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I SHOULD have been disciplined a time or two, I'm sure. I was once caught skipping class by the vice-principal, who knew I was supposed to be in math. She just asked me if I knew the consequences of my actions and I said, yeah, and she didn't do a thing. You see, I was different from the other kids--my dad was the principal at another high school in town, and all the administration in my building knew who he was, etc, etc. I never did anything beyond skipping class, and otherwise I was a very good kid, so I never got into any trouble, even when I WAS caught. Actually, the principal of my school (very cool guy) consistently made me late for class senior year because he would always stop me in the hallways for a chat.
In elementary school, though, I should have got in trouble more than once for more grievous crimes. I bloodied quite a few noses as a small child--I was a spunky girl--and went to the principal's office once. At that time, my dad was the only high school principal in the district we lived in, and therefore EVERYONE knew who he was and subsequently who I was. The one time I did go to the office, the principal basically patted me on the head and said not to do it again. One time, I got sent to the office by a bitchy substitute teacher, and the principal of my elementary school came out and saw me sitting there and asked what the heck I was there for. I explained what had happened, and how the teacher wasn't very nice, and he let me spend the rest of the day in the office, running errands for him. Ahh, the good old days.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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