[L98Fiero]

That 1973 scenario sounds like my school in 1983.

[sticker]

“Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed. 1973- Ants die”

Johnny must have been smart enough to use a long fuse, unlike some people, because if you do this it is very easy to get glass shards in you leg that you can still feel moving around after 40 years.

[TheKidster]

That 1973 scenario sounds like my school in 1983.
Me too except the principal had a rule that boys and girls couldn’t play together until 4th grade. Still don’t quite get that one but I sure remember my first paddling. Unfortunately I was not like Johnny and the wippings did no good, my grade school actually “invented” detention as a way to punish me because I was the master at writing sentences during recess in the office and my ass was like cow hide by the time I was in 5th grade.

I did usually end up good friends with the kids who I called out or who called me out to fight though. I think that’s something we should still let our kids do without making it a federal case.