Which school rules did you hate the most?

[igrsod]

At the time I don't remember any rules that bothered me too much.
But now I don't like some of the dress code rules and the reasons behind them.

 

[mrodgers]

Really didn't have a lot of rules, and none that I hated.

Meh, I was rebellious so I hated any rules.

Same as these 2. Didn't have a lot of rules and those rules that were there, no one gave a rat's behind about unless you got in trouble. Then it was the punishment kids cared about, not the rules.

I suppose the rule I hated the most was more of a US society rule, don't smoke pot.

 

[footballmouse]

No talking , that was a little hard for me. The big rule I didn't like in grade school was that we weren't allowed to leave the cafeteria until we ate ALL our lunch. If I decided that I didn't like it or was full, too bad, no recess until it was gone.

 

[Belle1962]

Attendance. 4.0 average without having to go every day but penalized for not going every day. Sheesh.

 

[aprilgail]

Asking permission and sometime being told no when you had to go to the bathroom.
After I peed my pants once in elementary school I was told to just go when I needed to though.

So when I was in grade school I had this one teacher who would march everyone down to the bathroom at a certain time and that is when you went- well I was a kid that had to go again in the afternoon after lunch- and after the 3rd time of me asking if I could go to the bathroom she announced in front of the whole class "April Gail you will have to bring a note from your Dr saying something is wrong with you that you have to use the bathroom more than once a school day"- then add to that later on she announced that "ok children, you all can start using pens instead of pencils tomorrow except you april gail, you write to sloppy and have to use a pencil still"- so that traumatized me then and when my daughter started school and came home wearing different pants than I sent her with and I questioned her about it, my grade school time flashed in front of my eyes. She asked to use the bathroom and was told no by the cafeteria aid.
First thing the next day I was at the school in the principals office and he called in the aid and her reasoning for saying no was "kids just go in there and play with the water all the time" I asked if mine did that and she said no but a lot of them do- I was like so mine doesn't but still can't use the bathroom because others do?? I turned to the principal and told him that I have informed my daughter to walk out of class if she is told she can't use the bathroom and then go immediately to his office and I will come up and deal with it.
She never abused that, she asked to use the bathroom and the teacher asked if she could hold of for 10 minutes because she was in the middle of a lesson and that was perfectly fine, my daughter said yes and went after the lesson- totally reasonable, but telling a kid no for no reason at all was not cutting it.
Well LOL- you can see that question triggered me LOL.

 

[BroadwayHermione5]

In regular old school: Gym in HS. If we need two credits, we should be allowed to take it every day all year, not split up into half credits over fours years. Even though I wouldn’t have been able to take the full year until I was a junior due to other requirements it would’ve helped. Also? That juniors and seniors playing varsity sports got to opt out. As a member of the band and someone in the plays I also should’ve been allowed to opt out,

In college: STOP MAKING US TAKE MORE THAN ONE CLASS NOT PERTAINING TO OUR MAJOR/MINOR! I understand I went to a school with liberal arts requirements, b it I was one of the unlucky ones where we needed two of everything on top of major and minor requirements. Nothing in my degree pertains to math: why did I need two math classes? I can totally understand one, but I should’ve been allowed to take another elective for my major or more classes for my minor than sit through a second math class.

 

[loves to dive]

In elementary school--no slacks/pants for girls. Those playgrounds in Ohio were downright frigid in the winter. Ultimately, during winter we were allowed to wear pants under our dresses out to play, but the first couple of years it was a big nope.

In high school--no jeans except on game Fridays.

Same here except that extended a little into Junior High. I was in school in the 60s and 70s so pants for girls hadn't become a thing yet until high school in the early 70s (that goodness for bell bottoms and maxi shirts). I went to elementary school in Ohio as well and yes, it got cold. I went to some of my junior high and all of my high school in Albuquerque, NM which also gets cold in the winter. Thankfully, the 70s in New Mexico was sort of a free for all as far a clothes goes.

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

That awful gym uniform we had to wear in middle school. For girls, it was an ugly one-piece shirt/shorts number with zipper up the front. The boys had separate gym shorts and t-shirts. Not sure why the girls had to wear that ugly thing. We also did warm-ups in the gym to a song called "Go You Chicken Fat, Go". I think I'm still traumatized by the entire middle school gym experience.

 

[TippyThomas]

The inclusion of religion in everything we did.

 

[tvguy]

I suppose the rule I hated the most was more of a US society rule, don't smoke pot.

LOL. I have a Sheriff's Explorer Scout in High School (1971-1975) and got to watch classmates get busted for pot possession. So THAT wasn't an issue for me.

 

[tvguy]

No, we had to take 5 total. Two English classes were specifically required (freshman and sophomore English), then you could choose the other three from English electives. I took Poetry, Shakespeare, and Literature and Film.

My kids went to Catholic High School Summer school for three of their four years was REQUIRED. One summer was a Science Class, next was a Math class, and between Junior and Senior year was the "How to write a College Paper" English class.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Gum and candy were not allowed... I managed to have it and not get caught.