Glad to hear that (re. "would not constitute an offense").
But what, pray tell, constitutes "good standing," and who decides that? If you piss some people off just 'cuz you don't fit in particularly well with the social milieu there, do you run the risk of being judged in "bad standing" and having a "bad attitude," and hence restricted freedoms of expression?
Yeah, you do. If you're not fitting in, then you're not trying to fit in, and hence you can be held accountable. Sometimes the kid can't change who they are, and they stay on the shit list indefinitely, until they do change. Hell, Procida went on 2/4 just for refusing to be in Dean's Area, losing sleep and time to take on additional work for the Dean for no personal benefit, only the school's. They wanted him, and eventually he was forced to relent.
Mmm. And
who assesses, and
how is said assessment made, vis a vis the "trying" quotient? I can remember trying like
hell to "fit in," failing miserably, and hence being on the shat-upon list with no way out. I just don't do well in a one-size-fits-all kind of world, and Hyde School is just
not a place that has room in its dogma to consider the existence of such a beast. I can't imagine that I was alone in that predicament. Apparently not.
Interesting facet to Billy Procida's Hyde career: some kids
are unfortunate enough to be "chosen;" it happened in my time too. Of course, I am just cynical enough to have the thought flit across my mind that perhaps Hyde's future designs on New York real estate might have had something to do with that in Billy's case, ha ha!
