Does detention actually exist

[Mealworm]

Is it just a movie trope, or do schools not actually have a detention classroom where everyone sits together, serving detention and finishing up their homework for the day

 

[Gonthar]

It seems to be real in US.

 

[Mealworm]

Americans, answer

 

[flippasav]

Staying at home yes

 

[AlexBrown84]

yeah

usually we’d just sit in a room where a teacher for that week would have extra duty to watch us after school lol

it’s usually chill but depends on the teacher

atleast that’s how it was back when i was in high school in the late 90s. maybe it’s changed

i used to go because i would skip school or get into fights

good times

 

[Mealworm]

yeah

usually we’d just sit in a room where a teacher for that week would have extra duty to watch us after school lol

it’s usually chill but depends on the teacher

atleast that’s how it was back when i was in high school in the late 90s. maybe it’s changed

i used to go because i would skip school or get into fights

good times

After school??

 

[glass]

Is it just a movie trope, or do schools not actually have a detention classroom where everyone sits together, serving detention and finishing up their homework for the day

yes it’s real, but usually there isn’t more than 4 ppl in it (unless ur schools larger)

more often than not we have “thursday” school or “friday” school which is where you have a 3 hr detention afterschool

ive been to 15 american schools and 5 of them highschools so

 

[AlexBrown84]

After school??

yea it’s after school

regular detention is afterschool, and there’s in school suspension but that’s only for the serious offenses like fighting. kinda like solitary confinement lmao

 

[Mealworm]

yes it’s real, but usually there isn’t more than 4 ppl in it (unless ur schools larger)

more often than not we have “thursday” school or “friday” school which is where you have a 3 hr detention afterschool

ive been to 15 american schools and 5 of them highschools so

What do you do in that 3 hour window

 

[Mealworm]

yea it’s after school

regular detention is afterschool, and there’s in school suspension but that’s only for the serious offenses like fighting. kinda like solitary confinement lmao

Damn, cartoons lied to me

 

[N1666]

In the UK we have detention, only in secondary schools though. I used to get them for some bullshit like forgetting my PE kit

 

[glass]

What do you do in that 3 hour window

whatever work you have, sometimes homework, sometimes the teacher is a real bitch and looks up what work you’re missing and enforces you do it, sometimes nothing, but they’re strict about no phones

 

[AlexBrown84]

Damn, cartoons lied to me

your original post is correct

 

[Mealworm]

your original post is correct

I mean, I didn’t think it was after school