The scene: 6th period, once again working hard to distract me from the topic at hand.
N: The dress code is unfair.
Me: Life is unfair.
N: Girls get away with murder. They can wear whatever they want and not get demerits.
Me: Yeah, I think you're right. But, men make $1.00 for every 80 cents earned by women and that's also unfair. Because life is unfair.
N: But it should be fair.
Me......pausing while I contemplate an appropriate answer, looking thoughtfully at N as I realize that he is wearing sneakers. A dress code violation.
Me: Are you wearing sneakers?
N: Yes (and not bashful either, kind of prideful, really).
Me: Have you gotten a demerit?
N: No.
And now I burst into laughter because it would seem we are not exactly in the presence of a grave injustice.
Me: So why is it that the Roman Empire collapsed?
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