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>Arguing >My Brothers actually got in trouble all the time for >arguing with each other. For some reason they just >never really did get along. > >I say that as if I have no idea why. The fact is that >my older brother was an insane bully who was fairly >good at getting away with his antics, certainly fed >into it. He was so bad, in fact, that even my best >friend gave him a fat lip once. > >I just didn't get into it as much as they did. I guess >I maybe had a higher tolerance for Older-Brother's >antics. > > > >Rough-housing >They were actually certain rooms of the house that we >were allowed to rough house in. The big ballroom on >the west extension, for example. Our playroom, because >if anything got broken in there it was ours anyway. > >Mr K got onto us more than a few times for getting >into it in the main kitchen. The lot of us broke a >lamp once at Best-Friend's house. That was pretty bad. > > > >Dirty words >My parents had a particular way of dealing with dirty >words. If we were caught using certain words, or made >particularly lewd comments, then we would end up with >a half cake of soap in our mouth. That was not fun. > >That said my parents weren't all that uptight about >cussing in a general sense. We could say minor words >like "damn", and "crap" without much reaction. The "S" >word the "F" word and a few others were off limits. > >And Father really detested the word "Gay", but there >was a reason for that. > > > >Bad grades >Private schools don't exactly operate quite like >public schools, in regard to grades. Bad grades were >never allowed at my schools. If we were struggling >with a subject, those in charge of us would come up >with a plan to help us through it. > >In K through 5, That often meant working with my >parents. But at the boy's school, they had me all day >and night. The dorm-mothers could be brought in, >they'd get us through it. > >In my case, I had a weakness for Algebra. I still >really don't understand it. But I had to have a credit >in algebra to graduate. So they had to get me >competent enough to pass a test. > > > >Getting home late >I honestly don't remember curfew being an issue >Brothers and I. For most of us, whenever it started >getting dark, we would typically just go home. >Sometimes I'd be over at Best-Friend's house or she'd >be over at mine, and that wasn't considered a big deal. > >Parents would just take the other one home. > >At the boy's school, I got the horse stick once for >being out of bed after hours. That was a thing. But I >wonder if that's what you really mean by the question. > > > >Fighting >I'm not entirely sure what you mean by fighting that >wouldn't have been covered in rough housing. Are you >asking for separate fights from where fists are thrown >as opposed to just wrestling? > > > >Stealing >Stealing was never really a problem for me. I tried to >take the blame for something that was stolen, once. >But my parents didn't really believe me. And there are >actually a few reasons why. > >Honestly, I don't recall stealing ever being an issue >that came up in my family at all. > >My Older-Brother had, on a few occasions, taken one of >our toys and accidentally broke it. You could say >that's stealing. But his intention was never really to >keep it for himself. It was usually just to annoy us, >more than anything else.

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