We had a “slave day” tradition at our Catholic school
Only it was called “detention” and it involved nuns assigning chores to boys who misbehaved, unpaid tasks such as weeding flower-beds, mopping floors, or moving furniture
“...boys who misbehaved, unpaid tasks such as weeding flower-beds, mopping floors, or moving furniture”
17 year veteran of Catholic school- grade 1 through 5 years of college. I know what you mean