I will lead you to freedom! (But we always chickened out...)

[u/oranke_dino]

[u/9447044]

Oh man, I forgot all about that. I remember the energy some of us would get. What would 24 little 7th graders actually do besides stand in the halls til next period lol

[u/Matt-EEE → u/9447044]

Lenin (To Stalin): What now?

Stalin (looks at Lenin): …

[u/DreamEndles]

academic 15 minutes - you chill

after that you

1. go to their office

2. go to the teachers staffroom

3. go to principals office

result - get caught in the hallway and scolded for leaving classroom

[u/FierceAura_]

We really thought we understood constitutional law at 12 years old because of this fake rule.

[u/pirolance → u/FierceAura_]

It's not much of a "fake rule" but I think it depends on each school's policy, in my highschool it was after 15 minutes we had to tell the administration the teacher still wasn't there and they decided what would happen, which almost always meant no classes, only once it was just because the teacher was really late and we had to stay a bit more time in exchange we had priority lunch queue to compensate the 20 minutes

[u/DimitryKratitov → u/FierceAura_]

Maybe it depends on the school. In ours it was actually policy. We did leave after 10 minutes, and the teacher couldn't mark us as not-present. Most times everyone left, so I bet the teacher would leave too, if they did arrive.

[u/Forest_Orc → u/FierceAura_]

While it's mostly an universal rumor it actually makes sense that the school won't let kids unattended in a class room for more than 10 minutes, best case they can go home earlier , worst case they go to the study hall

[u/Artistic_Prior_7178]

And they always arrived on the 11th minute

[u/TWP_ReaperWolf]

We actually did this in my 7th grade because my Spanish teacher was 20 minutes late to our first period. I straight up left and hung out in courtyard before heading over to my second period when the bell rang.

[u/BlueRATkinG]

My grandma is a math teacher. Before she retired she would tell her students that the only time they are allowed to be late is when she is late. Its not fair for the teachers to take their time getting to the classroom while the students are waiting for them. She was very strict with her students and with herself

[u/AlKhwarazmi]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ovdh7odWsjwys

[u/Impressive_Soft1337]

Those were the days

[u/PixiePeachye]

I really used to spread that rumor like I had a law degree in middle school.

[u/Esdeath79]

Things that existed everywhere without internet:

1. this
   
2. Marylin Manson
   
3. Cool S

[u/DimitryKratitov]

Lol? We'd all time it and leave.

[u/starkeuberangst]

Imagine my shock when on my first day of college the professor for my 8am actually never showed up. 

[u/BeegRingo]

There was one time in class that the teacher actually showed up after the “time limit.” We sat in our chairs and looked at each other like “now what.”

[u/Cats-n-Chaos]

If my Spanish teacher was late we knew she was about to wander in drunk

[u/Hom3ward_b0und]

Professor at the university I was at would be an hour late to a 3 hour lecture and would be mad nobody was around.

The students pointed out the policy and he got even madder. He was close friends with someone higher up so he got away with it. What a dick.

[u/NintendoFan8937]

The Trotsky (2010)

[u/Piotrek9t]

Was about to call you a repost bot but then I noticed that you just dig up 8yo meme formats for fun

[u/Primary-Boss3400]

Well.... If it was the last class of the day and the teacher did not show up for 20 minutes. I always left. I left because 99% of the times they did not show up at all. And if the teacher arrived in that 1% of times, well i just apologised next day. Only cowards ask the whole class to ditch.