School Principle Overreacts

[rageaholic]

I remembered this from 5th grade and had to share.

My elementary school principle had a reputation for being a real bitch. It was not uncommon to be walking past her office and hearing her shrill voice yelling at some student. She would always find ways to punish students (usually by having them do chores outside) and even got in shouting matches with some of the PTA and teachers. Let that set the tone for the story.

Anyway, when we were in gym class, she came in and interrupted the class because she wanted to find out which one of us rotten fifth graders was to blame for a horrible unspeakable crime.

What was this crime that was worthy of such an investigation?

A sucker stick.

Some student dropped a sucker stick on the floor of the hallway and she wanted to find out who did it. She had narrowed it down to the fifth graders because some of their teachers had given the class suckers as some kind of treat. So there wasn't even any draconian rules against candy in the school. It was just some psycho school principle with way too much time on her hands going batshit over a sucker stick.

As far as I know, no one confessed to the crime.

[Little Retail Rabbit]

Blimey, someone sounds ill suited to their job. She sounds right out of a cartoon. I wonder if she's had a nervous break-down by now ^^;;

[Brojekk]

Kind of reminds me of a movie I saw many years ago....I think it was Mutiny on the Bounty. Someone had taken an extra helping of strawberries,and the captain interrogated the entire ship...even asking how many helpings each crewman had,measuring them out in bowls. Even as a kid I was surprised at how the captain overreacted over such a trivial thing.

[Sapphire Silk]

Kind of reminds me of a movie I saw many years ago....I think it was Mutiny on the Bounty. Someone had taken an extra helping of strawberries,and the captain interrogated the entire ship...even asking how many helpings each crewman had,measuring them out in bowls. Even as a kid I was surprised at how the captain overreacted over such a trivial thing.

The Caine Mutiny. Humphrey Bogart. Great flick.

[LillFilly]

If she was a he that could have been my old 5th grade teacher. During some study time another student screamed some bad words at a classmate. I was doing work at my desk and was suddenly grabbed by the back of my neck by the teacher and dragged down the hall. I had no clue what was going on, while other students ran behind us shouting at the teacher. Apparently, he'd though that I was the one who had shouted the bad words Guess we all sounded alike or something. He apologized to me after dragging the correct student to the office, but Mom had words with him I recall.

[rageaholic]

Unfortunately, there was no mutiny in this school. It did get the students talking about who it could have been, but all I could think about was how blown out of proportion this whole thing was. I wonder how many others thought the same.

If she was a he that could have been my old 5th grade teacher. During some study time another student screamed some bad words at a classmate. I was doing work at my desk and was suddenly grabbed by the back of my neck by the teacher and dragged down the hall. I had no clue what was going on, while other students ran behind us shouting at the teacher. Apparently, he'd though that I was the one who had shouted the bad words Guess we all sounded alike or something. He apologized to me after dragging the correct student to the office, but Mom had words with him I recall.

Yikes!! Isn't that assault?! He's lucky he didn't get his ass canned.

[MoonCat]

That principal wasn't a nun, was she? With a very very common Irish name? 'Cuz that insanity sounds familiar...she was young at the time so she could still be around and be a principal by now...

And then there was my 5th grade teacher. He would scream, yell, call kids names, throw chalk, books, blackboard erasers, yardsticks, you name it. Once he threw a yardstick at the kid behind me (I ducked, but the stick got caught on something in front of my desk anyway). He used to smash his pointer against his desk when he was angry. He'd throw board erasers at the wall - there was a chalkdust print on the wall for months. I don't think he ever actually hit a kid, but he came damn close. If he did this now, he'd be under arrest.

[Mr Hero]

I think I know the name of your principal. I'm betting her name is Agatha Trunchbull.

[Kogarashi]

I think I know the name of your principal. I'm betting her name is Agatha Trunchbull.

No no no. The Trunchbull wouldn't question who left the sucker stick out. She'd just single out her most likely target, then hurl them over the fence by their hair (or stuff them in the iron maiden, or make them eat an entire basketful of suckers in front of the student body, or....).

[Ironclad Alibi]

I think I know the name of your principal. I'm betting her name is Agatha Trunchbull.

Well, if she would only serve some more of that chocolate cake to everyone ...

