When I was in high school, my school didn't have any bells. I'm assuming bells ringing to signal the end or beginning of class periods is not unique to the US (please correct me, somebody, if I'm wrong about that). Anyway, not only did we not have the ringing of bells in between class periods, but there were no actual bells anywhere in the school to ring.

We all thought that was pretty cool. Then one year, we got a new principal. There was something about this guy that didn't sit right with most of us. At least those of us who liked not having bells. He assured us that he wouldn't change the "no bells" policy.

Well, the son of a bitch was lying, and he had bells put in when school was out for a break. Some of the students found out about it before the school session resumed, and they stole all of the bells. Every last one. We all thought that was pretty cool, too.

So the silly git had a new set of bells installed in the school. Those were promptly removed by some students as well. For the rest of the time I was at that school, we never had any bells.