The names and/or brief messages written in or on school property. This includes everything from the teacher-authorized list of names and years in the front of a textbook to the illicit carving of initials into the back of a wooden ruler. The letters, signatures, and well-wishes in the back of a yearbook are not considered to be a legacy, however. The messages in a yearbook are only going to be read by its owner, but a name or statement left in a textbook may be seen by a dozen students as time passes and each name is added to the bottom. While the forces of evil do their best to fight this by watching the students carefully, the threat of a detention ever present should one be caught writing his message on the desk, and by checking textbooks for "damage" and demanding monetary compensation from parents, the time-honored tradition of leaving one's legacy behind will never die.