Here comes the parent e-mail....

Dear Mr. 8th grade violinist:

If you argue with a conductor in private, it will be a private matter. If you choose to argue with a conductor during the rehearsal, it will be very public... which will not work in your favor if the conductor reduces you to a smoldering pile of ashes.

If, as a result of your continuous prodding of the 7th grade girl sitting next to you, you get moved one chair in the opposite direction to remove the temptation to cause a disruption, you should be grateful that it was not accompanied by a call home, an administrative referral, detention, or a lowered grade. Do not decide to stand up for your right to sit in that particular chair.

(You should also note that the fact that your sister, who usually jumps to defend you, chose to keep her silence in this matter.)

I know that your parents, being the protective guardians that they are, will no doubt contact me in short order about the gruff nature in which I reacted to you today. I will be very happy to inform them that my first approach was to very quietly and discretely tell you to switch chairs with your stand partner, and that it was only after you loudly protested that it became known to the entire class. I will also inform them that had you refrained from poking the above mentioned 7th grade girl with your bow (especially after she asked you to cease and desist repeatedly) it wouldn't have been a problem in the first place.

But don't take it too hard. In just a few years, you'll have the guts to ask the girl for her phone number and be done with it.