Burrito Contraband

When you work at a high school, it is amazing to see the things that become contraband, clandestine actions, otherwise known as the black market of high school students. I mean really, gum… sounds pretty innocent right? Little did you know that there was a black market gum trading ring at your local high school. Careful, you might get your kneecaps busted if you are behind on your gum payments. But really, that is child’s play. Let’s talk about the real stuff, the hard core contraband of the high school world. There are always drugs, but more interestingly there are things you would never expect them to be selling. For example at my high school we recently had a burrito selling ring. I will admit several of the teachers were involved in the burrito contraband ring, buying the most amazing burritos EVER made. I, trying to be “good” held out for a while until the temptation was just too much and I gave in. But of course, the one time I take part in the underground networking of the high school black market, something would have to go terribly, terribly wrong. Pablo the burrito dealer got caught on camera selling… Caught on camera “exchanging” foil wrapped packages for undetermined amounts of cash… As soon as he got my money the security guard picked him up. Okay, I can see how bad the foil wrapped package looked, but really!!! I mean we are in the ghetto, there is no 17 year old kid with enough money to buy what would have looked like a 5 pound brick of foil wrapped heroin. Clearly it had to be something else! Now, these kids take their clandestine actions very seriously. Do you think he would admit to the principal what he was selling? Not a chance. So, heartbreak of all heartbreaks the burrito underground was brought to a crashing halt… and I never got my burrito…