"Waaaa, I don't want to take my final! How can I get out of it? Hmm, let me see..."

[moonshaz]

"....Oooh, I know! I'll start a fake bomb threat!"

Harvard student is arrested after bomb scareA Harvard student trying to get out of a final exam admitted to the FBI that he sent a bomb threat that forced the university to evacuate multiple buildings and rattled the campus, federal officials said Tuesday

Comments

[lithiumflower]

I wonder if he ever showed up to the class at all. The subject was apparently "GOV 1368: The Politics of American Education" and he sent an email out on Saturday night asking if anyone had taken the class that could answer a few quick questions. Suurrrrrrrrrrrreeee, buddy.

[imnotasquirrel]

Kim’s family could not immediately be reached.

Too busy disowning him, probably.

~Dishonor on you, dishonor on your cow!~

I know Chinese =/= Korean. But I think the fear of bringing shame to your family is similar. I cringed more at the idea of his parents' reaction than the legal repercussions tbh.

[astridmyrna]

I would be nothing but a fart in the wind if I did this, tbh. They'd probably all change their last names to make doubly sure no one connects me to them either.

[moonshaz]

Ouch! O_O

[dissident]

Disown? Probably more like in the ER with all limbs broken.

Don't underestimate Asian parents

[free_spoons]

he'll probably only get a B this semester

[sorchekyrkby]

This comment gets an A+++ though

[shoujokakumei]

not gonna lie, I lol'd

[astridmyrna]

.

[lamardeuse]

I figured that's what it was right away. I mean, dickheads who didn't want to take their exams were pulling that crap when I was going to university twenty years ago.

Should have called it in from a pay phone, kid. Old tech is the way to go - they never caught those assholes.

[tinylegacies]

are there even pay phones around anymore?

[castalianspring]

Yeah, you do see them around. I have them in my city, anyway. Most of them are pretty run down, though.

[serendipity_15]

DC has some still but you definitely don't see them everywhere anymore, mostly I just see them in the metro.

[oystermato]

oh for fuck's sake. Really feeling bad for this boy's parents and siblings. Like damn, he's from Seoul and his parents probably sacrificed and shit to get their bouncing baby boy into Harvard and be up there with the fancy white folk but now look at this fucking mess.

I think it's important to tell kids to chill the fuck out, your GPA and CV are nice and all but CHILL THE FUCK OUT, THESE ARE JUST STATUS SYMBOLS THAT ARE NOT ACTUALLY TRULY VALUABLE