Insane School Rules?

[Jam86]

i went to a british pubic school and the rules were actually mad
- for starters there was a "no leggings" rule because they were apparently distracting but like, how??? i wore them under a skirt instead of tights because they were warmer in winter
- you always had to wear a blazer and one time i didn't have my blazer because it was summer and it was boiling, and according to the school, that's the most important thing in education, so i got sent home
- this isn't much of a rule but another time some girl was kicking my seat so i politely asked her to stop and she took the lid off a full water bottle and threw it me then i got kicked out the class for angering her
- ur also not allowed to be loud so the funniest for me was when my teacher put on a kids movie and sent me home for laughing at it

school was such a weird place but i barely experienced it because the teachers were so strict that i was either in detention or i had been sent home

 

[LuchaSloth]

I always consider myself very lucky to have been schooled at the exact time and place that I was. None of the schools I attended during my time as a student were ever "uniform" schools...nor did any of them even have strict rules, and most of the teachers always seemed to be genuinely good people who were there to help the students. For all intents and purposes, I was able to be a kid during my elementary years, a teen in my middle years, and a young adult in my high school years. I also dodged any major drama (Heroin became an issue in my high school right as I was graduating...but, I was already on my way out of there).

When I look back on it, it just feels like I won the school lottery. That said, I was never a "good" student in terms of caring about grades...but, that one is on me. My schools (especially my high school) were considered some of the best for public schools. My poor grades just fell on me doodling during class or not handing in homework. I used to pass tests with high grades, and then fail entire classes anyway...because, I never had my homework. Lol.

But, yeah...thinking back to strict rules or punishments? There weren't many. I guess the one thing I hated most was being forced to run on the track if you forgot your gym clothes. Which also makes no sense now that I think about it (why would you want stinking, sweaty kids walking around the halls if they didn't have a change of clothes?)...

 

[SinnerTheCat]

I went to public schools my whole life and here're some of the weirdest rules there were:
> skin coloured clothing was not allowed
> wearing concealer/tinted powder to hide pimples was not allowed (it was regularly checked during lessons and if someone had it on, they were sent to the principal office to wash it off)
> wearing nail polish wasn't allowed (even clear nail polish or conditioner)
> you were not allowed to leave the school any time during your school day, even on breaks, and it was strictly followed (the janitor were like on wards near the entrance all the time during the day)
> if you wanted to leave the school during lessons you had to prepare a note signed by your parent with the reason of your absence for the teacher of the lesson during which you need to leave/the teacher of your next lesson, for your home teacher, for the principal and for the janitor (4 in total)
> you were not allowed to be in the halls during lessons, like I remember sometimes hiding in the bathroom stalls because I had a free period and I didn't want to go to the school basement where you were supposed to spend your free period (because there was a teacher patrolling the place)
> for PE you had to have a white shirt and black shorts, nothing else was accepted and if you didn't have that set, then you were not allowed to take part in the lesson and had an unexplained absence

 

[Miss Misty]

Probably the biggest and stupidest rule at my school was that we weren't allowed to carry backpacks. If all your classes were on one side of the building and your locker was on the other side, then you had to lug your books and notebooks around by hand if you didn't want to miss the bell. Some teachers with only a handful of class periods set aside space in their office for people to leave their stuff, but it definitely wasn't the norm and if you had homework you couldn't leave it behind anyway. Thankfully for us girls, the tote bag purse trend was just gearing up when this all happened and we were allowed to carry purses for some weird reason, so we absolutely all lugged around ginormous tote bags full of books.

 

[BetsySundrop]

Reading through these posts makes me feel REALLY old and lucky lol. I went to school ages and ages ago, in different places. My high school (not in the US) was very, well, whatever the opposite of strict would be. We had a smoking area for the students, no joke. A lot of kids had beer or wine with lunch (at a local restaurant you could walk to). There was NO dress code that was enforced, lol. We had punk in those days, and there were a lot of VERY different dress styles. Colored mohawks, huge feathered earrings, very colorful makeup (blue eye shadow, as much as possible) with a lot of sparkle and hair paint (spray kind), parachute pants with ripped up shirts and bras showing through, goths, the metal kids with the fringed jean jackets over leather and big chains. We also had people dress "normal", jeans and preppy shirts etc.

