to wonder what you were most often in trouble for at school?

[chaletdays]

We were just talking about this at work this morning.

For me it was not paying attention, and being unpunctual.

I was a daydreamy, away with the fairies kind of child

Talking, always talking. I was known as Avonmouth Docks for a while.

And getting the giggles. I can remember being sent out of Geography once after corpsing over a line I had to read out of the textbook. Sand dunes can be caused by ...blah blah blah... and sand forming over a dead donkey!

Insolence. Even when I wasn't actually being insolent. I have one of those faces.

Laughing and too much make-up!

I was a dreamer. I'd often look up to find everyone staring at me, the teacher having asked me a question, and being oblivious to what was going on.

Swinging on my chair
Amount of makeup I had on
Attitude
Incorrect uniform( length of skirt and wearing skinny jeans instead of the trousers)
Not wearing the school blazer
Hair colour
Piercings
Sarcastic comments
Being late and not turning up to certain lessons

Oh and talking during lessons

Daydreaming that I was anywhere else but school...
And then in the last two years of secondary school, skiving .

I hated secondary school. My mum always harped on about it being the best days of my life and I'll look back one day and wish I could return . I'm still waiting for that day... If those were the best days of my life then I've had a pretty dire life. Horrible, wretched place.

Folding the waistband of my skirt up to make it shorter in summer.
Giving 'lip' to teachers
Calling in the local paper to give an interview. I headed up a trouser strike when I was 15 and had half of my year sit on top of porta cabins at school to prove our point. (We weren't allowed to wear trousers in winter). The school changed their policy of girls wearing trousers in winter after that article was printed.

Oh god.....

Sciving
Smoking in the toilets/on the top field
Too many ear piercings
Dying the bottom of my hair blue
Attitude
"Distracting the class" aka having a right laugh :)

i was once caught in the local pub (aged 14) by my geography teacher, i was sciving. He must have had a free period. We both looked at each other then made a silent agreement to never mention it :)

I was that kid who teachers hated because i acted up constantly then got great grades. i secretly think they loved me

I feel so dull! I was in trouble once because I was late, I thought it wasn't assembly so went to my form room, but it was so I was late. I also wore stud earrings that had a dangling scottie dog from them (Did not pass bottom of ear lobe, so my mum thought they'd be fine) and my scary head of year shouted at my for them on my first day of year seven.

Oh I was a pain, but not by today's standards. I have worked (peripatetic) in primary and secondary schools, it was eye opening.

Too much jewellery, think 20 bangles
Wearing tie in hair rather than my neck, I was technically "wearing it".
Being a smart arse.
Distracting others.
Sweating.
Smoking, I didn't - my parents did, I stank!
Being a clown.
The Deputy once said if I was his daughter he would slap me!
My school are goody goodies thankfully.

School, = children

Sweating !!!!! That would be swearing actually

Hmm...having 'contraversial' opinions in a Catholic school... free thinkers may not apply...

mrschatty - primary school was also not a place of great happiness for either me or the nuns charged with trying to make a good Catholic of me! I recall being whacked on the back of my legs with a wooden ruler for giggling during Benediction and constantly being told that I was acting like someone who hated God. That Catholic guilt lives with me still!

Oh road...I'm feel you!! It was constantly being sent to the head of RE...It was deemed more of a punishment then being sent to head teacher...she was a dragon...It am shuddering now...

Oh and I was caught by a teacher being pushed around a street close to school in s Tesco trolley, so skiving French.

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Correcting teachers spelling mistakes/maths errors on the blackboard.
Smoking.

My Ddad was a highly respected governor so I didn't ever really get into trouble, even for the black skinny jeans, buckle boots, bat winged jumper and full goth make up.

Hiding when there were swimming lessons. Regularly.

Talking/ giggling.
Homework in my younger years. I improved with age, but it's still a mental battle now I'm on the other side of the teacher's desk!

I was mostly good, but not quite enough to be dull. Setting fire to the desk in biology was accidental (loss of concentration during an experiment involving ethanol and a business burner- I looked down, saw the flames and jumped setting a small fireball flying...)

Cheek
Daydreaming
Make up
Skirt length
Back chat
Flirting

anger issues

incorrect uniform
not going to school
wearing my tie around my head (in my defence The uniform policy stated we must wear a tie, but didn't say where we must wear it)
hiding under the desk every Friday morning when the air raid sirens were tested
smoking

I was hardly ever in trouble at school but the few times I got told off it was always for chatting/giggling with one particular girl. I'm still really good mates with her :)

Yr 4: Not having the correct school jumper. (One mark Every day for around 6 months, leading to 1 / 2 detentions a week. Thanks mum).
Not having homework book signed (it tòok me most of the first term/ first year to just figure out doing it myself).
Missing PE (kit issues).