More School Terrorism



     About 20 of these ideas were first printed in 1967 by some high school
kids in America's industrial heartland.  They were most recently used in
England after the riots there in 1982.  Since those first 20, several (80, to
be exact) have been added by various people and groups.  You can look at the
title window yourself.  Some interesting ideas have been lost over phone
transmissions, etc., but for the most part every way we can think of is here.
Most were reprinted from the 'School Stoppers Textbook', a small section of the
'How to Revolt Handbook', the fourth book of 'The Blacklisted News', available
for 13 bucks from the Youth International Party (Yippies).  Keep in mind that
the writers and distributors of this text assume no responsibility for the
actions taken by our readers; these are simple suggestions only.  Anyway, here
we go . . . our list of 100 ways to trash your school.


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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
glue with a little rubbing alcohol.  You now have about half an hour to fill
locks, door jambs, soap dispensers, drinking fountain nozzles, video tapes,
etc., before glue hardens.  This glue can also be placed on the outside of
doorknobs and tops of chairs for a sticky surprise.  If you can't get the epoxy
glue and syringe, a tube of airplane cement can also be used although it is not
as permanent.
(9)  In gym classes or in hallways between classes have massive searches for
'lost' contact lenses telling people not to walk through the hall or 'you might
step on it'.  Pretending you've lost something is good cover for all kinds of
subversive behavior.
(10)  Buy some little metal number plates and switch around classroom and
locker numbers.  This works very well if you can find number plates that look
exactly the same as the old ones.
(12)  Free all the animals in the biology classroom.
(14)  Periodically have students go to the office to have some rumor confirmed
or denied.
(23)  Swallow some snake bite antidote then walk into the principal's office.
The antidote (most types are harmless -- make sure you get that kind) will make
you vomit.  Do so all over his carpet, desk, clothing, etc. then apologize
profusely.
(25)  Remove contents of teacher's mailboxes.  Print up everything that's
confidential or interesting.  'Borrow' any special notices that may be found
sitting on their desks like lists of excused people, etc. (as long as you're
not on them).
(29)  If your school has a suspended ceiling (a ceiling composed of rectangles
or squares resting on a frame so that the rectangles can be pushed up) you can
put a dead fish -- or anything else -- above them.  Or put it into empty
lockers and glue them shut.
(31)  Give your school library a subscription to a good underground newspaper
from your area and insist that they make it available to students.
(32)  Print up false notices frequently using the same format as the school
uses and distribute them to the teachers' mailboxes.  Eventually they'll never
know what to believe.
(39)  Get hold of a film to be shown at a school assembly and splice in parts
of another movie of your own choosing before the assembly.  A little
imagination on your part will make for an unforgettable day.
(47)  Create the 'WEB OF THREAD' in your classroom.  Have everybody in your
class bring a spool of thread--with extras for people who forget.  Tie your
thread onto something and pass the spools around till you run out, winding
thread around everything.  (It is best to pick on one of your more dullwitted
teachers for this one).  Explain that you did it in the name of art.
(50)  Ride a bicycle (not your own) down a busy hall.
(51)  Save your book reports and essays.  Give them to other students to use
next year or re-use them yourself with different teachers.
(52)  Play with lighting and microphone controls during 'important' assemblies.
(53)  Flush things down the toilets (preferably faculty johns) like balloons
filled with air, baseballs, M80's, huge amounts of toilet paper, etc.  Then
build an ark.
(59)  During some important test (SAT/ACT/etc.) on each subject have some
student who is good at that subject stand up and read the correct answers for
as long as possible.  When they're finished or silenced have someone else stand
up and do the same thing.  The test results will be worthless and it will have
to be given over at great cost to the school.
(60)  Take down the American flag in front of the school and put up one of your
own.  The best way to do this is to lower the flag that's already up, replace
it with your flag, and cut the rope about a foot below where the flag is
attached.  Then tie a slip knot around the other end of the rope that is
hanging down to raise the flag.  At this point there is no way your flag can be
lowered without someone climbing up the flagpole.
(61)  Take signs off office doors (ones that say 'principal' or 'private') and
switch them around with the ones on bathrooms.  Or just switch the 'men' and
'women' signs before too many people know their way around.  This can make for
some good laughs.
(62)  Put alarm clocks in various lockers set on 'loudest'.  Set the alarm
clocks so they will go off about every 10 minutes then close and lock the
lockers.
(64)  In a class where there is a rule against chewing gum have everyone blow a
bubble at the same time one day.
(65)  On a Monday morning, try turning around all the desks, including the
teacher's, before the teacher arrives.  Act completely normal and it will
usually take the teacher about 10 minutes to figure out what is wrong.
(66)  Many schools have automatic sprinkler systems which go off automatically
when sensors in the ceiling feel too much heat.  Find the sensors and hold up
a match to them.
(67)  Persuade the graduating class to use their senior gift money for
something useful or subversive.
(75)  Steal cafeteria trays or plates, burn large holes in them, and turn them
into the school washer saying 'I guess the food did it'.
(76)  Leave phony letters of resignation from teachers or administrators on the
principal's desk.
(77)  Get a small group to always carry screwdrivers and slowly dismantle the
school.
(78)  Always carry around a small magnet that you can use to erase any kind of
magnetic media--cassette tapes, video tapes, and especially computer grading
disks.
(80)  Photograph teachers and administrators constantly--even without film.
(81)  If you've got the nerve, piss in your pants while giving an oral report.
(82)  Splice into your school's intercom system (from a remote hidden spot).
Now you have your own guerilla radio station.  Play on!
(85)  Call up your local newspaper or TV or radio station and tell them about
what a good Samaritan your worst teacher is.  Tell them how he does community
service and helps out old people and you think he deserves some credit.
Hopefully you can persuade them to do an article and interview.
(86)  Newspaper stands in buildings are usually left unguarded.  Take out
papers and replace with rotten comics or papers.
(90)  Tape-record the stupidest lectures from your principal and later walk by
them while playing the recording and laugh.  Another idea would be to edit it
yourself and recreate sentences so that the official is saying something he/she
never intended.  Then widely distribute the tape.
(91)  Take the door of the administration offices off its hinges but leave it
standing there so that when the principal tries to open the door in the morning
it will have a slightly crushing effect.
(92)  Pretend to have food poisoning after lunch break.  Get lots of people to
join in.  Roll on the floor, or get sick by pushing your fingers down your
throat.  With luck you can start general panic.
(98)  Test out the methods for cheating on Scan-tron tests (see 'Mastering the
Scan-tron' by Ivanhoe and The Warhead) and then modify the article for your
particular school system and distribute it a few days before major exams.
(100)  If there is any trouble in getting any of the above to work, simply talk
a few people into having fake decoy fights to attract the administrators'
attention so you'll have time to put your plan into operation.....

  Thanks out to: E. Goldstein