Chapter 5

Grounded!

We’ve all been there. We all know how horrible it can be. Those dreaded words:

“You’re Grounded”

And you know you’re in deep trouble. There are very few ways to get out of this situation.

explain your reason, and have a damn good alibi

suck up hardcore

Coming home from parties when your rents don’t know where you are… Grounded for a week.

Bad report card… grounded off computer until grades improved.

Those were my basic punishments. I don’t think I was ever really in trouble for anything else. I was a basically good kid.

Until I turned 16.

I have to say, I’m a better behaved kid then others I know.

I don’t sniff rails of coke

I rarely drink

And well… Let’s just say I’m still kind of innocent.

Tips for being grounded:

make sure you have good cds

stay out the rents way

if during school year make extra effort on school work

Clean… a lot!

don’t pick fights

And last but not least…. SUCK UP!

It seems to work sometimes, just don’t over do it. Cooking dinner for a night is one thing. Organizing diet plans for the entire family… BAD IDEA!

Cleaning room, bathroom, vacuuming: good idea

Doing a full remodeling job of the entire house: bad idea

Lesson of the day: try to follow the rules… you don’t want to be the one missing the Greenday concert, or the party of the century