Back in the day...

...I was a fourth grade school teacher. Today I was cleaning out an old drawer when I found this note. It is too good not to share. To give you some background, I was trying a form of discipline where my kids had to write "lines" whenever they broke our class rules. The line that had to be written was something like, "I will respect others' right to learn." In this case, the student writing was a little girl who NEVER got in trouble. She was quiet, obedient, hard working, a teacher's dream. :) However, this one fateful day, Amanda broke one of our rules. I wanted to overlook it, but I was trying to be consistent. So she had to write "lines" like the rest of them. Here is what she turned in:

I'm pretty sure she was mortified. I know I have vivid memories of those few times I got punished at school. I wish I could show it to her today. Who knows, maybe she reads my blog.