Pylon

A few days ago, some local high school students were arrested for stealing stuff as a part of a scavenger hunt. The original story didn't mention the item that would garner the most points. The SA-EN ran the top get Tuesday and the local paper ran it Wednesday. (I just thought I'd put that in for Kimmie. It's not really relevant to my entry.)

The top get in this scavenger hunt, or the item that would garner the most points, was the globe at the entrance to the campus--the pylon.

First of all, the structure is huge. The kids would need a crane and major tools to remove the globe. Our workstudy us that a lot of these kids have access to that type of equipment because their parents own construction companies. Then my second question is, how would they transport something like that? Again, more construction equipment. So I'll admit, if someone really wanted to take it down, with the right tools, I suppose it could be done. Fortunately, most kids and young adults are lazy, egotistical and feel some sense of entitlement. They'd be waiting for someone else to take it down.

But the thing that bothered me the most? According to the article, scavenger hunts have been around for about 40 years and is tradition among high school seniors. This is the first time I ever heard of it. Nobody ever asked me to participate when I was a senior. I was in band and the science club, but I wasn't a total square or nerd. Just as I think I'm finally a part of the cool crowd (by the way, so not my salary and #7, more glamorous than a met/wx man!), I'm reminded that I am not part of the Laredo cool crowd. Which, now that I've had a chance to think about it, isn't a bad thing.