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Was there ever a time when you got into trouble in class, but you didn't get in trouble with your parents over it?

Asked by Val123 (12734points) October 18th, 2009

When I was in school, the general rule of thumb was, “You get in trouble at school, you’re gonna get it twice as bad at home!” I know that’s changed drastically today, but I remember one incident in particular when I was a kid. In 3rd grade my friend and I developed a secret code for writing notes back and forth. Basically it consisted of leaving off one line of a letter. Looked way cool and indecipherable! Teacher intercepted a note, called my parents. Folks listened to the teacher complain, and I thought I was in big trouble. I’ll never forget the look in my Dad’s eyes when he turned around and said to me, “sternly” “Did you make this up?” The stern part was meant to placate the teacher, but for me he had a twinkle and a laugh in his eyes! He never said it, because grown ups always back other grown ups (except for obvious and really bad situations where the other grown up was truly in the wrong) but he thought that was pretty darn cool!

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