If you are a senior in high school, then chances are you have spent the last three years hearing all the stories about senior pranks and senior skip day, two rights of passage for teenagers. As you set out to plan your own pranks, however, keep in mind they should remain fun and harmless. Over the years many students have been arrested for their antics. This guide will help provide you with information on how to plan your senior prank.
If you are a senior in high school, then chances are you have spent the last three years hearing all the stories about senior pranks and senior skip day, two rights of passage for teenagers. As you set out to plan your own pranks, however, keep in mind they should remain fun and harmless. Over the years many students have been arrested for their antics. This guide will help provide you with information on how to plan your senior prank.
Introduction
- Playing senior pranks is a time-honored tradition that many students look forward to during their final year in high school. Some of the more innovative students create pranks that become legendary, and future students aspire to achieve a similar status with their own original ideas. This guide will provide you with tips on how to plan your own senior prank.
Step 1: What Is a Senior Prank?
- A senior prank is an unofficial, yet time-honored tradition that takes place during the final weeks of high school. As its name suggests, it is perpetrated by the school's seniors. Most senior pranks occur in mid-May, and are intended to be humorous jokes, mostly at the expense of the school and to the delight of the student body. Well tailored pranks will be talked about for years.
Step 2: Tips for Planning Your Prank
- Senior pranks are a right of passage for most teenagers, and a great way to leave your mark in the annals of your high school history. When you begin planning your prank, make sure it is:
- Original. Many senior pranks, although funny and exciting, have been done so many times that yours will be forgotten. Instead, try to be inventive and come up with something new that will leave people talking for years to come.
- Big. Think big; the bigger the better. Try to get as many people involved as possible. Also, think about your prank in terms of something large in a high place. The idea is for the prank to be noticeable, so if you can manage to put something on top of your school's roof, for example, then chances are it will not be missed.
- Funny. One of the best things about pulling a senior prank is when it is funny, so don't get so caught up in making it big and original that you forget to have fun and make it funny.
- Plan ahead. Give yourself enough time to implement the perfect prank, and don't forget to have a backup plan in case there are complications. The last thing you want to have happen is to run out of options because you did not plan properly.
- Memorable. This goes along with being original. You want your prank to be the one that people are talking about 10 or 15 years from now.
Step 3: Popular Senior Pranks
- Popular senior pranks stand out, creating the elements of both shock and awe. Some popular senior pranks include:
- Mascot related pranks. Many seniors will kidnap the mascot of a rival school and dress it in their own school's colors.
- Tinkering with your school's technology. This includes rewiring or reprogramming equipment. Examples include messing with your school's announcements or the television station.
- Pranks involving animals
- Pranks including vehicles
- Filling school spaces with an object. This includes string or hay all over the halls. Again, if you are going for originality try and think of using an object or substance that has not been used in previous pranks.
- Graduation related pranks. These are pranks that are played during your graduation ceremony.
Step 4: Know the Repercussions
- Knowing the repercussions of your actions is important, as many senior pranks do damage and are illegal. If you do the crime, be willing to suffer the consequences—which could be anything from suspension, to arrest, to something else that might hinder your ascension to college or the workplace. Also keep in mind that many schools will work with the students and give them some leeway, so it is always better to try and work within the law.
Conclusion
Senior pranks are a time-honored tradition and a fun and exciting way to end your high school years. The more funny and original (yet legal) the better, so start planning your senior prank today!
