1 CHAPTER 1

"Ms. Burk, please report to the office." Came over the school intercom.

"Now what" she thought. Did something happen to one of her homeroom students? Laura Burk was a High School math teacher at a private school. Ever since HB 2469 passed, Humiliation was legal and the approved form of discipline, and some of the discipline rules were very strange from what they had been. When Sara got to her classroom to relieve her Laura made her way across campus to the front office.

On her way she saw Mika, one of the senior girls walking across the central courtyard in her underwear. On Mika's wrist was a band that was yellow and white. Laura felt sorry for her. Evidently, she had violated her curfew and her parents had registered her and she could only wear underwear for the next thirty-nine days. One day for each minute she was late. It was rumored that if she violated curfew again, she would be elevated to Red with Green and White, meaning she could only wear her panties and a third violation would be a solid Yellow meaning she would be totally naked. Any minutes she was late would be added to any days that remained on her time. Laura could not imagine the shame Mika must be feeling.

She knew there were a few other students that were under restrictions both boys and girls. The rules applied equally to everyone. She had heard of another girl, Hannah or something, that had had a Red and Green and White sentence for three whole days. Laura had not seen her, but she heard from her students that the girl had gotten in a fight with her parents about vaping and they thought a couple of days in only her panties in front of her friends would take her down a notch or two. Today was her first day and she still had 2 more days to go. They said it worked. She never wanted to go through something like that again and promised to never vape again.

As she continued, she thought about the silly color codes that were assigned to the humiliation penalties. Yellow for some odd reason was the worst case requiring complete nudity. Green is nudity below the waist, and Red is nude above the waist. The color code was based on a STOP light of all things. Leave it to congress to come up with a compromise that is based on something that has nothing to do with the law. The reason was Red is on the top of the light, Green is on the bottom, and Yellow is in the middle of a normal stop light. Because top and bottom nudity is equal, the yellow color was used. There were modifiers other than White, but she never gave it much thought to learn all the codes.

Other modifiers she did know were Blue for state crimes and dark Orange for federal crimes. Those colors had their own subcategories, but Laura never paid much attention to them either.

When she got to the office, she was met by Mark Owens, the vice principal. This might be bigger than she thought. What could possibly be going on. Was one of her homeroom students going to get a Yellow Penalty?

Mark escorted her to Paul Mitchel's office. Paul was sitting behind the desk. Mark indicated that she should sit in the chair in the corner. Mark sat at the chair just inside the door. Laura kept looking at the door to see what student would be joining them. She was confused when Mark reached over and closed the door.

Paul was the first to speak, "Ms. Burk, we have a situation that we need to deal with. Due to the new rules, we really have very little room for discretion in how we handle the violation."

"Who did what?"

"You did,"

"WHAT! What did I do!"

"Earlier today you left your classroom unattended for six minutes today. Leaving a class of High school students unattended is a major violation. Any number of things can happen in that length of time. It is a safety violation."

"I had to pee! I tried to get someone to stand in for me, but no one was free, and I was afraid I was going to pee right in front of everyone."

"Well, you still broke a major rule and left a classroom of students unattended for six minutes. We have it on the classroom video recording. Unfortunately, the penalty is spelled out quite clearly in the school handbook. You will receive a Class Green penalty for the next six days."

"WHAT, I can't do that, I am a teacher!"

"That is the whole point. Because you are a teacher, you must do it. You need to set an example. It is precisely because you are a teacher, we cannot go easy on you. It is stated clearly in the handbook that the violation for leaving a class unattended is a Class Green violation. If we do not follow the rules for a teacher, how can we be expected to enforce them for the students?"

"Everything has already been registered. We sent the video to the H-Office, and they approved your Class Green service. The time will start tomorrow at 6:00 AM and conclude at 6:00 AM six days later." Mark said. "Here is your registration bracelet. At 6:00 AM tomorrow morning it will turn solid Green and you will not be able to wear anything below your navel. Other than shoes that is."

Laura was starting to hyper-ventilate. "No, No, No, NOOOooo! This can't be happening!"

"Don't worry, this is not the end of the world. It will only be for six days and then everything can go back to normal. We have already called your husband and he understands what is at stake here."

"You already told Allen? Oh My GOD, what about my son. Adam is going to see me bottomless! He is only a Junior. How can I deal with this? Oh GOD, Oh GOD, Oh GOD, No, No, No, this can't be happening."

"I am sorry, but our hands are tied. We cannot make an exception. We could lose our accreditation for the school if we even tried to do so. We would be in violation of the law. A law that was purposely set to treat everyone fairly, rich, poor, male, female, and all ethnic possibilities. It was heralded as the most comprehensive fair laws ever passed."