Let the Punishment Fit the Crime...

I went to grammar school and high school (in WNY, NJ) with J.

Today over lunch J told me that she would walk to and from school with Frances.
When J had detention, which was frequently, Frances would go to detention with her—so they could walk home together.

One day the monitors in detention noticed something strange. Too many students. They identified Frances as the guilty party.

Frances was sent to the principal’s office.

Her punishment, J reports, was…you guessed it. Three days’ detention.