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>be me
>4th grade
>bring 3 sharpners to school
>friend tells me thats a lot of sharpners
>bring 3 more sharpners the next day >friend gives me his sharpner to grow my collection
>start collecting more and more sharpners
>go to stationary every week to by more sharpners
>collect about 70 sharpners by the end of the month
>start bringing a tiny bag to carry thoes sharpner
>english teacher asks for a sharpner
>offer her the bag thinking she’d be impressed
>sees all my sharpners and writes a note to my parents
>only allowed to bring 1 sharpner
>idea.jpg
>make a huge sharpner out of cardboard
>dad helps me to color it with red and silver spray paint
>display it on my table during the english period
>get sent to the office

fun days

  • @[email protected]
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    134 months ago

    Yeah, it feels that punishments like these are just to force conformance. How dare you do something childishly funny as a child!

    • @[email protected]
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      64 months ago

      I’m pretty sure “ensuring conformance” was listed in the discipline section of the handbook at a school I went to as a kid. They viewed it explicitly as their duty.