I, 18 male, had a principal I hated. For context, this was around three years ago, but it recently got brought up with friends.
So, here’s what happened: through grades 7-9, I had a principal in middle school. I often had run ins with teachers, and got in trouble. But, in some cases I got in trouble for petty things, and even suspended for things like taking too much food at a buffet, making a pencil castle and accidentally spilling water on the floor.
Now, I understand SOME things I did were reasonable to get me sent there, but sometimes the principal would just pull me out of class because she wanted company. It often took time out of my learning, causing me to miss important lessons, and fall behind in class. And this was not friendly in that office. She would always bring up past actions, judge my grades, and ask personal questions evolving my parents who at the time, I was not close with.
The principal caused many fights at home with my parents, often over-glorifying my actions, and always calling my mom saying i was sent to the office even if she just came to get me for "company". Now, I was never a perfect kid back then. I was the kid who tried to fit in by being funny. It sometimes worked, but this caused trips to the office often, so every call the principal made to my mom she believed.
Often, the principal held me inside for lunch. During this, she would order skip the dishes to the school, and have me fetch it. Then one day at the last day of school for grade 9, I got fed up. I was tired of the constant arguments, tired of not getting the help I needed, and tired of fetching food for someone who caused many problems in my life for three years.
So, when she sent me to fetch her food yet again, I grabbed it, walked up to the outside of her window, and plastered it everywhere. It was some sort of salad, and it went all over the window. I walked back home early and never saw her since.
So, am I an AH for this? or did my un-mature nature take it too far back then?
YTA.
NTA. You were a kid stuck with an adult who abused her authority for years, disrupted your education, and blurred boundaries constantly. What you did was immature, sure, but it was also a reaction to ongoing mistreatment. One ruined salad doesn’t outweigh years of inappropriate behavior from someone who should have known better.
I tried to imagine a good reason for her to take you out of class for non-discipline reasons and I couldn’t think of any that would involve calling your parents and lying. Honestly it sounds like she was either enjoying abusing her power as principal to arbitrary mess up your life or, well, even worse motivations. NTA
It would be very interesting to find out the other side of this from the principal in question. If it’s bugging you, maybe try talking to them or another staff member about what the plan was. It may be that teachers were requesting you be exited from class without confronting you and letting you know. Who knows?
This is absolutely hilarious, but what kinda weird ass school did you go to where people were still taking things serious on the last day? Never heard of that in my life lol.
Thinking back that is kinda weird lol.
YTA. This take seems very one-sided. It doesn’t really add up. Your “prank” wasn’t funny, just destructive. Sounds like you were a constant troublemaker. If nothing else, she trusted you to get her food and you abused that. Just a weird story dude.
I was a troublemaker, but not really a consistent one. Its worth pointing out she was a known AH among the school, and every time she asked me to get her food it was always in a snarky kinda tone. I appreciate the unique view though!
YTA all I am hearing is about yourself and how things were tough for you.
Not how things were tough for fellow students, teachers, staff, your parents because of your selfish actions.
I’ve been out sick for school and have missed lessons. If you miss a lesson you just read the book and do the study guide and you stay during break to ask them questions. I don’t think I’ve ever fallen behind because I missed a class.
If she did actually keep you in there because she wanted company then you could have easily recorded it. I don’t believe she did. She’s a busy person and it sounds like you are self centered enough not to understand someone else’s point of view.
YTA.
You’re the asshole. I don’t believe anything you say. You didn’t miss classes because of her, you missed classes/lessons because of your actions. Smarten up before it’s too late (it probably is anyway). School/High School, is probably the easiest thing to finish, that you’ll ever have to do. Just show up, don’t be a prick, and they’ll give you the paper. Make a bit of effort, don’t cheat, and you might get to go to college.
Just would like to say this was awhile ago, and I have successfully graduated. Although you are probably right, many times she would pull me in before class even started. I am in trade school now, and have a few good friends. I do appreciate the feedback
Yes. YTA. You and she didn’t get along, so you destroyed her food. What answer were you expecting?