Piedmont Plinker
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Hmm. As a current high school student, I have some insight to this.
I attend a small, Christian school in suburban Durham. While there are some gang and violence problems elsewhere in the city, the area in which the school is located is in semi-rural country, next to two yuppie neighborhoods- so crime isn't much of an issue. We're by no means inner-city. We have a nature trail on school campus, for Pete's sake.
I do not carry a knife. Why? A real one would be useful, but I'm not going to risk it. During December, we went Christmas caroling. Saturday evening, very cold. I had been wearing my Kershaw Sapphire all day long- and I lost it in some bushes. My reaction was "Dad-nabbit" but it never occurred to me that it would get me in trouble.
Luckily, or not, it was found by the wife of the director of school. He wouldn't give it back. Apparently, there was a caveat saying that I could not have a knife at a school-sponsored event. Never mind that the caroling had taken place almost totally off campus, or that I had used the knife to help out the voice coach a couple of times, or that the knife was a small, blue, gentleman's folder. He asked me, with a tone in his voice that suggested a "why did you have the gall", why I carried "that" type of knife. I responded that it fit me well, cut well, looked good, that I could open it with gloves on, and that I like variety.
It eventually took a conference with my mom to get the knife back. She's always insisted that I not carry a knife to school. I have a history of being the gun nut, and she's always thought I would have less chance of successfully getting off than someone else caught with a knife. Still, we finally managed to get my knife back, but it was way too much hassle. It was also a primary offense.
I carry a Wenger Air Traveler on my keyring. I'll let any teacher see it- it has a nail file, an eyeglass screwdriver, and a pair of scissors. If anyone points out that the nail file is pointy, than I'll pull out a pen and touch the point. You can do much more damage with a pen.
I attend a small, Christian school in suburban Durham. While there are some gang and violence problems elsewhere in the city, the area in which the school is located is in semi-rural country, next to two yuppie neighborhoods- so crime isn't much of an issue. We're by no means inner-city. We have a nature trail on school campus, for Pete's sake.
I do not carry a knife. Why? A real one would be useful, but I'm not going to risk it. During December, we went Christmas caroling. Saturday evening, very cold. I had been wearing my Kershaw Sapphire all day long- and I lost it in some bushes. My reaction was "Dad-nabbit" but it never occurred to me that it would get me in trouble.
Luckily, or not, it was found by the wife of the director of school. He wouldn't give it back. Apparently, there was a caveat saying that I could not have a knife at a school-sponsored event. Never mind that the caroling had taken place almost totally off campus, or that I had used the knife to help out the voice coach a couple of times, or that the knife was a small, blue, gentleman's folder. He asked me, with a tone in his voice that suggested a "why did you have the gall", why I carried "that" type of knife. I responded that it fit me well, cut well, looked good, that I could open it with gloves on, and that I like variety.
It eventually took a conference with my mom to get the knife back. She's always insisted that I not carry a knife to school. I have a history of being the gun nut, and she's always thought I would have less chance of successfully getting off than someone else caught with a knife. Still, we finally managed to get my knife back, but it was way too much hassle. It was also a primary offense.
I carry a Wenger Air Traveler on my keyring. I'll let any teacher see it- it has a nail file, an eyeglass screwdriver, and a pair of scissors. If anyone points out that the nail file is pointy, than I'll pull out a pen and touch the point. You can do much more damage with a pen.