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For Year 13 students, part of leaving school is to indulge in 'pranks' during their last days.
Usually, these are creative and fun jokes at the expense of fellow students and teachers. We get that - it's a release of tension and we sigh with a sense of nostalgia, admiration for their cleverness, and acceptance when they happen.
Unfortunately, sometimes a prank can start out harmless enough, but then quickly turn things in a nasty and malicious direction. This happened at our school this week.
The school's values and my pirate code were trashed along with the school as good people did nothing, standing idly by, or were involved in some way. 'Do the right thing, now' was quickly forgotten by people I liked and respected.
No amount of 'they're only teenagers' can repair the hurt delivered to some of my friends and colleagues.
The whole incident has left a sour taste to the end of the year.
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