Flip flops

This morning Miranda was walking out the door to school in flip flops.

Me: "Um, I thought you couldn't wear flip flops to school."

M: "No, I think it's ok. Other people wear them all the time."

Me: "Well, I remember when they participated in the movement for kids who don't have shoes, the principal said that was the one day you could wear flip flops to school."

M: "So, what do you want me to do?"

Me: "Get your shoes."

With a roll of the eyes and small huff, she went back inside to get her shoes.

On the drive to school, I told a story.

"When I was in 4th grade, one of the last days of school, it was hot outside. Sprinklers were going on the lawn during recess. Running through the sprinklers was against the rules. A couple of kids were doing it anyway.

At the end of recess, my friend and I decided to take a quick run through the sprinkler. And we got caught. We had to go to the principal's office. He asked why we broke the rule. We said that other kids were doing it so we thought it was ok.

He looked me in the eye and said, 'But YOU know better'. He gave us detention for the next two days and we had to stay in at recess."

End of story.

M's response: "They give detention in elementary school??"


Hmmm . . . do you think the moral of my story was understood?