By looking at words only, I am still a teenager (19). Yes, part of being a teenager is bending the rules a little bit, but knowing which ones to bend is a delicate balance. Something like computer security is really not one that you should go after. With as much hype as it gets in the press and how expensive computer systems are, administrators are likely to be as you experienced: jumpy and overreactive. People are naturally like that concerning anything they don't understand that well or don't have the resources to replace, and schools just don't have enough funding and administrators are not paid enough to be put through scares like that (justified fear or not). The principal definitely does not know as much in the field of computers as you do, but that certainly does not mean the principal is dumb. Your best bet is to let them win this one (knowing when to let others win, or at least think they won, is also a valuable piece of knowledge) and then disappear from the radar. You're down to just your king while the school hasn't lost even lost a pawn yet. Checkmate.
