a 600-pound person usually a white woman an annoying principle with a decoration in her office that says "i would quit chocolate but im not a quiter". she decided tarmac only recess will happen when snowing even though other schools dont have that. she is either trying to form a hellscape or is dumb af
by friendly neighborhood dumbass December 5, 2024

A situation in a person, in the act of harm preventing, will side with bad people and force good people to back down or be punished to prevent harm or get rid of conflict. It comes from the idea of a school principal, who is practicing harm prevention, and so can only make rules, shame or appease. Shame and rules do not work on the bully but work on the good kids and since it takes two to fight, he gets the good kid to back down there by ending the fight and stopping harm.
The result is good people are punished and bad people are rewarded.
The result is good people are punished and bad people are rewarded.
Jake suffers from principal syndrome when he wants normal people to surrender their guns instead of going after the criminals who use guns unlawfully.
by cb750 July 15, 2023

What a grade-school student says in order to decline to do something that might likely get him in Dutch with the dreaded "men in the upstairs office", whether or not he himself actually feels morally repulsed by said request.
Telling someone that, "It's against my principals" can indeed be highly effective at getting said individual to quit pressuring you to misbehave; just be aware that some students and/or teachers may have "ins" with said powerful heads of the school, and so mentioning about them might not instill adequate concern in said bully to cause him/her to back off.
by QuacksO December 30, 2022

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by sillystringpony January 15, 2024
