Suspended - Me???

I'm one of those people who has the ignominy of being suspended from school/college from the 4th grade up.
Whilst in my alcohol induced banter, I may laugh this off with my friends and others, I think of it each day. WHY?
Why was I suspended for NOT doing my homework?
Why was I suspended for not saying my prayers?
Why was I suspended for skipping school? (The reason for skipping was I didn't do my homework)
Why was I suspended for being late ONCE in my entire time at school? (To this day it's remained a scar, so I go late for all my appointments now)
I was even suspended for playing with a street dog. (was told they were dangerous and can chew my arm off)Yeah Right..
My MOM's been in school more than me. Meeting with the principal, with me being told to kneel outside the office.
It became commonplace, every alternate day, I was either thrown out of class or made to kneel outside the principal's chamber.
Heck I was even thrown out of art class: I didn't want to make the stupid frog with butter paper.

I was used for my tabla skills and then discarded. I had to play the same damn TAAL for every crappy number, a bunch of people would croon. Guys whose voices that could be compared to croaking frogs (No offence to Vikki, Rakshit, Kusa and the gang, it was the age of voice cracking) and women who made monkeys fall off trees and crows die (No offence to Rach, pari, supriya and the vast herds of other women folk who tried their hand at singing)

Every event, I was made to play. I was even suspended once for not showing up. ( I had a freaking fever that day and was staring death in the face) R-Day, school: 1997-98
Each time I'd wish I could sing a number-BB King's The Thrill is Gone (I'd play that in my head, LOST and oblivious to my surroundings)

I had my fair share of fun too in class (when I went of course): Drilling holes in the desk to sip Pepsi from a can (Akshar was the one who brought the first can though, and I drilled the desks)
Days of whacking nuts and other SNAKES in Kannada classes (with Saucy Cola at the helm :-D) with Kaage and Poonji egging me on, to pissing off the lab faculty, in cahoots with Ashwin.

In my defence, I was a very silent kind of person, never one to get in trouble on my own. I was rather influenced by unscrupulous characters. Swaroop being one of the major culprits in that department.

Getting back to my point, was I punished because I refused to conform to pre-set procedures? Or was I just a soft target? I was even thrown out of class for NOT saying "I Want to Become A Software Engineer" Well I did say I'd let time take me to my destination, I'm free-spirited and can't be chained down as well. (or something like that)

I was ratted on by so many people: Miss, T. Arvind's sleeping in class, Miss He's trying to cut my hair, Miss, he's singing too loudly, Miss, he copied my homework, Miss he didn't solve the problem, but drew a picture of a car (in competition with a certain Shroff).

I wasn't even given a pat on the back for innovative ideas at exhibitions. We weren't allowed to portray nudity on the temples of Khujaraho (Why do it if we Can't??), We did 4-wheel drive, we did small battery, bot NO, no Good job, No innovative thinking. The guy who makes a bulb glow via a Potato won. (I think)
I was thrown out of lab for Copper Plating my Key.

Episodes like this turned me into a silent terror maker. I pissed in the H2SO4 beaker in 12th, hot-wired the resistors and argued the theory of valency. But yet, I flunked 12th-Science. Was it the system, or the guy (who made a lighthouse with rotating lights in 4th grade)?

I STOLE ideas and made them better.
I had ideas that were stolen from me, but they were useless anyway (as what the teachers claimed)

I was never deeply influenced by any teacher, I even physically threatened one (the poor little PT Master).

I became a nuisance at home too. Never listened to anyone, did what I wanted (I'm still that way - Except recently Mom made me shave a 2 week-old beard)

I moved to college, a field I hate (Management-Thanks to the arguments I presented, that were unanswerable by certain Gurus), I drank A LOT, I still do, Smoked a lot, Mostly given up.

Here too I was suspended. NOT for skipping classes, but for attending them, and making an ass of myself, threatening the intellect of faculty and usage of profanity.

But here I am today, doing what I want, going where I want, PLAYING what I want and no one to say - Useless. HA..
Eat my shorts (After I've soiled them all those who wrote me off)

My heartfelt apologies to those who may feel insulted (they are unintended)
Disclaimer: This note has no reference to any person unmentioned living or dead or otherwise.
Thank you for taking your time to read this useless rubbish that was written in a drunken state of being..