Crazy but true stories from our school days
I bet that most of us have stories that seem just too bizarre to be believable. I have a few in mind but I'll start with this one and ask you to post your TRUE stories below.
While in the 12th grade, I had the same teacher for Chem II (2nd period) and Physics (4th period). About once every 6 weeks or so, we'd cut Physics because that was also the time when you got lunch, so the combined class and lunch was about an hour and 20 minutes which gave us enough time to go to a local pizza buffet. One day in the Spring, the teacher quietly asks us during Chemistry if we were going to cut his 4th period class. We sheepishly reply "not sure yet. why?" To which he responded that he needed someone to pick his car up because he had dropped it off for NEW TIRES! Needless to say we got pizza that day and someone got to drive a somewhat nicer vehicle than they were accustomed to :D
Don't ask me how or why we never got busted for cutting (I have another story where we DID get busted), but we never did that year.
Was hesitant to post this but WTF
Despite being a tiny school ours had a rink attached, wasn't artificial ice but it was covered, one day a couple of our grades were out skating for our rec period. Somehow I tripped and went down and someone skated over my right hand cutting all the veins and tendons, opening it up wide and we had a gusher. I went out to the priest who was monitoring us and showed him, he gave me a tissue and said I better go home. I lived a half mile away, knowing the cut was bad, I didn't even try to change into my boots and hobbled home in my skates as fast as I could.
When I got home my folks were floored by the size of the cut and amount of blood and off we went to begin the 10 mile trip to the hospital, by the time we got there I was going in and out from blood loss. The first thing they did was give me blood and afterwards told my parents that I was very lucky to be alive and probably only had minutes left. They were hesitant to put me out because I had a stomach full of junk, soda, chips, bars and said it would be best if that was pumped out first. No time for that so I would have to remain awake. It took almost four hours to reattach everything and close me up. I was awake the entire time and could watch him as he worked. I only looked once, that was enough for me. ha ha. The doctor and staff did an awesome job.
I was put in a cast with my hand upright to a 90 degree angle from the forearm to stop all movement and the prognosis wasn't good, at best limited mobility. It was suggested I start learning to use my left hand for everything including writing. I started that and got fairly good at it all, except for throwing things, I sucked at that. A few months passed and they removed the cast and I started therapy, after weeks nothing, the hand wasn't responding.
At one appointment, the therapist and doctor asked me to leave to chat with my parents, I knew I had to hear this, I listened through the door and heard them say amputation. I was devastated and defiant. That was not happening as far as I was concerned. I still sucked at throwing with my left hand and asked my parents for an Indian rubber ball so I could throw against the shed and it would bounce back to me.
I got one and I did this all day for days, I got a little better but not much. One day I got a bad bounce and I slapped at it with my gimpy hand and it hit my palm. That felt weird but in a good way. So I tried it again and again, eventually my palm started to close just a tiny bit. I had some movement in my hand. I spent all day at that which turned into weeks and months, eventually I could close my hand completely and as time went on I could even throw and catch with it and it wasn't long before I had good use of it.
Back to the therapist and doctors who claimed it was a miracle. They wanted to start therapy again. I wasn't having it and told them, you gave up on me, wanted to cut my hand off and give me a hook and now you claim it was a miracle, It was me that did this over months of throwing and catching black rubber ball and it was no miracle, I never went to therapy.
A year after my accident I was playing hockey again and made the all star team, I also moved up a belt in Karate and could play baseball and fish again in the spring. Life was good and I was one happy 8 year old.
The scar remains very prominent even to this day almost 55 years later.
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I am glad it did because when life got hard the scar reminded me that anything is possible if you believe in it and work hard enough, it also taught me to live life to it's fullest, having a little crazy in your life is ok too, take chances, live on the edge and enjoy the ride because life as you know it can change or end at any moment.
No one ever owned up to being the one who cut my hand, perhaps they didn't even know. If they did know, I wish they had told me so I could assure them it was ok. Accidents aren't planned that's why they are called accidents and I have no hard feelings. Most of all, I hope it didn't cause them any grief seeing me in a cast and struggling to get my hand back. I did speak to both classes involved and mentioned this but not until some time after the accident.
My class mates in fact the entire school was great and helped me a lot. From tying my boots, helping me dress and making sure I didn't miss any information by bringing me notes, helping me study etc.. It all paid off because despite missing a lot of time I passed that grade and moved on with them. I don't think I could have achieved that without their help and encouragement.