was in the hospital. But all they care about is making sure that i am in school. Nevermind the fact that i was puking 24/7

[NinjaRaf]

well they're not even an actual court. it's just a bunch of old teacher's who call themselves the Dyer County Truancy Board. I have my diploma. But last time i went for the same thing, The woman at community service didn't have my name on the roster. And that's why i'm not that concerned. They are a truancy board and i'm out of school. so what does it matter. BTW last time it was because i was in the hospital. But all they care about is making sure that i am in school. Nevermind the fact that i was puking 24/7

 

 

Truancy only applies to students under 16, as far as I knew....

 

If you have your diploma, {censored} 'em.

[DEADBYDAWN]

You say it was a truancy board case but then claim another kid got 25 hours for stealing cd's. I am confused. Did a judge give you your sentence? Do you even know if it is possible to pay a fine instead of comm service? I doubt if this is just going to "go away" by ignoring it.

[Cobra_13]

a judge did NOT give me my sentence. We all go to the same place for community service, but They went to Juvenile court i went to old teachers have a power trip thing.

[Zacman0126]

You say it was a truancy board case but then claim another kid got 25 hours for stealing cd's. I am confused. Did a judge give you your sentence? Do you even know if it is possible to pay a fine instead of comm service? I doubt if this is just going to "go away" by ignoring it.

 

 

The system is full of surprsises...sometimes not good ones either...

[mhr74]

The system is full of surprsises...sometimes not good ones either...

 

 

Totally. If you wait they will make you regret it.

[RamoRenDez]

Oh you skipped school to help your mother? I thought you don't want to do the 50 hours because you're helping your mother.

 

 

Your reading comprehension sucks, dude. His writing may not be the greatest, but still...

[Robson780]

5 unexcused?

 

uhhhh

 

I think I only WENT 5 days during my senior year. Yet I still graduated with honors.

 

What's wrong with your school?

[Zacman0126]

5 unexcused? uhhhh I think I only WENT 5 days during my senior year. Yet I still graduated with honors. What's wrong with your school?

You = In Canada.

OP = Not in Canada.

[Cobra_13]

You will be slaving a whole lot of summers kid:facepalm:

 

 

yeah, but at least i'll be getting paid.

[greg apocalypse]

I would say change the tubes, maybe check the filter caps and you should be alright.

[Just A Box]

Being as you're getting out of high school and I'm 38, and having been 17, arrested for B&E ( a car, don't worry, I wasn't some scumbag home invader), waiting for my dad, who was lieutenant on the local police to come in at midnight, and having a decent grasp of both sides of the legal system and, therefore, some experience from which to speak. So I can say this with some authority: You're young & dumb. It comes with the territory at that age. To not be is as much a curse as blessing.

That being said, as much as you're anti-authoritarian side ( do kids have any other side at that age?) wants to act like a hard-ass to whoever it is that's "telling you what you have to do", my sincere advice is to suck it up, man up & do the service. You did in fact screw up. Once you realize that working for a living can suck many times more than going to high school, and that you don't deserve anything you're not willing to work for, you'll be able to see that man-ing up now will make a big difference down the road. You don't want to be one of those losers who thinks everybody owes him something & needs to accommodate you.

I'll tell you, the poverty level in this country is considered "well off" in a hundred other nations. Boo-hoo-ing about having a sick mother to take care of and not being able to find 4 hours to spare twice in one week shows that you need to wake up and smell yourself. It takes a bigger man to admit a mistake that to make a foolish attempt at justifying your actions.

[Just A Box]

While you're coming out of school (and hopefully not working your way into another type of prison), this list applies pretty well in this situation. I don't agree with all of it, but I agree with most of it. Especially when I think of all those younger kids out there thinking about getting their first "NO, I don't really want this job" tattoo. I wish I had this on my wall as a teenager:

Rules for Students

These rules were put forth by Charles Sykes in his book "Dumbing Down America". They have floated through the Internet being attributed to Bill Gates. Most often they appear with 11 rules leaving off three that the original author had written.

