When the punishment turns out to be fun....

[Lace Neil Singer]

Lol, I was isolated from the rest of my class when I was in fifth year. My response was pretty much, "Yay! I love studying by myself in the deputy head's office and not having to be with those bitches in my class!"

So, the punishment I got for fighting (suspension once but my parents kicked up a stink so the isolation was their second choice) was fun. The week's suspension I had was like having a holiday; my parents supported me cuz I was being bullied and was merely standing up for myself against the bitches who wouldn't leave me alone.

[HYHYBT]

I never got ISS, but from walking past there waiting for a friend a time or two, looks like they had teachers who let them sleep and go to the bathroom whenever they wanted.

I don't know about that; the only time I was ever in there was on an errand. It does make sense, though, to let people use the bathroom.

[guywithashovel]

I got in-school suspension once in the ninth grade. It was because I had been late to class four times. The way it worked at my school, you spent the day in that room, and the teachers would send your work to you. You were to spend your day working on that school work, and you weren't allowed to talk. I actually didn't mind it that much. The way I saw it, I got to spend the day in peace and quiet without having to put up with the other students. It didn't seem like that much of a punishment at all, really. Nonetheless, that was the last time I ever got in-school suspension.

All in all, all I had to do was spend the day in a room being quiet. Not much of a punishment at all. This is why I've often said that school detentions need to be roughened up a bit, maybe by having them spend their detention time mopping floors, cleaning toilets, or doing other menial tasks around the school. Maybe if they knew they'd be spend their evenings doing that kind of work, they'd think twice before doing the various obnoxious things that typically score you a detention, and there would be fewer repeat offenders.

But when I voice this, people usually look at me like I'm suggesting sending the kids to Auschwitz for disrupting the class, so it probably isn't going to happen.

[SongsOfDragons]

They certainly made you do chores during detention in my school. My headmaster was a savvy old bastard - he made the news while I was there by implementing and enforcing a £5 fine for everyone whose mobile phone disrupted the class.

I can only find a brief reference to it, I think it was more in the local paper. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/664883.stm

[guywithashovel]

As for the chores in detention, did the school ever hear from the parents who were appalled that their little prince/princess was made to do them?

[SongsOfDragons]

Nope. If there was any moaning, the school's response would probably have been 'suck it'. Their policies were clear and changes spelled out solidly in their newsletters. It was a goooooooood school. ^^ The headmaster was AWESOME.

Though I was at Barts from 2000-2005. Might have been too early for the tidal wave of suffocating chopper parental units.

[Lace Neil Singer]

In PE, if the teacher suspected you were forging your note to get off PE, you could be given a job to do while everyone else was playing games; ie, scraping old chewing gum from under the desks. Anyone who complained about this was told that if they prefered, the teacher would call their parents to verify the note. As a veteran of forging notes to get off gym and sports day practice (I hated gym cuz I was useless at it and clumsy, and I didn't see the point of practicing for an event that I planned to get out of), I only once called the PE teacher's bluff; the one time I had a genuine note. XD

I'd tripped and fallen off the doorstep and twisted my ankle, for no reason other than I was clumsy. My mum blasted the teacher for not believing me, and from then on, my notes were always believed. But the teacher was right in not trusting me beforehand, as all the previous ones were forgeries. XD

[Mishi]

Mine used to make us sit in the sun if she thought we were faking, because there's no way anyone would ever be sick enough to not enjoy PE. She believed that all girls loved netball and picked on me because I couldn't thanks to my joint conditions that she decided were just an excuse to be lazy.

[Eisa]

But the teacher was right in not trusting me beforehand, as all the previous ones were forgeries. XD

That reminds me of our fitness logs in junior high. We were supposed to get exercise throughout the week, write it down, and then our parents would sign that yes, we had done those things. In reality, my mom would have signed it no matter what I put down... Well, on occasion, I forgot to have her sign it, so I would forge her signature. I got semi-caught once, the teacher was asking me all these questions, like "Did your mom REALLY sign this? If I called her up right now, would she say she signed this?" And I was like "yes" because I know damn well my mom can't remember what the hell she signs anyway, so she'd say yes regardless... I didn't get in trouble, but I was much more careful about my forgeries after that.

[blas87]

I forged notes to get out of pep rallies when they were made mandatory, and my parents (yes, even Mom!) said that if that didn't work, they were to call her or Dad before they dared make me sit at a pep rally and they'd excuse me for the day.

The school tried after a hundred or so students got parental notes excusing them from the pep rallies, to say those notes weren't going to be valid.

So my parents then said hell with it, sneak the hell out of there if you can, and you won't be in trouble if you get caught.

Yeah, neither of my parents were popular in their school days, and felt no need to force their kid to be at the mercy of those idiot jocks and preps.