Questions Asked

My sixth grade science teacher loved students getting engaged and asking questions, but even she sometimes doubted the wisdom of having a poster encouraging questions hanging up during her particularly inquisitive fourth-hour class.  I can't remember for sure, but I probably was a contributing factor. 

High School Lesson #3103

There are many, many, many reasons why this is a bad idea.  Arguably one of them is the very fact that it involves allowing psychotic freshmen to handle pointy objects, but I'm pretty sure that at least at this particular school, the point is moot. 

Butterfly Effect

Admittedly if someone were to actually try this, it would be pretty hard to pin the consequences on them. 

Hold the Fort

When all the librarians in the state know you by name and favorite authors...
When you require six library cards to legally check out everything...
When people openly speculate over how you manage to read everything before the due dates...
...Then you may check out too many books from the library. 

Snuffed Out

Now she'll need to find a new way to consecrate her axes.  And her roommates (quietly) rejoiced.