We are only into Week 2 of junior high, but the first-years are already settling into what their social mantles will be over the course of the next three years—the Quiet & Shy Girls who never speak above a whisper, the Rambunctious But Good-Natured Boys who recite the ABC’s at the top of their lungs, and as every school all over the world will have, The Bullies.

Last year’s Female Bully reigned by terror through intimidation of sheer size.  Bigger than all of the other girls AND boys, she had a voice and personality to match; if she wasn’ t happy, no one was happy—not classmates, not teachers, not administrators, no one.

But this day, Female Bully has met her match.  The New Female Bully’s rule is neither governed by size nor by volume; rather, The NFB has proved herself to be a skilled tactician in both verbal disconcertion and surprise attack—she’ll say things that confuse and embarrass you to the point of stuttering; she has no qualms about pantsing you in front of the teacher’s office.

And thus was Female Bully’s reign as supreme juvenile leader brought to an end today.  This afternoon just before 5th period, The NFB started an altercation that left Female Bully fumbling with her gym shorts gathered around her ankles, to be silenced once and for all in the junior high school Hall of Shame.

I tried to tell you, little lady: what goes around, comes around.