Some people dressed gender typical, some didn't. Nobody really cared what the other person was wearing, unless it was something very cool.

It was a very small school, too. They did try to have some sort of discipline. Once a group of guys started selling alcohol, etc out of the gym locker room. They got caught and were suspended for a day. Lots of wild behavior, but usually not too much in the actual classes.

If you missed a day, you came in with a note from your mom or somebody the next. We were good at imitating our parent's writing.

It was an amazing free and fun experience. A very long time ago.... lol. I find it strange, so many rules today. Seems a bit, stifling, I guess.

 

[ChocoPie22]

Idk if this is a weird school rule or me just being whiney, but my school doesn't really let you get ahead in any classes. Like, in 7th grade, we weren't allowed to choose our math class (they put me in the on level one TnT and I've been stuck in "on level" math courses since. Anyway, we aren't allowed to take any class over the summer (unless it's like P.E or health or you failed a class). Along with that, we have 8 periods next year, and we are only allowed to take 7 classes with an off period. Like, you are NOT allowed to have a class during said off period >.> Idk why they care so much, but anyway ;-;

- - - Post Merge - - -

Also, idk if this is the same for all schools, but my school makes you pay a fee to park your car there e.e That just seems unfair to me, but yeah

My school actually has a raffle, there are like 50 parking spots, and around 2000 kids that are driving to school, most of those 2000 enter the raffle and it costs like a hundred dollars, that pass only lasts one semester, so you have to enter the raffle again for the next semester to even get a chance of a parking spot.

 

[princess.looking.for.frog]

My school actually has a raffle, there are like 50 parking spots, and around 2000 kids that are driving to school, most of those 2000 enter the raffle and it costs like a hundred dollars, that pass only lasts one semester, so you have to enter the raffle again for the next semester to even get a chance of a parking spot.

But why? That is legit the weirdest thing I have ever heard, how?!

 

[tessa grace]

This isn't insane, but it turns out you can't bring medication (or drugs) to school without a note from a doctor or a prescription.

*hides the ibuprofen*
"they'll never know"

 

[Violet Witch]

I left school 18 years ago but there were a few rules that have always stuck out in my mind:

Ties had to be four shirt buttons in length.
You could only have yours ears pierced once.
No crazy hair colours.
No fashion blazers, they had to be bought from a shop supplying school uniforms only.
Trousers were not allowed to cover your shoes.
No trainers unless worn for PE.
Skirt lengths had to fall below the knee.

After I left school the rules got even stricter so I consider myself lucky, especially compared to what I've read in this thread so far.

 

[Pintuition]

My school actually has a raffle, there are like 50 parking spots, and around 2000 kids that are driving to school, most of those 2000 enter the raffle and it costs like a hundred dollars, that pass only lasts one semester, so you have to enter the raffle again for the next semester to even get a chance of a parking spot.

I literally came here and started typing the same thing. I thought that was so weird! The parking permits were not only really costly (ours were 175) but the actual number of spaces were super limited and had to be raffled. The only thing that was different at mine was that as a senior you'd get first dibs on a spot then they'd raffle for juniors and underclassmen. It was public school too! Like why are we paying to park at a building the town's taxes fund again?

 

[Holla]

My high school had a rule where we weren’t allowed to wear hats inside. Not even in the hallways for some dumb reason. So you basically had to take them off before you went inside the door.

I even specifically remember someone saying “oh but you don’t need to worry about it cause girls don’t wear hats.” Excuse me I’m a girl and I love wearing hats. When I was back in high school I wore them often and even today when I go outside for a walk or something. Sexist much?

Anyways dumb rule nonetheless.

 

[ChocoPie22]

But why? That is legit the weirdest thing I have ever heard, how?!

For money, it was the same thing for my middle school except during school events your parents could enter a raffle for that one event to get a parking spot, but if you wanted a parking spot the next event they had to enter the raffle again. With that school, there was like 4 parking spots and around 1000 students in the school.

