Detentions?

Sim Kid · 02-14-2009, 09:51 PM

Do they still do it at your school, actually? They don't really do it in college, but even when I was in high school they didn't do anything resembling a detention that wasn't flat-out suspension. They basically believed it was worthless since most kids who were in detention numerous times would just get on out and do it again.

But then again...can oyu really say the same about suspensions? Most kids I knew would treat Suspension as a free vacation from school so they didn't give two craps about being suspended so they could do all they want. I still say they should make kids do community service after awhile. Considering that some of those little Beavises would be suspended for doing stuff like lighting the toilets on fire or making extreme messes in the bathrooms they really needed to give some of these kids community service instead of just letting them sleep at home or light a urinal on fire somewhere.

**Valigarmander** · 02-14-2009, 09:56 PM

Yeah. They have lunch detention and afterschool detentions at my school.

I've been to lunch detention a few times before, although those were during my Freshman year.

Eagle Eye · 02-14-2009, 10:56 PM

Our detentions were early in the morning and sometimes after school, and our school day ran 7-2.

I don't know if anyone's else did, but ours built, after x detentions, you went to ISS, after x ISS's you got suspended.

Metal Man · 02-14-2009, 10:58 PM

The closest thing to it was in elementary school, at which point it was 'Dictionary Patrol' and forced people who didn't do their homework to copy pages out of the dictionary while people like me got to play in the park all day.

And they wondered why the bad performing students attacked the smarter ones?

Then there was the time I nearly got suspended for kicking a guy in the balls. Said guy was only choking me to death and apparently I should have allowed myself to pass out and perhaps suffocate. Yeah.

Eagle Eye · 02-14-2009, 11:30 PM

Zero Tolerance is retarded. Period.

Sabrilocke · 02-15-2009, 05:59 AM

They had in and out of school suspension and detention at my first high school. Forgot what they had at the second one I went to. Both had expulsions I'm pretty sure.

I never did anything stupid enough to get suspended out of school, but when I got sick of the other student's antics (they never really acted out, they were just verifiably stupid and I'm intolerant of people like that) I'd go to sleep and usually get a free ISS - either way I won because I got a little nap and some time to finish homework I didn't do the day before.

Jesus · 02-15-2009, 06:19 PM

Making kids do community service after awhile would be pretty hard to pass....if not impossible. Lots of paperwork and hurdles to jump as well as upset parents probably. It is also a financial burden I think and would be cheaper to have the kids stay in a room for 30-60 minutes a day quietly in a room.

Eagle Eye · 02-15-2009, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Jesus

Making kids do community service after awhile would be pretty hard to pass....if not impossible. Lots of paperwork and hurdles to jump as well as upset parents probably. It is also a financial burden I think and would be cheaper to have the kids stay in a room for 30-60 minutes a day quietly in a room.

It does sound like a pretty logical replacement of OSS in some situations.

You miss class, get a 0 on all assignments AND have to work all day? Kids will stop ****in up.

Sabrilocke · 02-15-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Rubber Band Man

It does sound like a pretty logical replacement of OSS in some situations.

You miss class, get a 0 on all assignments AND have to work all day? Kids will stop ****in up.

If we could just find a way to add the Scared Straight program into that it'd be perfect.

**Marchie** · 02-15-2009, 09:01 PM

I got a detention once, boring stuff.

**LASER BEAR ASSAULT UNIT** · 02-16-2009, 03:00 AM

When wasn't I in detention?

Brandon2390 · 02-16-2009, 03:06 AM

Yea, we used to have 1, 2, and 3 hour detentions after school. If what you did wasn't too bad you would get detentions individually by the teacher(The other ones were in a big room with everyone else from other classes who had detentions), and she'd keep you like 15 minutes just long enough so you would miss your bus.

**LASER BEAR ASSAULT UNIT** · 02-16-2009, 03:33 AM

In our school you'd get One hour - Three hour also depending on how you behave, once you get to three hours if you ass around you're suspended and kicked outta detention, so whenever I got to three hours I'd just prefer suspension.

***CaptHayfever*** · 02-16-2009, 09:48 AM

My grade school had detention during recess each day. You got a name on the board as a warning, then 15 minutes off of recess for each check that followed it. It could overflow to the next day if necessary.

My high school did a demerit card. If you got 5 demerits, you got an after-school detention on the following Monday for like 90 minutes. That was the same if you got all 5 in one week or if you spread them out over a semester. Everyone got a fresh card at the start of each semester (or, of course, if they filled theirs up).

