I think this was my secret dream in high school. I wanted to go to Tech but I knew I just didn't have the effort in me to even figure out whether I could be smart enough. I engaged in a long war with one of my teachers who was a diehard idiot, ripped down his Georgia flag one day, he assigned the girl I had a crush on to sit behind me most of the semester and hit me in the back of the head with a ruler every time I said the word "Tech", etc. Would have been nicer if it was horrific instead of fun, and I could have gotten national attention and a scholarship to squander. He was easily my favorite teacher from any grade, had a lot of fun with an otherwise miserable 2001 season because of those shenanigans.
But he was still a mutt, and I'm glad he died recently.