Rule No. 1: Life is not fair. Get used to it. The average teen-ager uses the phrase "It's not fair" 8.6 times a day. You got it from your parents, who said it so often you decided they must be the most idealistic generation ever. When they started hearing it from their own kids, they realized Rule No. 1.

Rule No. 2: The real world won't care as much about your self-esteem as much as your school does. It'll expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. This may come as a shock. Usually, when inflated self-esteem meets reality, kids complain that it's not fair. (See Rule No. 1)

Rule No. 3: Sorry, you won't make $40,000 a year right out of high school. And you won't be a vice president or have a car phone either. You may even have to wear a uniform that doesn't have a Gap label.

Rule No. 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait 'til you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure, so he tends to be a bit edgier. When you screw up, he's not going to ask you how you feel about it.

Rule No. 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping. They called it opportunity. They weren't embarrassed making minimum wage either. They would have been embarrassed to sit around talking about Kurt Cobain all weekend.

Rule No. 6: It's not your parents' fault. If you screw up, you are responsible. This is the flip side of "It's my life," and "You're not the boss of me," and other eloquent proclamations of your generation. When you turn 18, it's on your dime. Don't whine about it, or you'll sound like a baby boomer.

Rule No. 7: Before you were born your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way paying your bills, cleaning up your room and listening to you tell them how idealistic you are. And by the way, before you save the rain forest from the blood-sucking parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your bedroom.

Rule No. 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers. Life hasn't. In some schools, they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. Failing grades have been abolished and class valedictorians scrapped, lest anyone's feelings be hurt. Effort is as important as results. This, of course, bears not the slightest resemblance to anything in real life. (See Rule No. 1, Rule No. 2 and Rule No. 4.)

Rule No. 9: Life is not divided into semesters, and you don't get summers off. Not even Easter break. They expect you to show up every day. For eight hours. And you don't get a new life every 10 weeks. It just goes on and on. While we're at it, very few jobs are interested in fostering your self-expression or helping you find yourself. Fewer still lead to self-realization. (See Rule No. 1 and Rule No. 2.)

Rule No. 10: Television is not real life. Your life is not a sitcom. Your problems will not all be solved in 30 minutes, minus time for commercials. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop to go to jobs. Your friends will not be as perky or pliable as Jennifer Aniston.

Rule No. 11: Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.

Rule No. 12: Smoking does not make you look cool. It makes you look moronic. Next time you're out cruising, watch an 11-year-old with a butt in his mouth. That's what you look like to anyone over 20. Ditto for "expressing yourself" with purple hair and/or pierced body parts.

Rule No. 13: You are not immortal. (See Rule No. 12.) If you are under the impression that living fast, dying young and leaving a beautiful corpse is romantic, you obviously haven't seen one of your peers at room temperature lately.

Rule No. 14: Enjoy this while you can. Sure parents are a pain, school's a bother, and life is depressing. But someday you'll realize how wonderful it was to be a kid. Maybe you should start now. You're welcome.

[Cobra_13]

yeah the list is all too true.

 

Not to mention the thing about school.

 

The dumb kids at our school are moved up a year to graduate earlier. There was a Dumb and I mean dumb junior girl that got moved up to my senior class. oh by the way. The changed her .7 gpa to a 4.0 she got to wear every honor memorabilia that is available and she was considered and is listed in our yearbook as Class valedictorian. That's what's wrong with the country. If i had a dime for every kid that complained about being in algebra. i would be rich. That's why our country is failing and all of our doctor's are indian. We don't care about perseverance anymore. All the USA cares about are statistics. I made straight a's this year by keeping my head down on the desk. I was never challenged, But i know more by teaching myself than that teenage daycare ever could have taught me. I know that life sucks. I know that in a few months i'm gonna be on my own. And the only person i can trust is myself. I'm prepared as much as i can be. But that still isn't enough. Because i don't truly know what to expect. But i'm trying.

