My ds1 came home from school tonight really fed up as the whole class has detention tomorrow. Apparently (and this is not just from him) a certain group of children were messing around - and it is always the same names - so the teacher got angry and said the whole class have detention at lunchtime. This is year 6 btw. Now I work in a school myself and I know at luchtime the children need their break as it is a long day at school. I am not saying my ds is perfect, but from parents evening etc. I have always been told that he is mature, polite and well behaved, and so are his close friends. Why should they have to suffer and be lumped in with the children that always misbehave? These are the same children who pick on other children as well, for example they call my ds and his best mate geeks because they are in the top groups and don't like football. I have commented on this to the teacher but he just said kids will be kids. It seems to me that the teachers are half scared of some of these kids so they just get so fed up they keep everyone in. Ds1 has already said he is not going to school tomorrow as he doesn't see why he should stay in at lunchtime. I would never keep him off but I am inclined to secretly agree with him. Anyway I am going to see what happens tomorrow and I am thinking of ringing the school tomorrow if he comes out unhappy. Do you think I would be making a fuss over nothing?