I literally came here and started typing the same thing. I thought that was so weird! The parking permits were not only really costly (ours were 175) but the actual number of spaces were super limited and had to be raffled. The only thing that was different at mine was that as a senior you'd get first dibs on a spot then they'd raffle for juniors and underclassmen. It was public school too! Like why are we paying to park at a building the town's taxes fund again?

If seniors got first dibs at mine, the raffle wouldn't exist, I wish it was like that, cause if you don't get the parking permit you have to leave 40 minutes early to park on the same block as school, if you're just a bit late traffic catches up to you and you end up walking the same distance if you didn't drive.

 

[JemAC]

My primary school didn't really have any strict rules other then not been allowed to bring mobile phones to school and been banned from taking part in the playground game Bulldog, but think these were pretty common rules at the time in primary schools. My secondary school on the other hand was a completely different story, I attended a state grammar school which you had to sit an exam to attend (usually around age 11) and then they admit those with the top scores, and they were ridiculously strict:

• My school was all girls for the first five school years (years 7-11) and mixed in the sixth form years (years 12 and 13 - though they only admitted a very small number of boys in these years and they had strict requirements regarding their exam results in the previous years), we had an all boys counterpart to our school next door and while they were two separate schools for the most part they did share the same canteen/dining room building. Our lunch hour was before the boys and most of the girls were expected to have left the canteen before they'd arrived and it was a strict rule that we were not allowed to socialise with them at all if we were still there when they arrived - actually got told in an assembly in my first year there that we'd get pregnant if we spoke to them so maybe it wasn't the pupils that needed an education
• Uniform - very common in British schools, ours was a skirt which had to sit below the knee, a short sleeve blouse, a jumper and a blazer - wearing trousers wasn't allowed (except for religious reasons) and wearing the blazer was compulsory even when the weather was too hot so that led to a lot of uncomfortable days. When I first attended the school there was no uniform for years 12 and 13 but they couldn't wear anything short or anything that showed their shoulders, typically just as I got to year 12 they changed to a dress code for those years - it wasn't a uniform but you had to wear business dress, smart trousers were allowed now along with skirts but they had to be black (navy wasn't even allowed despite our actual school uniform been navy) and anything such as trainers, jeans, sweatpants or hoodies were banned and would get you sent home and accused of been in a gang
• Mobiles were banned - most of us could get away with bringing one in but if you were seen on it you'd get a detention and have it confiscated, even if it was just out during a break time, which always seemed pretty unfair considering a lot of pupils lived quite far away so mobiles would've been handy if they needed to contact family
• Not really a school rule but some teachers handed out detentions for such stupid reasons - a girl in one class of mine got one literally just for taking her planner out her bag so she could make a note of when her homework was due
• In sixth form we all had some free periods thought our timetables but we weren't allowed to leave school grounds at all during these which wasn't completely insane but just annoying seen as my siblings schools all allowed them to pop out during their free periods, as long as they signed out and signed back in. Anyway some people would sneak out during these as there was a shop about 5 minutes away and pick up some food or drink (other then the canteen at lunch or water fountains there was nowhere on school grounds to get food or drink), when I was in one of the younger years we had a fire drill and two girls that had snuck out to the shop had to run back to school before the teachers discovered they were missing, they got back just before the register was taken but one of them suffered a heart attack in front of the whole school
• Another thing that wasn't really a rule but the school was super strict about exams and made it very clear when they expected people to do better (I actually got told once that there was room for improvement in an exam I got 100% in ), for the most part though I never had issues with my teachers but a lot of other people in the school weren't so lucky and unfortunately many suffered a large decline in their mental health in later schools years.

That got longer then I intended moral of the story here is that if you're in the UK and ever took the entrance exam for grammar school and didn't make it then you could've had a lucky escape - may be a great education but it can come with suffering!

 

[Beanz]

I’m virtual but it’s a rule at my school that for gym class the in person students HAVE to change clothes or they’ll get 7 points deducted from their 10 point grade for the day. I get why you would deduct points for not changing but 7 points is a little much.

