100% true story. Had a huge crush on my elementary school music teacher. She despised students who chewed gum in music class. It got to the point where if she caught a student chewing gum in music class, the student would be told to pack up their instrument and leave the class. It still didn't solve the problem though. One day after school I visited the music teacher and told her I had an idea that will make the gum chewing stop. I told her to get a big pickle jar, and when people get caught chewing gum, they have to put their gum in the jar, and take out someone else's stale wad of chewed gum out of the jar and chew on that instead. It was gross, but she liked my idea. The very next day the gum jar was in place on top of her desk, and she laid out the new rules as to what would happen if you were caught chewing gum in class. Well, it didn't go down to well. Kids were horrified of her new gum chewing policy. Word got out to one of the kids parents, and the parents came to the school absolutely furious and complained to the principal about it. Was a huge backlash against the teacher, and she got fired from her job. She never taught again in the public school system. And I felt partially responsible for her losing her job, because it was my stupid idea in the first place. My first teacher crush, and she was gone never to be seen again. Some 40 years later, I still think about it.
