Students -- some as tall as she is -- sass back when she asks for quiet.
She sasses back, and she makes fun of her kidnapper for whining about his sore feet as he marches her across boggy ground.
The content of their sharp little hops and turns, their precision hand gestures, was opaque (they copy a lot of it from film, stringing together still pictures to make a dance), but it all felt familiar: now they're working together, now she's out ahead, now he's annoying her, now she's sassing back, now whatever was serious has become silly, now they put their heads down and get on with it.
You can blame these types of stories on the increased police presence in schools the idea was that they'd protect students, but as a 2013 New York Times article noted, the officers tend to arrest and charge children and teens who run afoul of the law thanks to basic my-brain-isn't-done-developing-yet stuff like fighting, truancy, and sassing back to teachers.
"Oh no, out here in LA this is Meryl's world and we just live in it!" sasses back the correspondent.
Sassing back is one of the easiest ways to experiment with asserting herself and trying on her voice -- and her power.
As her more exuberant fans danced, waved their arms, and flirted with Ross, the singer sassed them right back.
CHER LLOYD As a contestant on the British version of "The X Factor," Cher Lloyd was 100 percent pure sass, switching back and forth between singing and rapping and generally redefining what a talent show contestant should look and sound like.
Ashley gives as well as she can, though, keeping her mom on her toes with constant chatter and plenty of sass heading back her way.