 

[dragonpisces69]

Starting from 1st grade, I've always gone to strange schools that merely state that they specialise in special education, and sadly never went to any 'normal' schools again.
From 1st to 5th grade, I attended a school where you could easily get a time-out or even detention for even the smallest things like sighing or sitting still, AKA the personnel always accused pupils without proof, even if we genuinely declared ourselves innocent. And if some pupils refused to go to the time-out room by themselves if they were told to, personnel would harshly grab them by their limbs and drag them along as if they were trash bags, which is literal child abuse... *rolls eyes hard* Also, in case any of us got picked on, nothing was done about it, especially not behind the personnel's backs, leaving me scarred and traumatised for life.
From 6th to 10th grade, I attended a school that was nearly the same and often had very anarchistic pupils that the personnel didn't punish or expel whenever it was really needed... at least there wasn't as much accusation without proof, but one student could always possibly be pointed out for making a serious statement, like what the heck?! Heckaroni, am I glad that I was allowed to do my final exams and get my certificate in 10th grade already, I hated that school so much because I also got picked on very often there without even remotely anything being done about it! Does the personnel there love to see the students get scarred and traumatised or something?! (Sorry, but I really needed to rant here since that school is still of such poor quality...)
After graduating, I never went to any form of education again and switched to daytime activities instead since that doesn't put as much pressure on me, and I must say that I'm utmost pleased with that.

In other words: back in the educational days, pre-school and kindergarten (which I attended without them being special education) were definitely better because the rules just seemed less strict, even if I was very quirky and easily distracted there due to my level 2/classical autism, which was luckily taken very lightly by the personnel, but that could also possibly just be a mindset since I always thought I was neurotypical until suddenly obtaining an "autism card" at the age of 8 without any further explanation.

 

[oak]

Wow everyone else's rules were so strict compared to my high school. I remember wearing tiny shorts that just barely covered my ass and the teachers said nothing. My area was kinda rough though so idk if the staff even cared lmao.

They would make students pick up trash outside after school for detention and I'd make up lies and refuse to go, and they just let it go surprisingly. I'm glad I didn't go to private school, seems like too much pressure.

 

[ChocoPie22]

I’m virtual but it’s a rule at my school that for gym class the in person students HAVE to change clothes or they’ll get 7 points deducted from their 10 point grade for the day. I get why you would deduct points for not changing but 7 points is a little much.

omg that's another one of mine! but slightly different, if you didn't dress 3 times you would get detention.

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idk if this is at every school, I haven't seen it before, but to graduate from my high school you have to pass a swimming test

 

[DJStarstryker]

I’m virtual but it’s a rule at my school that for gym class the in person students HAVE to change clothes or they’ll get 7 points deducted from their 10 point grade for the day. I get why you would deduct points for not changing but 7 points is a little much.

That's common. My high school really had no way to grade you for gym class so they completely based it off of wearing the gym uniform. If you wore your uniform 100% of the time for gym, it was an easy A, but if you forget to bring your gym uniform to school that day or something and can't change, a single time of not wearing it would knock you down to a B. It was so stupid. I got a B in gym because of that. I just forgot to bring it because my mom washed it for me the day before and I forgot to go down to the basement (where the washing machine was - my mom would fold up the clean laundry and she'd expect us to come down and get the clean stacks and take them to our rooms) to get it.

 

[BluebearL]

-Being caught vaping more than once meant explosion (felt really over the top at the time but luckily no one got caught)
-We couldn't have non-school brand bags (with the logo on it), they were super overpriced and heavy bags too.
-Girls couldn't get their nails done.
-We weren't allowed to self-medicate or bring any sort of drugs (including panadol) without a note from the doctors. Made having a period at school that much harder but luckily it wasn't a rule most teachers cared about.
-This was probably one of the weirdest: we weren't allowed to have hairbands on our wrists because they counted as jewelry?!?!?!
-We weren't allowed to call free periods free periods, they were "study periods" only. Felt stupid, it was our time lol that's on us.
-We weren't allowed to wear hats inside.

 

[duckykate]

my school rules were pretty lax except for the token "girls get punished for everything they wear and boys are fine". although when i was in middle school i always wore a green bandana in my hair and the school police officer thought i was in a gang and i got in a lot of trouble LOL