Spinoff: Dumb things you were punished for - in school
msoulz wrote: Jennie's post gave me a creepy flashback to my fourth grade teacher....
Let me set the stage. I went to a Catholic school and the teach was a former nun who left the order to get married.
We were required to wear the blue plaid skirts. And being 10, boys just found it great fun to flip up the girls' skirts, so most of us wore shorts under our skirts to avoid displaying our panites of choice. So one day the teacher asks which of the girls were wearing shorts? We raise our hands and she tells us that we are not allowed to get a drink of water that day because we wore the shorts. 
So we got punished for being honest too.
She was the oddest teacher I ever had. I could tell more stories about her and another one but that is for another thread . . .
TheOaf66 replied: I got in trouble once when I was in the bathroom and I was hanging on the stall door and swinging back and forth I think I was in 4th grade and we were all doing it. I guess I didn't see the big deal but I just accepted it and moved on.
my2monkeyboys replied: When i was in 9th grade a girl that sat near me saw a huge spider crawling up her shoe and yelled, and about 4-5 others of us laughed at her for it. We all had to pick up trash after school for 3 days. I thought that was stupid, as we all quieted down quickly, but it scared the teacher when she yelled, so she got mad and we got trash duty. 
Insanemomof3 replied: I actually had a teacher in 3rd grade that only allowed one bathroom break a day. If you used it up, that was too bad you had to wait it out. One day, (embarrassing but oh well) I was sick with a stomach bug and had diarrhea and had to go constantly, she kept telling me no and finally I had to just go in my pants, she changed her rule a bit after that.... 
My3LilMonkeys replied: When I was in 2nd or 3rd grade I got in trouble for climbing up on the sink in the bathroom to see in the mirror (I've always been short so I couldn't see that high). The funny part was when the school told my mom (who is also short) about it she laughed and said "yeah, she probably learned that from me climbing on the counters to reach in the cupboards at home" 
luvmykids replied: Well, I totally deserved this one I guess, I didn't mean to be disrespectful but I was Our principal was always saying "we", as in "Where are we supposed to be right now?" "Are we having a good day?" "Are we ready for testing today?" Once he asked me if "we" were chewing gum. I said "I don't know about 'we', I am, are you?" So I got in trouble for chewing the gum even though it was after school and I was in the parking lot about to get in my moms car, and I got in trouble for being talking back. I had to write "We will be respectful of all in authority at all times" 100 times.
Calimama replied: I got in trouble for sharpening my pencil during quiet working time.
Hillbilly Housewife replied: I got in trouble for reading books that were apparently too advanced for my age.
Specifically.. I did a book report on Lord of the Flies in the 3rd grade. I was given a detention, and was sent home with a note to my parents that I was not to be helped with my writing, and that they should verify that I should stick with the recommended books for my grade, as the subject matter of the book I did the report on was innapropriate for my age group. 
mckayleesmom replied:
Dang...I would have been busted too them. I read Lord of The Flies around the third grade too....Love that book.
BAC'sMom replied: Since both my parents were teachers I didn't get in trouble much. So let's see probably chewing gum. Back in those days you had to wear it on your nose for the rest of the day. Totally embarrassing
stella6979 replied: I really can't remember anything I got in trouble for, but I do remember my teacher having a meeting with my Parents in 3rd grade. Apparently the teacher thought I needed "help" because I was always playing kickball and baseball with the boys at recess instead of jump roping with the girls.
CantWait replied: Well I was in trouble ALL the time in school, both elementary, and highschool. I can't say I never really deserved it though 
My2Beauties replied: We had a really mean 2nd grade teacher who was notorious for doing desk inspections and if they weren't "to her liking' she'd dump them out in front of everyone and make you pick everything up off the floor and do it to her liking. My desk was always clean but I had stuffed a paper in there one day and she didn't like it. It was the end of the day and she dumped out my desk, made me clean it up, then sent me to the hallway while they were calling buses and everyone was leaving. She almost made me miss my bus. Another teacher saw me in the hallway and told me that I needed to be getting ready to leave, she escorted me back into the room and I think she gave my teacher a piece of her mind. My mom was so PO'd
mckayleesmom replied:
I have heard of teachers doing that, what a horrible thing to do. I was always a good kid in school, but I'm pretty sure my inner B would have come out to play and I would have let it sit there and refused to pick it up.
My2Beauties replied:
She did it all the time and my desk was clean I had just put a paper in there instead of putting it in my folder since it was the end of the day. When we had desk inspection she just dumped it out. I heard she got fired like the next year anyways...but I had endure her mean butt that entire year. 
redchief replied: Kindegarten - Got to sit in the corner for taking a "fluffy" mat from under another boy during quiet time. We had "fluffy" and "flat" mats and no one liked the flat ones. I was usually quick enough to get a fluffy one, but that day I had to go to the bathroom.
2nd Grade - Got pulled out of class with two other kids for "passing gas." I'm not sure who did it but it wasn't me. Heck, I didn't even smell it.
3rd Grade - All boys in my class got a one month suspension from the use of footballs due to broken glass in the convent. Later in the year we broke another window and were no longer permitted footballs from that moment on. I was one of the players standing beneath that particular window. I was wide open. The throw was high and left, as was the glass. We were only permitted the soft gym balls and moved on to kickball. Late in third grade we were no longer permitted to play kickball due to broken glass. We then developed a game called punch ball, which was kickball using your arm and fist. The theory was that the ball would not go as far.
4th grade - We got very good at punch ball and in early November were banned from having any balls whatsoever in the recess yard because we couldn't seem to keep them away from the convent windows. Later in the year the entire male portion of the class received detention for playing football in the classroom while the nun was out. One light fixture and a statue of the Blessed Mother were victims (the statue substituted for the football due to us not being permitted to have balls in school). The nun was not amused.
6th grade - Three days detention for sneaking over to the public school and oiling the slide. That was the only time I ever got caught messing with the "publics," despite ample opportunity.
7th grade - Laid low while the "publics" tried to figure out who the kids were that broke the window on the door to the public school with a football while their class was in session. A note was sent to our school and our principal tried to get it out of us, but we were clams.
Received three days detention for window shooting books at the end of the school year. Our teachers used to give us their old books at the end of the year so they didn't have to worry over disposal. What did they think they were going to do. The police threatened to make us do public service to make up for the cleanup that had to be done. My shot was the one that caused the cloud of papers and the call to the police, who stopped the school bus.
8th grade - No punishments but we did go through three teachers.
Who says Catholic kids have no fun?
High school was fun, too, but didn't compare to the high jinks in grammar school.
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