![Photo of Bob Diaz](https://media.sandiegoreader.com/img/manonthestreet/2014/12/09/Cuff_Bob-Diaz_r200x150.jpg?7b6ab03c4766f12c7b7776566531fabeb67560ca)
Bob Diaz
For talking Spanish. When I was young, if we spoke Spanish we could be expelled or be given corporal punishment.
![Photo of Ben Miller](https://media.sandiegoreader.com/img/manonthestreet/2014/12/09/Cuff_Ben-Miller_r200x150.jpg?7b6ab03c4766f12c7b7776566531fabeb67560ca)
Ben Miller
I started a riot at a gas station down the street from my middle school when they wouldn’t let me and my friends in with our backpacks on...when I was in seventh grade.
![Photo of Alissa Rodley Maxwell](https://media.sandiegoreader.com/img/manonthestreet/2014/12/09/Cuff_Alissa-Rodley-Maxwell_r200x150.jpg?7b6ab03c4766f12c7b7776566531fabeb67560ca)
Alissa Rodley Maxwell
One day, at the end of the school year, we decided to have everyone sign our bodies in marker like a living yearbook (I guess?). Teacher said, “Go straight to the office. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.”
![Photo of Dave Lipscomb](https://media.sandiegoreader.com/img/manonthestreet/2014/12/09/Cuff_Dave-Lipscomb_r200x150.jpg?7b6ab03c4766f12c7b7776566531fabeb67560ca)
Dave Lipscomb
There was lots of scandal but no pictures! Ahh, the days before the internet and mobile devices! I got away with more than I got caught doing.