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Originally posted by blue58
So I sort of stood, didn't get caught, got busted anyway, and paid the time. It didn't make me bitter (I was 8), but got a real good lesson about fairness.
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When I was in Junior High School, there was a baskeball game during the middle of the school day, where the faculty played the school team. It was a pretty cool idea, because we got to miss some classes, and talk up the rivalry a little before the game. A welcome diversion. We always loved assemblies.
The whole 8th grade was sitting in the bleachers, watching the game, when some little troublemaker threw something out onto the court. All play immediately stopped, while they cleaned up the mess. I felt some of the stuff hit me too, sitting in the stand. So I reached down and saw some dried split peas sitting on the stand next to me. I picked a few up and showed them to my friend sitting next to me.
One of the teachers, down on the court, saw me holding "something" and passing it to my friend. So he called me down to the floor and told me to bring whatever was in my hand. In front of my entire grade, he started accusing me of throwing this stuff down on the gym floor and ruining the assembly for everyone. I denied it, but he didn't believe me. Fortunately, one of my regular teachers, who knew me, saw this going on and intervened. I didn't get in trouble after all. I learned a little lesson about fairness that day too.