I grew up in a city of 100,000 in the Midwest I was biking to school 4.5 miles at age 12. I soon figured out I could get detention, miss the bus, but still get

I grew up in a city of 100,000 in the Midwest I was biking to school 4.5 miles at age 12. I soon figured out I could get detention, miss the bus, but still get home on my bike. Couple that with a habit of getting the mail daily, and I was able to to serve detention without my parents knowledge (I think).