Yes, you did not steal with your friends but you were aware that they wanted to steal and you aided them by keeping quiet not even when I mentioned it at the assembly ground," the principal said.
"That makes you all guilty to the crime and deserving of the same punishment." The principal's mind was made up. All the entreaties from our parents met his rebuff.
My father was angry and ranting. "Just imagine the disgrace. You have been expelled from school. Do you know what that means? It means no more school for you. You are a shame and I am ashamed to be your father, " he raved as he drove us home.