Both had ISS (you had to sit in someone else's class all day, getting 0s on the stuff you weren't doing) & OSS (used mostly for offenses that represented a danger to other students). The only expulsion I ever heard of in grade school was for bringing in a gun; high school only expelled kids who did something profoundly illegal or just did a whole lot of suspension-worthy things.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Dizzy · 02-16-2009, 04:10 PM

Basically, school's motto is "Deal with it".

Getting beat up by another kid? Deal with it.
Evil teacher make you stay 10 minutes after class? Deal with it.
Detention time cutting into your aunt's funeral? Deal with it.

That might have just been my school, though.

Sabrilocke · 02-16-2009, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkZero

Basically, school's motto is "Deal with it".

Getting beat up by another kid? Deal with it.
Evil teacher make you stay 10 minutes after class? Deal with it.
Detention time cutting into your aunt's funeral? Deal with it.

That might have just been my school, though.

Wow. Sounds like my schools. Florida?

Speed · 02-16-2009, 06:59 PM

Before I was home schooled I was in detention more often then not.

Panfan · 02-16-2009, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkZero

Basically, school's motto is "Deal with it".

Getting beat up by another kid? Deal with it.
Evil teacher make you stay 10 minutes after class? Deal with it.
Detention time cutting into your aunt's funeral? Deal with it.

That might have just been my school, though.

True story. One kid at my school complained that somebody threw a frisbee on purpose at his leg. It was an accident (I would know, I was playing frisbee as well), but the kid who threw the frisbee got into trouble. So the kid who got hit goes and punches the kid who threw the frisbee, and he goes to the teacher. "Deal with it."

Accidental frisbees are more dangerous than punches. Greatest thing I learned in school.

Sim Kid · 02-16-2009, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metal Man

Then there was the time I nearly got suspended for kicking a guy in the balls. Said guy was only choking me to death and apparently I should have allowed myself to pass out and perhaps suffocate. Yeah.

oh yeah, as said by Rubberband Man, Zero Tolerance. :| It's a load of bullcrap. They didn't even BOTHER to suspend me, when I was caught in a fight where I did not even throw any punches (Since I KNEW that would get me expelled if I punched him and broke his nose since it'd make me look like the aggressor), they told me that if that happened again, then they wouldn't even BOTHER suspending me and expel me.

When I told my parents, they were shocked and appalled. Immediately, they dialed the phone and cussed out the principal. surprised he didn't expel both me AND my sister just cause our parents were such jerks. (My mom in particular since she went to Catholic school and you would have been REWARDED if you were in a fight and just blocked without striking)

And seriously, I saw a girl get sexually harassed and she got SUSPENDED. :|

Mushi · 02-17-2009, 12:48 AM

Funny stories time.

One of my friends (a senior, straight A student) brought his jump drive to school, and having completed all assignments, decided to have some fun on the computer by bringing in a games from his home computer.

That day, the school implemented a "No Games" policy. School computers are for school and school alone.

Got suspended, his jump-drive confiscated, and lost his computer privileges for the rest of the year.

Whoopee.

*more to come*

02-14-2009, 09:51 PM	#1
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	Detentions? Do they still do it at your school, actually? They don't really do it in college, but even when I was in high school they didn't do anything resembling a detention that wasn't flat-out suspension. They basically believed it was worthless since most kids who were in detention numerous times would just get on out and do it again. But then again...can oyu really say the same about suspensions? Most kids I knew would treat Suspension as a free vacation from school so they didn't give two craps about being suspended so they could do all they want. I still say they should make kids do community service after awhile. Considering that some of those little Beavises would be suspended for doing stuff like lighting the toilets on fire or making extreme messes in the bathrooms they really needed to give some of these kids community service instead of just letting them sleep at home or light a urinal on fire somewhere.

02-17-2009, 12:48 AM	#20
Mushi Derp Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Looking at you. I can read your mind. Gender: Posts: 6,982 Thanks: 179 Thanked 351 Times in 271 Posts	Funny stories time. One of my friends (a senior, straight A student) brought his jump drive to school, and having completed all assignments, decided to have some fun on the computer by bringing in a games from his home computer. That day, the school implemented a "No Games" policy. School computers are for school and school alone. Got suspended, his jump-drive confiscated, and lost his computer privileges for the rest of the year. Whoopee. more to come __________________

02-14-2009, 09:56 PM	#2
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Yeah. They have lunch detention and afterschool detentions at my school. I've been to lunch detention a few times before, although those were during my Freshman year.

