Suspended

    
     Today, I hummed along with "The Star Spangled Banner" and I got yelled at... again. And then I was sent to the assistant principals office...again. Mr. Palleni told me that what I did was wrong and kept saying how I broke a rule. He can't be mad at me for being patriotic, I mean he just can't. After, he talked to Narwin after he suggested I apologize to her. She said that she was willing to let bygones be bygones if I apologized and if I never did it again. I can't believe she wants to to say sorry for doing absolutely nothing! When Mr. Palleni asked me again if I wanted to apologize, I said no. There is no way I ever would. My mom was called at work and she was told that I had to be picked  up because I just earned myself a 2 day suspension! I was so infuriated!
    When my mom came to the school and tried to talk to Mr. Palleni, he didn't even let her talk, he sort of just like told her I was suspended and to take me home a leave,  and he didn't even really tell her why I was suspended! When my mom and I were talking in the car, she was really mad at me. I tried to tell my mom that I was only standing up for my rights like dad had told me last night, and I tried to explain that it was all Ms. Narwin's fault too but I don't think she really believed it. I knew that my dad was going to be mad when he found out about this. Everything is a mess.

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