This might belong to the High School article. Anyway, I found a few typos: thw, shcool - which is not consistent for a person so self-confident of its written communication skills.

Also, I think you are generalizing from your specific point of view a little too much. For me, the tight rules and directions at my high school fit my character much better and resulted in better grades than the laissez-faire at university.

He lost his badge briefly in _Men_at_Arms_, but only in an act of reverse psychology from Vetinari, so that doesn't really count. He resigns in protest of the military coup in Jingo and takes up his duties as a knight instead. Neither of these is vigilante-ism.

More importantly, Vimes is always determined to maintain himself and those under him as officers of the law (even though no one knows what the law actually is) who do not (for example) just kill the accused, even if ordered to. This becomes very important in many books, including Jingo, Fifth Elephant and Night Watch.

He's still the coolest character listed, though.