I'm not a juvenile delinquent

[plasmid 41]

My buddies and I were inseparable mates
Til one by one were we split
My teacher, she gave me a smack on the pate
And off in the corner I sit

Admittedly still I'm not hitting the books
Though now I'm hugging a tree
I guess in the end it's not bad as it looks;
I went from a C to a B

[Thalia 64]

They actually almost lowered my grade once. . . 

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A staple?

 

Edited November 23, 2016 by Thalia

[bonanova 84]

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Great riddle plasmid. I'm going to stick to math and probability.
Good solve Thalia. Is there a story there?

 

[Thalia 64]

In the quote because my phone doesn't do spoilers the normal way.

7 hours ago, Thalia said:

They actually almost lowered my grade once. . . 

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I had a teacher who strongly objected to their use in letters to the President. I missed the memo. Had to reprint because I had "dorky staple holes." He was an interesting teacher...

 

 

[plasmid 41]

Right on, Thalia.

And I guess the bright side is that that wasn't a handwritten assignment.

[Thalia 64]

The school's computer system crashed that day. Teacher had a no late assignments policy and half the class hadn't printed yet. Printing has never been so stressful. I guess compared to them, my situation wasn't that bad. XD Great riddle though.

[plainglazed 67]

wow, just wow.  been mulling over this one but wasn't even close.  great solve Thalia!  another most excellent riddle plasmid!  wow...