What's the excuse behind that rule?Gbadude3 said:
As for mine own, it was not being allowed to wear hats any other way than forward, simple I know, but the excuse behind it was that the we would look like bullies if we wore our hats backwards.
Stupidest rule in school...
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As for mine own, it was not being allowed to wear hats any other way than forward, simple I know, but the excuse behind it was that the we would look like bullies if we wore our hats backwards.
I lied to get in to the school. After my scholarship at the academic state school had finished, I didn't have much of a choice. It was the only other school in the area that had class sizes limited to 20 students, and both music and sports programs. Luckily I was only there for my last two years.Insanum said:
Ps - I live in Australia, but I lived in an isolated community/city where if you didn't belive in God or Christian values you were pretty much labelled a lost cause.
I was mainly talking about political prisoners & they're ilk. Thats the only problem with fascism, If you don't like it, They tell you to piss off. If you don't & shout louder, You "disappear". Or at least thats my opinion.Dazza5897922 said:
AND you have jumping spiders...I really feel for you...sabaducia said:
All i can say is that I'm glad I'm an old fart and through with will this school crap. If I went to school nowadays I would be arrested for terroristic threats in about a week. All I can say is that my girls aren't going anywhere near public schools, and if I can't afford to go private when the time comes I'm homeschooling. When is there a real life situation where you have to ask permission to go to the bathroom?
To all you kids still in school remember this. Every single adult you interact with as part of your school is there because they were failures in real life. Either they got a bullshit degree and realized they couldn't get a real job so they went into education, or they were scared to deal with people in any situation where they didn't have absolute power so they became teachers. And the more bitter, nasty, and arrogant they are, the bigger failures they were.
So the next time some pissant martinet tells you to take off your hat give them a knowing smirk. Because in a few years you are going to leave that place forever and never look back and they are stuck there until they retire, too burnt out to do anything except wait for death.
To all you kids still in school remember this. Every single adult you interact with as part of your school is there because they were failures in real life. Either they got a bullshit degree and realized they couldn't get a real job so they went into education, or they were scared to deal with people in any situation where they didn't have absolute power so they became teachers. And the more bitter, nasty, and arrogant they are, the bigger failures they were.
So the next time some pissant martinet tells you to take off your hat give them a knowing smirk. Because in a few years you are going to leave that place forever and never look back and they are stuck there until they retire, too burnt out to do anything except wait for death.
I had this one shirt that said "once I farted in class, and everyone laughed" that I liked to wear. I had been wearing it every-so-often for 7 months. I even wore it during a presentation. Then one day, my teacher came up to me and said, you can't wear that in school. I asked why not, and told him that I wore it regularly. He said something along the lines of "well, you can't wear it now".
Every school rule that seems ridiculous, is there for the SOLE purpose of power-tripping on kids.
Every school rule that seems ridiculous, is there for the SOLE purpose of power-tripping on kids.
I have absolutely no idea why, but during my Catholic junior high days, the administration banned ankle socks (you know the ones that only go up to your ankle). Why?! This happened mid-semester, so something had to have sparked the thought among the staff that these ankle socks were causing problems. How could socks cause problems?!
This, and I go to a Christian school.ElephantGuts said:
And even then, I don't think any of the rules are that bad.
We're not allowed to stand in a circle, or huddle up. I mean, I understand that they think we might be doing something illegal, but what if its really cold and we're looking for some body heat?
A guy and girl can't be standing too close to each other (no one ever pays attention to this one because its co-ed and the halls get crowded.)
We get a dress code if we wear a professional jersey.
we need to carry our schedule, ID Card, and Agenda with us when we go to the bathroom.
Of course the Self Defense rule, both people have to go to anger management, pay a fine, and attend another form of counseling.
No cell phones allowed at school at all. This rule is stupid because the school's payphones don't work and we can't use the libraries phone unless we have a librarian around (most of the time she just hangs out in the back room doing god knows what).
I had a teacher who would give us detentions if we wore some kind of metal band's shirt. I think his reasoning was that it was affiliated to gangs, but he was one of those extreme bible thumpers too.
EDIT: ah yes, our groups cannot be larger than four people, if you come to school at 6:30 you must be involved in Zero Period or else you'll be trespassing, you cannot stay on the campus past 4:00 PM unless you're involved in after school activities.
and the weirdest by far is that the GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) isn't allowed to participate in Club Rush, Club Parties, ASB meetings and so on.
I just can't help but feel bad for them.
A guy and girl can't be standing too close to each other (no one ever pays attention to this one because its co-ed and the halls get crowded.)
We get a dress code if we wear a professional jersey.
we need to carry our schedule, ID Card, and Agenda with us when we go to the bathroom.
Of course the Self Defense rule, both people have to go to anger management, pay a fine, and attend another form of counseling.
No cell phones allowed at school at all. This rule is stupid because the school's payphones don't work and we can't use the libraries phone unless we have a librarian around (most of the time she just hangs out in the back room doing god knows what).
I had a teacher who would give us detentions if we wore some kind of metal band's shirt. I think his reasoning was that it was affiliated to gangs, but he was one of those extreme bible thumpers too.
EDIT: ah yes, our groups cannot be larger than four people, if you come to school at 6:30 you must be involved in Zero Period or else you'll be trespassing, you cannot stay on the campus past 4:00 PM unless you're involved in after school activities.
and the weirdest by far is that the GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) isn't allowed to participate in Club Rush, Club Parties, ASB meetings and so on.
I just can't help but feel bad for them.
Have you been listening to Joystiq?Fanusc101 said:
Hmm. I suddenly see my school with a bright, new light. The only rule I can think of (for high school) was no iPod during class. I can understand when the teacher is speaking (but I don't have to like it). But while working? C'mon. My iPod helps me. I need teh beatz!
But anything before high school was hell.
-cannot enter the school before 8. Even if it's 30 below zero (Metric, sorry Americans).
-must walk to each class in a line
-during recess, groups may be no larger than 5 people, as it might "intimidate the younger grades." My personal favourite. We decided we were in 7 groups of 1.
-no talking in the hall. Yeah, good luck making that happen.
-if you weren't at school precisely when the bell went off, it was an automatic detension. I once got one despite being in front of the door as the bell ended.
I dunno how many of these are normal, universal school things though.
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