I am the goalie

The 7th grade parent dinner is tonight. My principal wants to quote ME in her remarks:

"Our 7th grade dean explains it to the students like this: 'Your job as a 7th grader is to challenge the boundaries I set forth for you. My job as the Dean is to enforce those boundaries when you cross them.'"

What I ACTUALLY tell the students - "My job as the dean is to set the acceptable boundaries for your behavior. Your job is to break the rules. Then my job is to be the goalie and kick you back into play."

toMAYto, toMAHto...it's all the same!

What I REALLY want to say to the parents tonight is to quote Goethe: "If children grew up according to early indications, we would have nothing but geniuses."