I think only to a certain point.

If a number of kids are acting out, the one most easily identifiable will probably get nailed for it first-- the only kid of one race in a group of others, the only redhead, the boy who's six feet tall in fifth grade because of an early growth spurt. I haven't found, though, that the "redhead syndrome" works so that kids get in trouble undeservedly.

signed,
eldertree, the ginger

"I love it when you two impersonate earthlings."