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iss vs oss

most would prolly prefer oss but my point is which 1 works better.
iss at my school is in about a 7 by 7 room so like a walk in closet. and you sit and pretty much all you get out of it is a new stronger hate for school maybe you even come out claustrophobic. oss you get a day of and relax. it kinda helps you clear your head to depending on your parents and if they give you stuff to do or not.

life is just blah blah blah. we hope for blah, and sometimes we find it. but mostly its blah. and waiting for blah. and hoping you were right about the blahs you made. and when you think you just got the whole blah damn thing figured out, and your surrounded by the ones you blah. death shows up and blah blah blah.
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Depends on your definition of 'works'... what is it supposed to achieve?

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well nether really work. how about which one does less damage

life is just blah blah blah. we hope for blah, and sometimes we find it. but mostly its blah. and waiting for blah. and hoping you were right about the blahs you made. and when you think you just got the whole blah damn thing figured out, and your surrounded by the ones you blah. death shows up and blah blah blah.
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ISS does a lot more damage, IMO. Well, neither are really traumatic but you can do a lot more at home, and besides, school is anti-educational, you could be doing better things with your time. At least being outside school is less depressing.
01-17-2009 05:55 AM
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what does the international space station and the office of strategic services have do to with school?

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Laugh win.
what is oss though? i know what iss is but im lost on the other
is it out of school suspension?
01-17-2009 06:29 AM
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My school doesn't do ISS, thank FSM.

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yea its out of school suspension

life is just blah blah blah. we hope for blah, and sometimes we find it. but mostly its blah. and waiting for blah. and hoping you were right about the blahs you made. and when you think you just got the whole blah damn thing figured out, and your surrounded by the ones you blah. death shows up and blah blah blah.
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thought criminal Wrote:Laugh win.
what is oss though? i know what iss is but im lost on the other
is it out of school suspension?
"Out-of-school suspension", or in the case of where I go to school, just "supension".

Basicially you have 1 or 2 days of vacation.

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01-17-2009 06:40 AM
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Out of school suspension is awesome.

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Okay just making sure Biggrin I've had OSS before and it is win. All you do is chill and play video games
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My parents would kill me if I ever had either one.

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john tuttle Wrote:My parents would kill me if I ever had either one.


Unless you killed yourself first.
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ISS does more damage then OSS because, although both completely fuck your reputation, OSS looks a lot worse on your transcript then an ISS.

Most people say that an OSS is a free vacation, wait until they apply to college =D

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freak ur post confuses me

life is just blah blah blah. we hope for blah, and sometimes we find it. but mostly its blah. and waiting for blah. and hoping you were right about the blahs you made. and when you think you just got the whole blah damn thing figured out, and your surrounded by the ones you blah. death shows up and blah blah blah.
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she's saying that it hurts you when your signing up for college because colleges don't want people who act up or are wild. LOL irony on the colleges much?
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i got that but she said iss was worse then kinda siad oss is

life is just blah blah blah. we hope for blah, and sometimes we find it. but mostly its blah. and waiting for blah. and hoping you were right about the blahs you made. and when you think you just got the whole blah damn thing figured out, and your surrounded by the ones you blah. death shows up and blah blah blah.
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Ok, let me rephrase it: both look absolutely horrible, but OSS, generally, is worse.

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Better not do anything that would not please the College Gods everyone...
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90% of the idiots that get a suspension deserve it for being assholes, anyways. Smile
That's why it doesn't look good on highschool transcripts.

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