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Eagle Eye Diddy bops Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Gender: Posts: 15,014 Thanks: 1,616 Thanked 1,084 Times in 597 Posts	Our detentions were early in the morning and sometimes after school, and our school day ran 7-2. I don't know if anyone's else did, but ours built, after x detentions, you went to ISS, after x ISS's you got suspended.

02-14-2009, 10:58 PM	#4
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	The closest thing to it was in elementary school, at which point it was 'Dictionary Patrol' and forced people who didn't do their homework to copy pages out of the dictionary while people like me got to play in the park all day. And they wondered why the bad performing students attacked the smarter ones? Then there was the time I nearly got suspended for kicking a guy in the balls. Said guy was only choking me to death and apparently I should have allowed myself to pass out and perhaps suffocate. Yeah.

02-14-2009, 11:30 PM	#5
Eagle Eye Diddy bops Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Gender: Posts: 15,014 Thanks: 1,616 Thanked 1,084 Times in 597 Posts	Zero Tolerance is retarded. Period.

02-15-2009, 05:59 AM	#6
Sabrilocke Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: behind the toolshed Gender: Posts: 4,254 Thanks: 238 Thanked 64 Times in 37 Posts Blog Entries: 5	They had in and out of school suspension and detention at my first high school. Forgot what they had at the second one I went to. Both had expulsions I'm pretty sure. I never did anything stupid enough to get suspended out of school, but when I got sick of the other student's antics (they never really acted out, they were just verifiably stupid and I'm intolerant of people like that) I'd go to sleep and usually get a free ISS - either way I won because I got a little nap and some time to finish homework I didn't do the day before.

02-15-2009, 06:19 PM	#7
Jesus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 5,617 Thanks: 104 Thanked 139 Times in 101 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Making kids do community service after awhile would be pretty hard to pass....if not impossible. Lots of paperwork and hurdles to jump as well as upset parents probably. It is also a financial burden I think and would be cheaper to have the kids stay in a room for 30-60 minutes a day quietly in a room.

02-15-2009, 09:01 PM	#10
Marchie Pokeman Master since 1999 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Wiscaaaaaaaaaaansin/Michigan Gender: Posts: 16,647 Thanks: 1,442 Thanked 680 Times in 477 Posts	I got a detention once, boring stuff.

02-16-2009, 03:00 AM	#11
LASER BEAR ASSAULT UNIT Videos Mod Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In my pants Gender: Posts: 4,613 Thanks: 2,502 Thanked 767 Times in 422 Posts	When wasn't I in detention?

02-16-2009, 03:06 AM	#12
Brandon2390 Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Connecticut Posts: 10,519 Thanks: 7 Thanked 30 Times in 22 Posts	Yea, we used to have 1, 2, and 3 hour detentions after school. If what you did wasn't too bad you would get detentions individually by the teacher(The other ones were in a big room with everyone else from other classes who had detentions), and she'd keep you like 15 minutes just long enough so you would miss your bus.

02-16-2009, 03:33 AM	#13
LASER BEAR ASSAULT UNIT Videos Mod Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In my pants Gender: Posts: 4,613 Thanks: 2,502 Thanked 767 Times in 422 Posts	In our school you'd get One hour - Three hour also depending on how you behave, once you get to three hours if you ass around you're suspended and kicked outta detention, so whenever I got to three hours I'd just prefer suspension.

02-16-2009, 09:48 AM	#14
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,661 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	My grade school had detention during recess each day. You got a name on the board as a warning, then 15 minutes off of recess for each check that followed it. It could overflow to the next day if necessary. My high school did a demerit card. If you got 5 demerits, you got an after-school detention on the following Monday for like 90 minutes. That was the same if you got all 5 in one week or if you spread them out over a semester. Everyone got a fresh card at the start of each semester (or, of course, if they filled theirs up). Both had ISS (you had to sit in someone else's class all day, getting 0s on the stuff you weren't doing) & OSS (used mostly for offenses that represented a danger to other students). The only expulsion I ever heard of in grade school was for bringing in a gun; high school only expelled kids who did something profoundly illegal or just did a whole lot of suspension-worthy things. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

02-16-2009, 04:10 PM	#15
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,162 Times in 805 Posts Blog Entries: 116	Basically, school's motto is "Deal with it". Getting beat up by another kid? Deal with it. Evil teacher make you stay 10 minutes after class? Deal with it. Detention time cutting into your aunt's funeral? Deal with it. That might have just been my school, though.

02-16-2009, 06:59 PM	#17
Speed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: If there's a bright center to the universe I'm on the planet it's farthest from Gender: Posts: 3,747 Thanks: 1,598 Thanked 320 Times in 224 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Before I was home schooled I was in detention more often then not.