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sister_luckSchools are full of mafiosi. Whenever something happens that the teachers don't like or when someone breaks the rules and it's not immediately clear whodunnit there's a massive wall of silence.
It needs a lot of pressure to break through it and you don't always succeed.
There are sweet wrappers on the floor? No one dropped them, no one saw anything and no one ate the sweets. No one is responsible for the mess.
Ultimately it doesn't matter who caused the litter, but guess who puts it in the bin? Most of the time it won't be the person who dropped it.
It doesn't matter whether the infraction is minor or major, you just don't tell on others. Being a rat is considered lowest of the low.
That's the theory, but there's one big factor that means it doesn't always work: everyone loves gossip, too, so if it's something juicy, the truth will out.
And when it's out, all the culprit wants to know is who ratted them out. "If I find out I'm gonna kill them."
It needs a lot of pressure to break through it and you don't always succeed.
There are sweet wrappers on the floor? No one dropped them, no one saw anything and no one ate the sweets. No one is responsible for the mess.
Ultimately it doesn't matter who caused the litter, but guess who puts it in the bin? Most of the time it won't be the person who dropped it.
It doesn't matter whether the infraction is minor or major, you just don't tell on others. Being a rat is considered lowest of the low.
That's the theory, but there's one big factor that means it doesn't always work: everyone loves gossip, too, so if it's something juicy, the truth will out.
And when it's out, all the culprit wants to know is who ratted them out. "If I find out I'm gonna kill them."
