What If I Threatened To Pull The Fire Alarm In 7th Grade?

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In 7th grade, a para followed me to every class. I hated that so much. At least if she sat in the back, she could be mistaken for a teacher aide because if she wasn't focusing on me, she'd grade other students' homework.

But in Science class, she forced me to sit next to her, even though that would give away the fact that I had anything to do with her, to all the other students, and I wanted to hide that from every last student in the school.

I knew that as soon as any student figured out what and who she was really there for, I'd be ostracized and treated like a subhuman; a special-ed kid who needed to have some lady follow him around all the time. There was nothing more that I wanted that year than to be accepted by everybody. I wanted to be friends with everyone and be the most popular kid in school. Having (every student know that I had) a para would most certainly prevent that, so I was FURIOUS.

I couldn't beg hard enough to my parents to please remove the para from the school. So being in detention / suspension was more appealing because at least if I was suspended, I'd be taken away from all the other students. At least no student would see me with the para if I was sent to a room where suspended kids go.

So if I was forced back into my 12 year old body that year again; if I woke up back in 7th grade all over again, through some form of time travel in my sleep, I'd see about pulling the fire alarm.

First, I'd ask politely to let me sit by myself or with a friend in science. Mrs. Potter would refuse, so then I'd walk away, and to a point in the hallway that had a fire alarm. I'd touch the fire alarm, at the ready to pull it, then threaten Mrs. Potter: "If you don't leave me alone and let me be like the rest of the kids in science by letting me sit by myself or with a friend, then I swear I'll pull this fire alarm. You KNOW you don't want THAT."

What do you think she'd say / do right then?

And if I were to successfully pull the fire alarm, I'd be guaranteed no more Mrs. Potter because I'd be expelled, right?

Looking back at the horrific year 7th grade was, I'd think even expulsion would've been better than being forced to have a special-ed label stuck to me due to having a para follow me all the time. There was nothing more I wanted than to be a normal kid with many friends and a girlfriend.

When our kids were teenagers, one especially was a pisser. She and her best friend stole a car and took off on a week long 'Thelma and Louise' trip. When they ran out of money, they had actually planned to drive off the cliff, just like the movie.
They got caught in a Federal Park with weed and were both arrested. Our daughter was 18, went to the adult side. Her best friend was 17 and went the the juvenile side. When they went to court, she pulled the fire alarm and they had to clear out the whole Federal courthouse. Our daughter came back from that escapade on Federal probation, her best friend got nothing because she was still technically a kid.
Those were some trying times, but I could see the beauty in pulling a fire alarm.

I think you just would have ended up with even more oppressive supervision and a bad reputation in school worse for your social life than having a teachers aid would be.

Grades 5-7 were the worst for me too.