The National Academic Championship
I was 16 years old, 5’10” and 170 lbs. Straight ‘A’ student, captain of the basketball team, popular and good looking. So what the hell was I doing in the principal’s office about 5 minutes away from getting suspended? “I WANT HIM OUT OF HERE” yelled Mr. Stevens…my asshole history teacher. “HE CONTINUES TO DISRESPECT ME IN FRONT OF MY CLASS…THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED…AND YOU PRINCIPAL THOMAS HAVE DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT”! I could see Principal Thomas was not happy with Mr. Stevens bellowing and said, “Ok Mr. Stevens, that’s just about enough, you can go back to your classroom and I’ll take it from here”. Principal Thomas walked over to his office door, opened it and gestured to Mr. Stevens to leave. As Mr. Stevens stomped out of the office, …