Schoolyard Rebel Gifts

'What do you mean lining up in order of height is discrimination?'

"Don't wait supper for me, Mom. I'll be detained."

"Have you been on the moon again, young man?"

Thinks he's too cool for school.

"Do you think that will count as our 'Fifteen minutes of fame'?"

'What are the other nonconformists wearing this year?'

'Before we start, I'd like legal representation.'

Computer Class.

"If something that doesn't kill me only makes me stronger, then I should be Atlas!"

"The first week of school is just review. You know. Scenes from last year's episode."

'I wasn't playing hooky -- I was fleeing the deteriorating public school system.'

"I didn't realize there was so many different kinds of vegetables!"

"Well, if the test is multiple choice I choose not to take it."

"Man! I haven't slept at all since school started!"

'Billy takes his jungle gym seriously!'

"Do I get to lawyer up before I see the Principal?"

'If I keep bringing diseases home from school, maybe I shouldn't go to school.'

"Actually, I'm tired of the man trying to shape our minds so they fit into some pre-arranged societal widget."

"Hi Ginny, that's a nice new haircut you've got there. Are you trying to be cuter than me?"

'You got everyfink Bruv? Stink bombs, pea shooter, dead frogs . . .'

'At least you won't have to worry about the rising costs of a college education.'

'I'm not enjoying my childhood, I'm dealing with it.'

'You expect me to play with educational toys during SUMMER VACATION?'

'I assume this is a fictionalized version of your algebra homework.'

'You realize, don't you, that you are playing fast and loose with my self esteem?'

'Sorry, I can't talk now, Mr. Harris, I'm texting right now! I'll take whatever punishment you want to give me.'

"Grandma, this is now how some schools say obey the rules."

And beware of washing his man just before a show.

'I would appreciate it if you don't call out in class.'

'We should try harder to behave. We're wearing a rut in this floor.'

"What a day. I played tag, a yucky girl kissed me, and I got the school's computers back online."

'No matter how much historical research was done, Roger, students who lead juntas have to be disciplined.'

I just can't take it anymore!

"Timmy, no matter your clothing or counting, school is not prison."

'I just can't take the eraser bits, the spit balls and the insults anymore!'