That wasn't the point I was trying to make. Kids who get good grades often [not always, but often] care enough about their future [and if not them, their parents are ever-mindful] are concerned enough with their futures to not intentionally do anything to hazard it.
In fairness, this could've been him rebelling against so tightly structured a life, but I don't think so, given what they said his reaction would be.
The school still has some responsibility here. They could have, as I have seen done at enumerable fairs, made it a pie-throwing booth, rather than made it an up-close-and-personal thing which allows for mishaps such as this to happen through bad planning and various people's levels of strength, comprehension, understanding, and notion of what "pie in the face" may or may not mean.
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Re: Aha. A little digging
Date: 2004-05-24 04:28 pm (UTC)In fairness, this could've been him rebelling against so tightly structured a life, but I don't think so, given what they said his reaction would be.
The school still has some responsibility here. They could have, as I have seen done at enumerable fairs, made it a pie-throwing booth, rather than made it an up-close-and-personal thing which allows for mishaps such as this to happen through bad planning and various people's levels of strength, comprehension, understanding, and notion of what "pie in the face" may or may not mean.