Detained

By Sonakshi - 11/09/2020 13:03 - United Kingdom - Cambridge

Today, I forgot to bring a letter to my secondary school, so I went to detention. I told them it got lost, but it's only when my parents phoned and told them the same thing that they believed it. So I got detention for nothing. FML

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You deserved it 227

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By Bree - 22/10/2011 23:16 - United States

Today, my parents got a call from my English teacher. She told them that I have 14 days of detention because I've been cutting class. I've been there every day, but apparently she never noticed me. FML

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By noexceptions - 11/11/2009 05:16 - United States

Today, at school, I got stuck in the elevator and was about to panic before I remembered I had my phone. I called my mother and she called the school to tell them that I was stuck. They got me out in a few minutes and then confiscated my phone and gave me two detentions for using it in school. FML

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By shnigel - 27/02/2010 20:04 - United States

Today, I got sent out of the class for "inappropriate" behaviour. The teacher later forgot about me and sent a notice home to my parents stating that I skipped class. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/03/2024 00:00 - United States

Today, one of my friends got me in trouble when he called our house and asked my parents why they didn't see us at a school conference. My parents were at a meeting elsewhere at the time, so I didn't bother to tell them about it, as we couldn't have gone there to begin with, and it was voluntary. They're mad anyway. FML

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By Anon - This FML is from back in 2015 but it's good stuff - United States - Modesto

Today, I got detention at school because a girl told the principal I was stalking her on campus. I wasn't stalking her, we just have very similar schedules. FML

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You deserved it 1 766

By nobodywasthere - 29/11/2017 01:30

Today, I explained to my teacher that I wasn't at school yesterday due to three doctor appointments for my moderate epilepsy. Yesterday was senior skip day. She gave me detention for lying. FML

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You deserved it 437

By RaYan - 13/10/2008 08:22

Today, I thought it was yesterday, I went to school for nothing. FML

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By fannylover - 18/02/2010 20:12 - United States

Today, I finished my classwork and my homework early. Since we weren't allowed to leave the room, I decided to draw. My teacher noticed and gave me detention for "goofing off" when I should be doing my work. When I told the teacher I was already done, they gave me a second detention for "attempting to defy them". FML

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You deserved it 3 034

By Lily - 21/02/2009 11:22 - United States

Today, I came to school late because I had to drop off my daughter at school. When I got on campus, the security told me I was late but I said, "Oh no, I work here." and he said, "Oh like I haven't heard that one before." And he took me to detention. My boss, the Principal, had to bail me out. FML

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You deserved it 3 265

By Anonymous - 27/09/2015 12:21 - Australia

Today, I got detention from my teacher for not handing an assignment in. It would be understandable if I hadn't handed it in a week before it was due. She won't listen to reason. FML

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You deserved it 1 852

mcsmee 7

Friday 11 September 2020 18:13

So you "forgot to bring" something that was lost? If it was lost before it got to you, then you couldn't forget to bring what you never had. Otherwise, it sounds like you got it, forgot to bring it, and claimed that it was lost in an attempt to avoid any repercussions.

Mathalamus 24

Friday 11 September 2020 14:18

The amount of times kids used that excuse was probably so high it’s just an automatic detention...

Comments

Mathalamus 24

Friday 11 September 2020 14:18

The amount of times kids used that excuse was probably so high it’s just an automatic detention...

RichardPencil 30

Friday 11 September 2020 18:13

You got the detention because you didn't turn in the letter. They don't care why.

mcsmee 7

Friday 11 September 2020 18:13

Jonkbaby 22

Friday 11 September 2020 19:02

liaten I know this is hard to understand, but you need to remember that s___ next time. hope you have a good day

spinspinsugar 12

Friday 11 September 2020 21:19

was detention really that bad tho? I got 3.5 periods of ISS once. it wasn't bad, it was madd boring

Yummi_913 18

Friday 11 September 2020 21:35

3.5 periods? We spend the whole day in there. I actually liked it.

spinspinsugar 12

Friday 11 September 2020 23:02

we usually do too, idky they only let me stay that short of a time. maybe cuz i was a good kid and never got in trouble and that was my only offense my whole high school career. but hey, my ex shouldn't have pissed me off then told on me after I punched him. doesn't matter, karma got me almost a year later...twice. ahhh, high school. don't miss that shit

Kraths 16

Friday 11 September 2020 22:37

well at least you have honest parents. Mine would be like "no I have no idea what happened to that letter" and leave me in detention

bl3ur0z3 17

Saturday 12 September 2020 3:18

Ok, so you learned a life lesson; life isn't fair. They hear type of excuses all the time. If they believe it every time, the school will be overrun with chaos.

Jaymail 18

Saturday 12 September 2020 4:16

You went to Detention when you really weren’t supposed to? Remind them the next time you go to retention that you now have one on reserve. Maybe you won’t have to do detention then. Because you already served previously.