How many detentions and suspensions did you get in high school?

[TDAS04]

Options 1 and 5 for me.

For this poll, an ISS or a similar disciplinary action short of being kicked out of school can count as a detention.

[Franzl]

None. I don't think we did that at my school.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Probably 4 detentions, no suspensions in high school.

[Deus Naturae]

Around 100 detentions. No suspensions.

[memphis]

We didn't do detention. The staff had no interest in staying late either.  I was never suspended because I didn't cause trouble. I did get cafeteria duty in Middle School once though. And the racist teacher who oversaw that duty accused me of having a maid (which wasn't true; though we could have used one as Mom was a bit of a hoarder) because I didn't do a good job. But he's dead now, so everything worked out in the end.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

2 Detentions.  No suspensions.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

A few detentions, no suspensions.

[Hifly]

Probably about 5 detentions, although I should have really should have been awarded about 100. I just managed to wriggle my way out things effectively.

[dead0man]

5 or more, but no suspensions.

I even got "swats" in the first grade....a dozen of them even.  Half of those were for spitting on a little black girl.







It's not as bad as it sounds.  I was little too and I wan't trying to spit on her...my friend had just spit on me and I was trying to get him back but he dodged and it landed on the girl, who freaked the funk out.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Yeah, deadman reminds me that I got my ass cracked quite a bit in the younger grades, where it was normal to have a paddling.

[Torie]

None. But I often didn't show up to the first class if the teacher was worthless, which was often the case. I just had my Dad sign about 50 family emergency excuse slips, which I would hand in. I get resentful when folks waste my time.

[Del Tachi]

3-4 detentions.  No suspensions. 

[© tweed]

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I honestly had no idea there is such thing as detention in American high schools.

Never been suspended while in HS, but I've been frequently getting suspended in elementary school.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

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[dead0man]

I honestly had no idea there is such thing as detention in American high schools.

It varies from district to district, but yes.  For minor sh**t, you'll spend an hour or so after school.  For mid level or repeaters, it can be a Saturday morning (see Breakfast Club).  For serious repeaters you might have to spend an entire school day locked up in a study hall and for big sh**t (like drinking on campus) you'll be out of school for a few days, a week, a school year or forever.

[Franzl]

and for big sh**t (like drinking on campus) you'll be out of school for a few days, a week, a school year or forever.

We literally had parties on campus in high school that involved drinking...

[Cranberry]

No detentions or suspensions; but they don't do them in my school... I guess I would have gotten quite a few as I have quite an affinity to talk or sing/hum some dumb jingles or songs with my neighbour

[IceSpear]

5+, 0

[Simfan34]

I got quite a few back in middle school, enough to get myself Saturday detention. All for lateness.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

All of mine were for German. I consistently forgot to do work, because I was terrible at the subject and had a "out of sight, out of mind" perspective. My punishment was normally to write up the German- English dictionary for half an hour in detention. All I remember is that Champignons mean "Mushrooms".

[retromike22]

I am amazed that I never got any detentions or suspensions.

[TNF]

I think I got maybe one detention in high school. No suspensions.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Not detentions or suspensions, but I have been in two fights in the last six years and both times got off without it remaining on my record because I have never done anything else wrong. I might get a detention if I have one more tardy in a few of my classes due to being late several times. If I make it to Thursday, I should be fine.

[angus]

At least five.  I've lost count. 

The way it worked in my school is that we were sent to the Student Assignment Center (SAC).  We say, "I got the sac, man" or "I got sacked."  SAC was horrible.  Normally school went from 8:30 till about 3:00, but SAC ran from 8:00 till 3:00.  It was so hard to get there on time, and tardiness added a day extra in SAC.  Also, there was no smoking in SAC.  Remember I grew up before there was a "smoking age."  I've been buying cigarettes since I was old enough to reach the counter, and back in those days high schools commonly allowed smoking.  It was not uncommon to see students smoking at school.  At my school, smoking was allowed outdoors at any time between classes or during lunch, as well as before and after school.  SAC had a strict no smoking policy, and any violation resulted in two days being added to the assignment. 

Typically a student would be assigned to one day in SAC for a small offense such as excessive tardiness to class, three days for cutting class, five days for engaging in fisticuffs, and ten or more days for serious offenses such as smoking weed on campus.  A perfect disciplinary record at SAC meant that a student's assignment was halved.  Ten days, for example, meant that you'd get out after five days if you were really well-behaved.  That never happened to me.  In fact, often a three-day SAC assignment would end up being a 14- or 15-day stay in that hellhole.  It was in a seedy part of town and it was populated by thugs and roughians.  Good students who made one mistake would end up in SAC, being influenced by some pretty unruly elements.  On any day there might be 20 to 30 students there ranging from 9th to 12th grade, and for the most part they were a wild bunch.

Teachers would send the daily assignments via courier to SAC.  For things like music and sports, there'd be no assignment.  You just missed out on practice.  For a chemistry lab, you might be assigned to write a report on that subject.  I put all sorts garbage in them it to see if he actually read them.  For example, once my chemistry teacher had me write a five-page report on Michael Faraday.  I wrote that he was a Satanist who practiced masochism and sadism.  In another report I wrote that Robert Boyle had been abducted by aliens and it caused him to develop a drinking habit.  Got an A on that one, and on all the rest of them.  I'm guessing he didn't read them.  Punk. 

Academically advanced students were expected to assist others once they finished their work.  I was always expected to do this.  I had to constantly tutor some excruciatingly dumb students.  It was very frustrating, but it did have its rewards.  Mr. Davos, who ran the place, always kept a bottle of Jim Beam in his office.  Because I was doing extra work I often had access to his office, and to his Jim Beam.  I was careful never to take too much so he wouldn't notice.  Also, Mr. Davos and his teachers, Mrs. Fullbright, Mrs. Shapiro, and Mrs. Sanchez, often sent me out to get their lunch.  Sometimes it was sandwiches from the local deli, sometimes it was barbeque or fast food or pizza .  On those trips, it was understood that I was allowed to eat there if I had finished my own work and could get back quickly.  Those trips were very much treasured, as they afforded me the opportunity to torch up a blunt on the way, so that I might relax and enjoy my time in SAC. 

I don't think my school used the words "detention" and "suspension" but I got plenty of SAC.  Overall, it was a horrible experience, but no so horrible as to be a deterrent to delinquency and misbehavior, apparently, as I was sent there a number of times during my high school years.  I voted 5 or more.