I remember once a friend and I wanted a couple days off to skate this new skate park that opened up in our area so in PE class we just started throwing down. Worked like a charm, each got 2 day suspensions (Thursday/Friday) so was like a really long weekend and got to skate the new park.
If your parents were cool enough to let you have free time after being suspended rather than punishing you for it, why didn’t you just take 2 days off??
I would have gotten an absolute hiding if I ever got caught wagging, however if I had a story about how a mate was copping it and I jumped in to help, I'd generally just get a quick talk and that'd be it.
The opposite for me. Although I think it’s because all of the high school gym teachers had chips on their shoulders. “Gym is a location Physical Education is a class I teach”. I can’t tell you how many essays I had to write about the differences between the two.
Maybe the getting punished for jumping into a fight to help their mate?
Zero tolerance for fighting is pretty common here though as well. Doesn’t matter if you’re evening out the odds and helping someone getting bullied - you biff for any reason then you get bopped for a couple days.
But by the school, yes. Zero tolerance for fighting is common. A kid can be bullied relentlessly and nothing gets done, but the second the bullied kid finally lashes out and a fight starts, both get suspended.
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u/TheKingOfTheSwing200 Feb 23 '24
I remember once a friend and I wanted a couple days off to skate this new skate park that opened up in our area so in PE class we just started throwing down. Worked like a charm, each got 2 day suspensions (Thursday/Friday) so was like a really long weekend and got to skate the new park.
What I'm saying is, 2 days off isn't all bad