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[CopyCarver]

Turkeys were below the bottom of the barrel, the ones that were shunned even by kids in remedial drooling class.

There was one cool homecoming event in my high school, albeit not on the oficial program. Someone broke into the principal's office, stole some of the financial records he and the assistant superintendent had been doctoring, and got them both indicted for grand theft. Beats hell out of yet another hick-town parade.

Thanks so much CC

What the heck does "turkeys only" mean?

I should have thought of trying Wikipedia myself, because this is pretty helpful. I forgot about the parade and all. Of course, anyone's actual experiences are still very much appreciated.

 

[fieryjen]

*calls*

*hears echo*

Where is everyone anyway? It's so... empty here. I'm trying to procrastinate and it's not happening.

 

[EllaRegina]

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[EllaRegina]

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[floweringquince]

In my high school, the cheerleaders and school-spirit-types were a very small, conformist, preppy sort of crowd. The *cool* kids hung around the smoking area, fervently trying to perfect their nonchalance.
(I hung around the far fringes of the cool crowd, cursing the gods for my not having been born cool

(I'm not even sure my high school - a inner-city school in California - had a football team (although it must have). Our biggest sports events were spontaneous fights between groups of Black kids and groups of Filipino kids - "cool" was to get there to see some of the fight before the teachers broke it up.)

But in a small town in the South or Midwest (or Pacific Northwest, for that matter), the "school spirit" crowd can easily be the dominant social group, throwing a great Homecoming Week, and leading almost everyone in town to participate.

- Quince


(PS. I think my high school's presumably existent sports teams were called the "Trojans." It's a pretty common mascot for US sports teams, and also a brand of condoms so prevelant as to be a semi-generic term: "You got a Trojan on you?"
You could have some fun with that

 

[fieryjen]

In my high school, the cheerleaders and school-spirit-types were a very small, conformist, preppy sort of crowd. The *cool* kids hung around the smoking area, fervently trying to perfect their nonchalance.
(I hung around the far fringes of the cool crowd, cursing the gods for my not having been born cool

(I'm not even sure my high school - a inner-city school in California - had a football team (although it must have). Our biggest sports events were spontaneous fights between groups of Black kids and groups of Filipino kids - "cool" was to get there to see some of the fight before the teachers broke it up.)

But in a small town in the South or Midwest (or Pacific Northwest, for that matter), the "school spirit" crowd can easily be the dominant social group, throwing a great Homecoming Week, and leading almost everyone in town to participate.

- Quince


(PS. I think my high school's presumably existent sports teams were called the "Trojans." It's a pretty common mascot for US sports teams, and also a brand of condoms so prevelant as to be a semi-generic term: "You got a Trojan on you?"
You could have some fun with that

Heh Thank you for the input! I've got most of the homecoming stuff written by now, so I don't know if I'll be able to incorporate any of your info, but thank you very much nonetheless I appreciate it very much.

Trojans are good. I've got some on the nightstand