Holy smokes! I can see from that day forward, if any bully approached you, all you had to do was motion towards the pencil prominently displayed in your shirt pocket and they would find another target!
Ticonderoga #2...the “Anti-Bully” Magnet!
Strangely enough now I remembered a one Christie “Smith” taking a liking to me after that and it progressed to her doing strangely erotic things with the soft skin of her folded knee when the Mr. Steiner wasnt watching. Math was quite the challenge with her dragging my attention span into the gutter!
You really never know what a nerd is going to whip out of his pocket protector!
I love me some righteous payback from the guy being picked on.