Detention at 'A' Level? Really?
I don't think my 6th form college had such things.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 10:06, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

christ i was forever in detention
mostly for wearing makeup and skiving latin lessons.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 10:10, Reply)

My 6th form never had a detention system either - let alone issue with students wearing makeup
And there's at least 110 years or so between Monty and I doing our respective 'A' levels - was yours just an odd blip on the map, or were other people's colleges as draconian as yours?
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 10:17, Reply)

mine was a private school
you got expelled if you were caught off the premises during school hours, we had a full on uniform, etc.

i was lucky, i absolutely loved school, as i had lots of friends, and we enjoyed breaking the rules. but some people really really hated it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 10:23, Reply)

breaking the rules masturbating with bread
(Bazongaloid, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 10:26, Reply)

Ah, so it was a French school as well?

(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 10:28, Reply)

Ah, I see.
And I can imagine why a lot of people would have hated it. I was overjoyed to be shot of uniform-wearing by the time I was 15 (which seems to have lasted to this day as I also take real umbrage with being stuffed into a suit...)
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 10:26, Reply)

the explanation at our school
was that lots of the kids came from very rich backgrounds and there would have been a real disparity in some people wearing designer gear.

we didn't really mind - if you roll your skirt up/wear your gym skirt, you get a LOT of attention in school uniform. and as 17 year old little tartlets, we bloody loved that!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 10:31, Reply)

At least you've put all that behind you eh?

(Zoz prayed for twink on, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 10:35, Reply)

sometimes in front of me, to be fair

( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 19 Nov 2010, 10:47, Reply)