[7thson]

In school suspension. I hear that these days and always laugh. We called that Study Hall. We did not have in school suspension. We had detention hall, which is even more time in school. Then there was real time suspension - don't come back unless/until you bring a parent. Then - when it started to get serious - there was permanent suspension. "7thson, you're seventeen. We don't have to keep you here."

[Chad Fairbanks]

This was about 18 years ago... They saved the out-of-school suspension for the really bad stuff ;0)

[70times7]

In school suspension.

I laugh about In school suspension for a different reason. In the mid 70's a classmate named Tom had done something that got him the choice of a 3-day out or one day in school suspension - don't remember what he had done, but he took the in-school. The principal had him spend the entire day in a medium sized room across from the auditorium where the all of the school play costumes were kept. Tom planned well, perhaps he brought brownies with his lunch, I'm not sure, but let's just say he was very happy all day.

I will never forget when Mike, another friend, and I opened the door to that room to check on Tom. He was in that oversized closet with a huge sombrero on his head "flemencoing" around the room. I don't recall if there was a plastic rose in his teeth or not - there may have been. We were roaring.

It was not a particularly effective punishment.