[Just A Box]

yeah the list is all too true. Not to mention the thing about school. The dumb kids at our school are moved up a year to graduate earlier. There was a Dumb and I mean dumb junior girl that got moved up to my senior class. oh by the way. The changed her .7 gpa to a 4.0 she got to wear every honor memorabilia that is available and she was considered and is listed in our yearbook as Class valedictorian. That's what's wrong with the country. If i had a dime for every kid that complained about being in algebra. i would be rich. That's why our country is failing and all of our doctor's are indian. We don't care about perseverance anymore. All the USA cares about are statistics. I made straight a's this year by keeping my head down on the desk. I was never challenged, But i know more by teaching myself than that teenage daycare ever could have taught me. I know that life sucks. I know that in a few months i'm gonna be on my own. And the only person i can trust is myself. I'm prepared as much as i can be. But that still isn't enough. Because i don't truly know what to expect. But i'm trying.

Yep, no scores for kids sports, and for goodness sake, don't give poor johnny an F, he'd feel bad
Instead of giving failing grades, we'll just give out deferred success grades.........

[eudaimonia02912]

I just graduated from highschool. (woohoo) But i skipped some school my senior year, which caused me to go before a truancy board. Not an actual juvenile court case. They issued me 50 hours and told me to report to community service. this was April 2. it's been over 2 months and i haven't went. But i haven't heard or recieved anything about a court date. I'll be turning 18 in august. Should i be worried?

 

 

It seems that you may have made some imprudent choices in the past, but asking us amp-geeks for legal advice certainly seems like a step in the right direction.

[Slaymoar]

I just graduated from highschool. (woohoo) But i skipped some school my senior year, which caused me to go before a truancy board. Not an actual juvenile court case. They issued me 50 hours and told me to report to community service. this was April 2. it's been over 2 months and i haven't went. But i haven't heard or recieved anything about a court date. I'll be turning 18 in august. Should i be worried?

They are seriously giving you community time for skipping school?

LOL.

Anyways, just skip out on it and see what happens. Then report back with pics.

-D

[Cobra_13]

exactly. I slacked off up until my junior year. When your younger you have all these delusions of grandeur. Like i'm going to be an astronaut. Or in my case i was going to go to college and be an insane guitar virtuoso. Sophomore year, reality starts to set in. Then i moved from guitar virtuoso to lawyer. But i couldn't do that because i {censored}ed around too much my freshman year. I got hopeless. junior year i decide to go to MTSU for music production. Sounds fun but the pay is god awful. So now my best bet is going to a community college and transferring to a university. Or I could get a factory job and chase my dream. But yeah. in 3 years i've learned alot. You can't be whatever you want just because you want to. You have to do as much as you can with what you've got. And i'm going to do what makes me happy.

[Slaymoar]

exactly. I slacked off up until my junior year. When your younger you have all these delusions of grandeur. Like i'm going to be an astronaut. Or in my case i was going to go to college and be an insane guitar virtuoso. Sophomore year, reality starts to set in. Then i moved from guitar virtuoso to lawyer. But i couldn't do that because i {censored}ed around too much my freshman year. I got hopeless. junior year i decide to go to MTSU for music production. Sounds fun but the pay is god awful. So now my best bet is going to a community college and transferring to a university. Or I could get a factory job and chase my dream. But yeah. in 3 years i've learned alot. You can't be whatever you want just because you want to. You have to do as much as you can with what you've got. And i'm going to do what makes me happy.

 

 

Chat on HCAF?

[Just A Box]

It seems that you may have made some imprudent choices in the past, but asking us amp-geeks for legal advice certainly seems like a step in the right direction.

:lol:

[mhr74]

I would say change the tubes, maybe check the filter caps and you should be alright.

 

 

I lol'd.