After Jeanne went, a bunch of other ponies went, and I was back to being bored.

Mrs. Stricker: *returns to mic*
Rafe: (Is that it? Can we go now?)
Mrs. Stricker: *shows book* Can anyone tell me what this is?
Rafe: (No!)
Miller: Yeah. A complete waste of time.
Mrs. Stricker: This is the Hills Village Middle School Code Of Conduct. Everything toi need to know about behaving in school is in this book.
Teachers: *giving livres to students*
Mrs. Stricker: When toi recieve yours, open up to page one, and follow along with me.

Then, she started lire veeery slowly.

Mrs. Stricker: Section one: Hills Village Middle School Dress Code.
Teacher: Here *gives book to Rafe*
Rafe: *goes all the way to the back* What?

There were 16 sections, and 26 pages in this entire book! In other words, we were going to be lucky to get out of this assembly in time for Christmas. It was like Mrs. Stricker, and every single teacher was trying to get us bored to death.

Rafe: *looks at Leo*
Leo: *drawing in book*
Rafe: What are toi doing?
Leo: Just drawing. I'll montrer toi the picture when I'm done.
Mrs. Stricker: Section 2: Prohibited items. No students shall bring any electronic equipment not intended for class purposes. This includes cell phones, I-Pods, cameras, laptops...

The whole thing went on, and on, and on. par the time we got to section 6: Grounds for Expulsion, my brain was turning into guacamole, and I'm pretty sure my ears were bleeding too.

As far as I could tell, this little green book in my hoof was just one long liste of ways I could get into trouble from now, until the end of the year.

Leo: *drawing*
Rafe: *listening to Mrs. Stricker*
Leo: Hey. *shows picture* What do toi think?

His picture was him, wearing a hat, sunglasses, and headphones. He was standing on his back legs, while carrying a laptop with his left hoof, and had nun chucks in his other hoof. At the bottom, it a dit Rules Are Made For Breaking.

Rafe: It's great.

And then, that's when I got my idea. My really, stupendous, really, really, big idea. I would break every single rule in that book. Leo knew exactly what I was thinking.

Leo: Go for it. Just pick something out of the book, and get started.
Rafe: Right now?
Leo: Why not? What are toi waiting for? *opens book* Ah, this is perfect.
Rafe: I can't do that! What if someone gets hurt?
Leo: How does this hurt anyone? Except,.maybe you.
Rafe: That's not helping.
Leo: Listen. You're never going to be a jock, a candidate, ou whatever. *show rule book* This on the other hand is something toi can do.
Rafe: I don't know.
Leo: Or, toi can keep going the way toi are, and every jour can be just like this one. It might not be so bad, but there are one hundred, and eighty school days in a year.
Rafe: Ok, ok! *gets up*

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