[ WP ] There 's a school that kills all of its students at the end of their senior year . Everyone knows this , but you 're the only one who has a problem with it .

`` Fellow students, let me now end this speech without fear and with full acceptance of what lies before me. I truly hope all of you can adopt the same attitude as we move towards the end of the ceremony''. 
 
 With that, the valedictorian handed the microphone to Principal Buzzkill and assumed her position at the guillotine. `` Ahem'' the principal muttered, `` we will now be calling students to the stage to receive their diplomas. As always, our valedictorian will lead the charge''. He nodded to the janitor, who used a box cutter to slice the rope clean in half. 
 
 I watched the smartest noggin in our class roll into a basket, which was promptly collected and taken to be mounted above Principal Buzzkill's office. `` Ahem'' the principal murmured. `` Mathew Bates!'' he called out, and a young man strode forth from the crowd and shook hands with the principal. `` Congratulations, Matt! As the quarterback of the football team, your head will do quite nicely above the entrance to the gymnasium.'' Mathew nodded. `` It would be an honor, sir.'' One slice later, and his silky head of blonde hair that all the girls drooled over was collected for permanent display. 
 
 I tugged at my graduation cap nonchalantly, wishing it did n't contain a needle that would inject sulphuric acid into my brain if I tried to escape. `` Jonathon Becket!'' the principal yelled, and I found myself brought to the guillotine by a combination of the shoving crowd and my own wobbling legs. Principal Buzzkill greeted me with a smile and a wink. 
 
 `` Congratulations, John. That mathmatical brain of yours will take the taxidermists a while to scrape out, I reckon'' he said impishly. `` Do-do I have to?'' I asked, trembling and nearly bursting into tears as they locked my head into position. `` It's a part of life, Johhny, my boy'' the principal reassured me. `` You're an evil bastard, you know that?!'' I screamed. `` What a cutting last remark'' the principal said, and then nodded to the janitor.
