Authority's Sake

While the other fourth-graders quietly accepted no-recess verdicts due to windy weather, I wondered if these silly adults honestly believed we’d blow away like they said. But as I was too young to fully grasp my argument, Daddy and I would form our rebuttal to the latest outrage. Afterward, like Daddy had guided me to do many times before, I would march uninvited into the principal’s office to discuss the school’s recent indiscretions. Though I barely remember these elementary school confrontations, my disregard for school authority (and all other authority for authority’s sake) certainly is rooted within these little tiffs.