After starting a fight at school with squirt bottles he took from the chemistry classroom, Tepper and his co-conspirator were both in the vice Principal's office facing their punishment — either ten whacks from a wooden paddle with holes (ouch!) or ten days suspension.
Fortunately for Tepper, the fire alarm went off and he was able to escape both punishment options.
Even though he was a scholar student at Peabody High School he never earned an A. That's because he wasn't motivated enough to work for those grades.
He would also skip class to go get free pancakes from the seminary across the street.
Source: Maneet Ahuja's The Alpha Masters