Francois,
Then I'd get to chemistry lab, make small amounts of chlorine gas, introduce it into the HVAC sysem, and empty the school for the rest of the day.
HILARIOUS! LOL
I was a JW, but led a double life at school. I smoked cigarettes a few times just for the experience of being cool like the other guys. I cussed and told dirty jokes just like the other kids. The school I went to was in the upper middle class/ upper class part of town, but they bussed in kids from all over so that there was a balance. As a result I hung out with all types of kids - the blacks, the "rednecks", the "hoods" and the "preppies." I had crushes on numerous hotties, but only 1 ever developed into a lunch time make out partner, which got me so worked up, my hunger for sex was killing me. (never had sex until years later though) I was at an awkward point of growing up and I had glasses, plus my dad cut my hair and made sure I didn't get a cool "worldly" hair cut like the rest of the kids.
"The bible says we shouldn't be a part of the world, so we don't want to look like them either. I figure a hair cut that doesn't imitate their worldly, gaudy lifestyle is the best hair cut a Christian can have. Do you think Jesus would have a fade?"
When I turned 18 my friend started cutting my hair and all got better. :-)
I was pretty smart but didn't apply myself because I wasn't going to college, so why waste my time trying to get a good SAT score. I had more fun talking to friends about the latest music, and at that time I was introduced to Metallica, Rush, Led Zeppelin, etc...so that stuff consumed my thoughts constantly. I played piano and drums but never did any of it for the school.
What sucked is when I'd run into classmates while out in service. Or they'd see me on a saturday afternoon at a corner store and ask why I was all dressed up. I'm black so I don't know if I was physically turning red or darker, but man was it embarrassing having to give them the whole "I'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses...just out talking to people about the Bible.." - I had no choice cuz my dad would've killed me had I not said that.
Ughhhhhh!
So yeah, basically I was a sexually frustrated teenage JW nerd that led a double life. And I was always afraid another Witness girl at school would rat me out for cussing and making out w/ a girl, but even though I never saw her do anything wrong, she always smiled at me and never ratted me out!
:-)