In which: Dear Mr Vernon,

Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. What we did WAS wrong, but we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us... In the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is ... a brain...
...and an athlete...
...and a basket case...
...a princess...
...and a criminal...
Does that answer your question?
Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.

I spent most of the day in my classroom planning & tidying up in my own teacherly version of The Breakfast Club. The mug was a great Christmas present and it'll remind me not to see the kids 'in the simplest terms and most convenient definitions'. Mostly.