January 5, 2008, at 8:00 am 
I never got in any kind of serious trouble as a teenager. I went to a Catholic boarding school for high school. I always thought of myself as a good kid, but there were a couple of times where I got myself in a little hot water in school. When I was in the fourth grade, the superintendent tried to spank me in front of the entire grade school (but succeeded only in hitting his hand against a bench). Then, in the seventh grade, I got a pretty severe lecture from the principal for playing in a junior high basketball game after missing a half-day of school. In each case, I felt like I got somewhat of a raw deal (like Kevin McHale, I argued a few calls). Only once, though, did my parents get a call from the school. They went in to discuss a matter with the band instructor, Roger “Bop†Syverson. I told them my side of the story before the conference. At the conference, he told them his. Damn it, the parental units believed his side of the story. They shouldn’t have.
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In Response to Cup of Coffee: March 17, 2010,
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