My new story, Dress Code, seems to be getting some attention, though, as always with my work, scores are middling at best. (Someday, I swear, I'm going to crack an 8. Take that, Aroslav.)
Thanks, too, to gmbusman for his review.
I'd also like to share a comment from one of my more perceptive readers, who lives in Germany. The story seems to have struck a chord with him, because he's evidently well acquainted with the idea of dictatorial school administrators and students' attempts to fight back. I found this fascinating:
"Sometimes I get information about what is going on in schools in Russia because my cousins go there. School administrators there are constantly terrorizing the students by making the rules stricter. Children rebel from time to time. For example, at graduation parties, one of the girls is sure to come in a see-through dress and no underwear, or in a suit suitable for a nightclub. Every year there are scandals called 'naked prom girls'."
Hmm, that graduation idea might make a good story.