[MadMike]

Some student dropped a sucker stick on the floor of the hallway and she wanted to find out who did it. She had narrowed it down to the fifth graders because some of their teachers had given the class suckers as some kind of treat.

Yes, because the only place anyone can get those is from a teacher. It's not like anyone can just go into a store and buy a bunch of them, and bring them in from home, right?

That reminds me of this idiot principal I had in high school. Thankfully, I only had to deal with him for my senior year and part of my junior. He was one of those people who comes in and makes a bunch of changes just for the sake of making changes. Most of the students and even a lot of the teachers didn't like him.

One day, one of my classmates, who had a reputation as a troublemaker, decided to sneak out and put up a banner made from the old fanfold computer paper (anyone remember those things?), which said something really nasty about the principal. He didn't know how to do it himself, so he got someone to make it for him on his home computer. (It wasn't me, I swear. I was one of the good kids. ) The teacher had a pretty good idea of what he intended to do, but like I said even the teachers didn't like the guy, so he let him sign out and kind of looked the other way.

When the principal found it, my classmate was the first and only person he called into his office. He didn't think to suspect me, because I was one of the good kids. My classmate, seeing the banner folded up on the desk, and showing only the first letter, played dumb and asked, "What is that?" The principal replied, "Never mind what it says! It doesn't bother me so much that it was there, I'm just not happy that someone used the school's computers to do that!"

My classmate asked him if he was sure it was done at the school, and not on someone's home computer. He "knew" that it was done on the school's computers, because "it was the exact same kind of paper." I guess no one told that idiot that you could go into any store that sold computer supplies and get a box of paper that was completely identical.

In the end, my classmaste walked because he wasn't admitting to anything, and the principal couldn't prove anything. And I wasn't even suspected because... well, I was one of the good kids.

[BrenDAnn]

Ugh what horrible memories this brings back. My high school English teacher...the bitch....ugh. Now, I wasn't exactly the most attentive student, and yes I did have issues turning my work in on time sometimes. It got to a point where, in my junior or senior year, there was a meeting called. In attendance were my teachers, my parents and myself. We were all sitting around a table, discussing things. Bitch English teacher was directly across the table from me. It came her time to talk and what did she do? She pointed the pencil she was holding directly at me, glaring at me, and said "There is something WRONG with Bren!" Yeah...cue me, breaking down, because that was the most horrible thing for a painfully introverted me to experience. I will NEVER, so long as I live, forgive that...woman...for that. Oh, and my parents were livid. My mom almost wanted to take me home right then and there, but she decided against it. Sigh. Stupid high school that I went to anyway.

[RealUnimportant]

One of my teachers was famous for trying to fear kids into behaving. He'd usually "just" throw board erasers at the students, but we got wise to that & started hiding/hoarding them - I'm not sure why we never threw them back, I suspect we realised it wouldn't end well...

He got his come-uppance because he started faking karate chops on people's desks to "wake them up" - until he misjudged terribly, and broke his hand!

[bainsidhe]

During some study time another student screamed some bad words at a classmate. I was doing work at my desk and was suddenly grabbed by the back of my neck by the teacher and dragged down the hall. I had no clue what was going on, while other students ran behind us shouting at the teacher. Apparently, he'd though that I was the one who had shouted the bad words Guess we all sounded alike or something. He apologized to me after dragging the correct student to the office, but Mom had words with him I recall.

At least he apologized...I guess. My brother was in 4th grade and got hauled to the principal's office for swearing. She heard it through the grapevine and hadn't witnessed it herself. She called my parents into her office, Dad even missing work to attend. While she's chewing out my parents for dear brother's horrible offense, his teacher got called in and instructed to tell my parents what a horrible word brother used. Teacher went and said it wasn't bro that said something, it was another student. The principal huffed and basically grumbled that well it wasn't my brother this time around or something to that affect. No apology for the wrongful accusation. Or for wasting my parents' time. My mom rarely spoke ill of the school or educators. I heard all about this, Mom was pissed.

Strange this was, this principal was well-liked and had many commendations. She just had it in for my brother.

[telecom_goddess]

I think I know the name of your principal. I'm betting her name is Agatha Trunchbull.

THANK YOU! I was going to compare this to Mathilda but you beat me to it