A Teenager's Petition Asking His School To Let Him Use This Laser Cat Yearbook Photo Went Viral

Here is the inspiring story of Draven Rodriguez and his cat Mr. Bugglesworth.

Draven Rodriguez is a senior at Schenectady High School in New York, and he recently decided to take his own yearbook photos, featuring his cat, Mr. Bugglesworth.

Rodriguez then pre-emptively made an online petition asking his school to let him use one of his laser cat pictures as his yearbook photo.

Hi all. This is my photo that should be going into the yearbook, but we know how finicky the school systems can be. I'm hoping that with enough signatures, my school simply can't turn this down.

Edit: To clarify, the school HAS NOT YET DECLINED this photo. This is my pre-emptive strike just in case such a thing were to happen. I wanted as many backers as possible before the deadline of September 15th.

"It all started as a normal portrait shoot," Rodriguez's photographer Vincent Giodano told BuzzFeed. "Draven said he would like to go for something different, something that expressed who he was, his uniqueness."

"It all started as a normal portrait shoot," Rodriguez's photographer Vincent Giodano told BuzzFeed. "Draven said he would like to go for something different, something that expressed who he was, his uniqueness."