How was your last day of school?

A friend of mine is a self employed electrician, his son is currently serving his apprenticeship with him.
On his last day of school two years ago , the son brought a couple screwdrivers and other tools to school and disconnected and removed a hand-dryer from the toilets.

The school contacted his father saying if he didn't refit a new hand-dryer , they'd call the Gardai and expell the son and not allow do his leaving cert in thier building.

I remember it weil.
Athlone Community College, 5th year, Feb 1998.
It was a wet Tuesday morning.
I went into school as normal that day, and was stopped by the then principal, Val O'Conner on the way in the door, as you were everyday.

He was like Hitler in the mornings, standing at the door, inspecting every student who entered the building.

His words were, "Mr Benson, if you don't cut your pony tail today, then don't bother coming back to school."

That was that.
Played my first gig in a pub on the Thursday night.

We had a retired guard who was a study supervisor, he was a total bollocks. Last day of school I nailed him with a huge water balloon, on the run without breaking stride, from about 50 yards away. I kept running and did the Alan Shearer celebration past the security cameras. The principal was so impressed he let me watch it back the following day when I went in to get my books and notes. It was a shot for the ages and I’m still proud of it 18 years later.

Finished in Joeys in Fairview in the late 90s. Had double English on that last Friday afternoon in late May. It was sunny walking out the gate at 4pm I remember. Was surreal to know it was the end of 6 years slog with the leaving cert 2 weeks away. It was a mix of sadness and fear of what was coming.

I miss secondary school now. Nostalgia and all that.

Can't remember primary school too well. Back in the 80's, rural, 2-teacher school. Teacher was a cranky middle aged woman so I don't think we did anything. We thought we'd always be bumping into each other, but we moved about 6 miles away that summer and I rarely if ever saw them again. I ended out going to a totally different secondary school to the rest of them.

Secondary school was an anti-climax. Half day in school the last day. Had Technical Drawing as a subject on the last day about a week after everyone else had finished. Myself and one of the other lads went for 2 pints in a local hotel, had my rucksack with me so went out on the road and hitched to Dublin. U2 played Croke Park that weekend. 1987.

I do remember the next morning driving around Dublin with the older brother of a friend; (we were staying in his gaff). He had a load of deliveries to do and quick repairs, so my job was to sit in the car and tell the traffic warden he'd be back in a minute - no clamping then, you got a ticket.

I remember everyone wwalking around in U2 stuff, loads of people up from the country and every radio station playing stuff from The Joshua Tree and The Unforgettable Fire non-stop. It was a warm day, windows down and being from the country the Dublin women, especially south side ones were a bit exotic. You'd rarely see a blonde those days.

When I hear some of the tracks from The Joshua Tree today, my memory always goes back to the feel good of that day, the excitement of going around Dublin and not having a clue where the rest of my life was going to end up. Great times.

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I remember my last day in school very well. It was a Friday afternoon, and I was the only person in the exam hall sitting Applied Mathematics - a subject I had decided to study myself at home. I left that exam knowing I had comfortably gained the points required to get access to the Business Studies and German programme in Trinity. I would be leaving the small town and small attitudes for the bright lights of Dublin.

Everyone else had finished their exams at least two days earlier, so the celebrations were slightly muted. I had to play an U21 club hurling match that evening, but headed into town later than night and got quite drunk.

I thought applied maths was always on Friday mornings.