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I Was Given Lines At School

Detention was combined with lines so that you could not use the detention time productively in any way whatever. Instead of lines that could be repeated, you were asked (really, required) to copy symbol for symbol dictionary pages. Phonetic symbols were the hardest. I didn't learn anything during detention. It just was unpleasant and embarrassing. Probably "worked" as a substitute for something more physically painful like running laps or licks with a paddle and definitely strokes with a cane.

There was no attempt whatever to make it morally educational or a positive experience in any way. Just judicially administered unpleasant moments.

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Alfred22

I have always loved running so most likely, I would have chosen laps. Unless I was curious about the licks.

Eeyore122 · 36-40, F

@Alfred22 Your parents didn't care if you got Detention?!

Alfred22

@Eeyore122 I was embarrassed to admit it but I did. I had to explain staying late on Friday. I was a junior! and nearly 16! Way too old to be writing symbol for symbol whatever appeared on page 174 (arbitrarily chosen by the faculty supervisor!).

Eeyore122 · 36-40, F

At least you knew you screwed up. How did your parents take it?

Alfred22

@Eeyore122 They thought my action was ridiculous and beneath me. I tossed a fork full of cherry pie at another classmate. I missed and it nearly hit the lunchroom supervisor and landed on the painted wall. Dumb and dumber. I have no memory of why I did it. I do remember that the very red cherry filling gradually dripped down the green-colored wall!

Eeyore122 · 36-40, F

LOL!!!! Just a forkful? :P I secretly always wanted to start a food fight, but figured it wouldn't have been worth the consequences. My VP probably would've had a fit! Plus, I didn't feel like getting grounded. :P

Eeyore122 · 36-40, F

One of my best friends was a bit of a challenging kid. The VP was his wrestling coach, n he always told me not to piss off the vP! LOL. (He was two years ahead of me, but he became my bodyguard and "older brother". To this day we have no problem calling eachother out if necessary.)

Eeyore122 · 36-40, F

Things between us got a little um intense when I went through my "I -don't-give-a-shit-if-I-flunk-out-of college phase, for example. Never piss of military, :P

Alfred22

I am sor.ry that even Miss S. occasionally needs an "intense" moment. I am very glad he was there to give you a reason to care about NOT flunking out.

Eeyore122 · 36-40, F

I may have also accused him of not caring about me and other not-so-kind things. Years later, my mother was not going to take me to his dad's funeral b/c it was the night before a big important standarduzed test. When he foun d out, he agreed with her. My teacher friends said go to the funeral, you can re-do the test, :P

MaryJanine · 70-79, F

@Eeyore122 We didn't have a food fight, but when my younger brother went to our communal high school, he was going to lunch one day when the doors opened and a "marching mother" threw four black guys out the doorway. As they walked away, the "mother" yelled, "And if I catch you four dancing on that table again, I'll take you down to the counselor's office!"

Eeyore122 · 36-40, F

@MaryJanine @MaryJanine hahahaha. Guess she had no sense of humor. Dancing on the table=awesome!

MaryJanine · 70-79, F

@Eeyore122 The "marching mothers" as they were known, were sometimes tougher than any teacher. My brother didn't know who she was, but this one was typical.

MaryJanine · 70-79, F

@MaryJanine @Eeyore122) - Remember that old commercial where the woman says to the camera, "Jennifer, what a DARLING maternity dress!" And, then, "Oh, you're not."

One kid got into it with a "marching mother" in study hall one day, and when she temporarily left the room, the kid looked around and said, "Where's the little big mouth in the maternity dress?"

I almost choked.He continued, "I'm gonna go right by her and say 'Oh, you're not' on my way out."

Don't remember if he followed through, but he was always good for a laugh.

Eeyore122 · 36-40, F

@MaryJanine I do not

MaryJanine · 70-79, F

@Eeyore122 I remember you're a teacher and these things are hateful to you as an adult. But this was the usual teenage silliness when I was fourteen and fifteen. I believe you when you say you do not. You've grown up into my friend (and Robin's, too.)