This week’s disciplinary decisions remind us that coming to Andover means sacrificing much of the normal high school experience. Though teenage “party” culture has become a fundamental part of the American high school, PA students never have an opportunity to partake in it, at least while at Andover. Those who try almost always fail. Yet, we must realize the significance of this sacrifice.

We may remorse having missed the romanticism of teenage rebellion; the nights we could have been...