Write it 100 times as your punishment. Otherwise known as things my grandma saved for 70 years.

Take a look at this find:

"Always be polite." 
Written 100 times in 1952 by my mom.

It was discovered at the bottom of a box at my grandmother's house. 

Not everyone would have kept the evidence her eldest's incivility for 70 years. But my grandma was always an iconoclast when it came to collectables. She lined multiple shelves with empty Aunt Jemima syrup bottles. She piled up every National Geographic printed since the end of the second world war. Maybe she liked the symmetry of multiples (?).

In any event, while the caliber of her archives is unrivaled, I have one small grievance with this latest unearthed family heirloom.

"Always be polite?" 

Seriously?

I want to know what my mother was doing, exactly, that warranted such a grueling just dessert. For example:

I will not spank others.
I will not aim for the head.
I will not conduct my own fire drills.
I will not prescribe medication.
I will not eat things for money.
No one is interested in my underpants.
I will not sell miracle cures.
I do not have diplomatic immunity.
I will not charge admission to the bathroom.
My homework was not stolen by a one-armed man.
Organ transplants are best left to professionals.
I will not celebrate meaningless milestones.
There are plenty of businesses like show business.
I will not torment the emotionally frail.

Bart Simpson has spent a lot of time
writing things 100 times.

Bart's teacher may have a few up on the Gramster when it came to preserving the historical record.