Discipline Decider Gifts

'I wish I could hold my third period class in a steel cage.'

"Approaching 10,000 steps."

"There was no other choice, Mom. It was a double dog dare."

Man practising karate is tempted by a glass of beer.

Grounded

'Don't be so dramatic and get into my office!'

Your Message on Your T-Shirt: 'Do As You Are Told!'

'We're the parents. What we say goes. . . In one ear and out the other.'

'Coulda, woulda, and definitely shoulda.'

'But, Mom, being good just doesn't work for me.'

'What a bunch of control freaks!'

'Should-do and shouldn't-do sound a lot alike.'

Verbal Orders

Science Snobs

'Don't come down until your thirty five.'

'First she called my mother, and then she called Santa.'

"Well, my daddy always says it's not a lie unless the Grand Jury says it's a lie."

Proud mother and new maid

"Darren Eggleston. I saw that!"

"No, he's not grounded anymore. He used his allowance and lawyered up."

'My school has a very strict detention policy.'

"Thank you for coming. The talks were forthright and useful, and provided an excellent climate in which to resolve our remaining differences."

"OK...this season, I'm not taking any fooling around...we must have discipline! We must know the rules! We must respect the other team! But mostly...no yelling at the kids, or the coach!"

'Teachers' Dreams.''Did you just say F***? Care to repeat it so everyone can hear you or is even a four letter word beyond your abilities? ... And the state expects me to make you multisyllabic.'

I will not chew gum in class, even sugarless....

'No breakfast until you're finished making your bed, Joey.'

'Don't I even get to enter a plea?'

'Do I have to enter a plea?'

"How about you slap me on the wrist and I neither admit nor deny any wrongdoing."

'I can't talk now Kevin. I'm under house arrest.'

Bad, Bad Boy!

'Please stand by. You have temporarily lost your picture. Broadcasting will resume when you have finished your homework.'

Before she disciplined a student, Principal Helen Edelman played recordings of previous visitors to her office.

"Are you sure this is in your job description?"

'I may not be able to smack you, but it won't stop the 'Bogie Man' coming to get you if you are naughty !'