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But selling bootleg Pepsi out of his locker has certainly tainted the academic record of a 17-year-old Lethbridge student, who ended up suspended on a charge of smuggling sugary drinks into school, and then selling them for a profit.

“From a business perspective, what he did was actually very smart, and if you look at from the perspective of profit, 140% is pretty good,” said Alyssa Shaw-Letourneau.

Knowing students at Winston Churchill high would pay for real pop — he’s being running a similar smuggling op since Grade 9 — Shaw went to the local grocery store to score a case of Pepsi.

After a few “Psst, wanna buy a Pepsi,” Shaw had $12 in his pocket — and the man on his tail.

Shaw, for his part, says he’s learned a valuable lesson — and that’s location, location, location.

“I’ve learned a lot about business and authority as well as supply and demand, as well as how location ties into all these factors,” he said.

The real question is whether the teenage businessman has closed shop, given the pressure from authority to stay on the straight, narrow and sugar-free.

The answer is no. But Shaw says he’s also managed to find a thin grey area between the school’s rules, and still making a profit from thirsty students: the sidewalk.

“I sold a couple cans today — I’ve found a little loop hole,” said Shaw,

“I can walk out to the sidewalk, make the trade off, and walk back into the school.”

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