I got dodgeball banned in my school...
Long time ago.
It was time to play dodgeball because the PE teacher was a lazy shit.
I told her that I would not participate.
(yes, I was a small kid who the big kids loved to bean because it was easy for them)
She said she would fail me if I didn't play.
Fair enough...
When the ball landed in my hands a moment later, I threw it as hard as I could... right at the teacher's head.
Her head then bounced off the bleachers in the gym, and she hit the floor.
No, that was not the right thing to do, but all the other kids were trying to do that exact same thing to me.
When she got up off the floor, she made us all line up, and said "I'm going to find out who did that, or the whole class will get detention." I didn't hesitate for a moment to say "Don't bother. It was me. And I did it on purpose."
Principal's office... suspension... school board meeting... When I explained that I wanted to "opt out" and that she wouldn't let me, I told the board that I was simply doing what I was told to do. Throw a rubber ball at other people's heads. If the teacher didn't want that to happen to her, she should have gotten the fuck out of the way. Unlike I was able to do. And yes, I used the word fuck to the school board.
They were going to expel me, and I said that I simply could not have cared less. And I'm sure that the press, (now it's referred to as "the media"
would be interested in this story (my father was a newspaper editor, and they knew it).
After some consideration, they reversed my suspension, banned dodgeball, and I spent the rest of the school year jogging around the track during PE class. My parents were proud that I stood up for myself, even though they did not like the method that I chose. I was a hero among all the small kids.
Still leaves a bad taste in my mouth...