Foreign language

I took four years of French in high school with Lester Maroney, a good teacher who was also a little crazy. Lester would hand out detentions as if they were candy and would smile while doing so.

Forgot your homework?  Detention.

Laughed at a joke?  Detention.

Tripped while entering the room?  Detention.

At one point I had amassed 87 detentions with him, most certainly a school record. I spent most of them playing chess with the guy and chatting about life. It interfered with track and...