Appease With A Please

(It is my fifth grade year. We are in the computer lab, with two people to a computer. My partner and I have agreed that I will go first. However, when I start doing the activity, she repeatedly reaches in front of me, trying to grab the mouse.)

Me: “[Partner], stop it!”

Teacher: “Who said “stop it?”

Me: *thinking she’s going to tell [Partner] to leave me alone* “I said stop it.”

Teacher: “Is that appropriate language?”

Me: *not wanting to be confrontational and get into more trouble* “Umm… no?”

Teacher: “What should you have said?”

Me: “…[Partner], please stop it?”

Teacher: “Very good. I’ll only take five minutes off your recess.”

Me: *whispering to [Partner]* “She should have heard what [Student] said when he lost at tetherball the other day.”