[NewChief]

I delivered one yesterday at work.

I catch a group of kids trying to go off campus during school day (which means they're technically truant). Not wanting to be a dick, I tell them to return to class but give them no discipline. They comply. Five minutes later, I see the same group of kids leaving campus through a different route. So I have to chase them down. At this point, I'm not happy. I can understand wanting to skip school. I can't, however, understand completely ignoring the fact that you got caught and trying again.

When I caught up with them, I chewed into them pretty good. I did manage to avoid cursing, though, but my voice was raised. I felt kind of bad after the fact, because I try to avoid actually getting angry when administering discipline, but this set me off.

The kids kept saying, "Chill out dude. Come on man, chill. I think you're overreacting."

Then they said, "I want to talk to a real administrator" (I'm actually a instructional leader and deal more with curriculum than discipline). At that point, my buddy who is a total hardass assistant principal comes walking out (as I'd radio'd in what was going on). I just laughed and said, "You're in luck! Here comes a REAL administrator. Hey Mr. X. This student would like to speak to a "real" administrator, not me." The kid just groaned when he looked up and saw which AP it was, and I had to laugh at that point.