Some may call BS when I say I am a rule follower. But really, I am. I never even got detention once. Because I was smart enough to know how to push the right buttons but always within the limits. The year of the Costco dresses, case in point. At the time I had what some may categorize as a highly passive-aggressive vice principal. She gave me lots of suggestions over the years from why I should get married (even though I wasn't really dating anyone), if I wasn't going to marry a man (hint are you a lesbian) that it might cause strife for the school, and there was the time that she told me to quit going to graduate school so I could go to the PTA meeting. This VP was always dressed up nicely. She was an administrator, that was her job. Though I found her insane to wear pantyhose in the hot months of Phoenix, AZ. Unfortunately, because she dressed so well, she assumed everyone else should. I had taught lab science for too many years to learn that good clothing and that subject don't … [Read more...]