27 of the dumbest things people got into trouble for in school
They say that schooldays are the best days of our lives, but they have obviously forgotten what double P.E. was like on winter mornings. We can all agree that there were a lot of rules, and they weren’t always easy to stick to, so most of us will have experienced being in trouble for something or other – chewing gum in class, wearing the wrong colour shoes, ducking instead of allowing the board duster to hit us on the head – stuff like that.
Twitter user, @C0INCELPR0, certainly saw her fair share of trouble in school; she asked this question –
What’s the dumbest thing you got in trouble for in school
— amy et al. (@peachofababy) March 21, 2019
And followed it up with several of her own examples, including these:
I have A LOT but the first time I was ever disciplined it was by the kindergarten art teacher who sent me to the hall for not following instructions and I still, to this day, have absolutely no idea what I did
— a m y (@C0INCELPR0) March 21, 2019
Also one time in kindergarten a recess monitor told me I was being “persnickety” and I didn’t know what that meant so I cried and told another recess monitor
— a m y (@C0INCELPR0) March 22, 2019
Of course, the people of Twitter had their own stories to tell, and we particularly enjoyed these 27.
Bizarrely, a lot of people got into trouble for knowing stuff.
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https://twitter.com/ashleyn1cole/status/1109836352411959298
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I fought with my English teacher because she pronounced plaid as "played" and I insisted it was "plahd"
Got sent to the principal's & they called in my dad, who was like "…but it is pronounced plahd" https://t.co/GAnDsQyufv
— modern-day hippie (@drewskieob) March 24, 2019
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My Mom had to come to meet my teacher with me when I got marked off on my test for insisting that Egypt is, in fact, in Africa & not Asia.
My grade got changed back, but she was *not* impressed with me for pretty much the rest of the year.
— Valerie Hall Stinnett (@Noobvember) March 23, 2019
Religion was another major factor.
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kept after class for suggesting that if a robot achieved sentience it could get into heaven https://t.co/0Zmontf9nr
— Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) March 24, 2019
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https://twitter.com/RinChupeco/status/1109628691569504256
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https://twitter.com/lib_crusher/status/1109823103901814785
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catholic school: being involved in the creation and spread of a fake religion called "cat-holicism," which celebrated "catjesus" who "died for you nine times." all branded heretics, i was threatened with expulsion https://t.co/d2VmyNhBdk
— (parody) (@guldeuxchats) March 21, 2019
There were several serious misunderstandings.
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Year 3. Saw a 'Kickers' shoebox, giggled the word "knickers" to myself, almost got expelled for racism. https://t.co/nbwQeWFxFE
— Thomas ‘TomSka’ Ridgewell (@thetomska) March 22, 2019
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In kindergarten I said "ew he farted" & a kid told the teacher that I'd said the "f word." When my grandmother picked me up from school she was like I HEARD YOU SAID THE F WORD THAT RHYMES WITH DUCK.
I spent the rest of the night trying to figure out how fart rhymed with duck. https://t.co/Sj4EFeBTt2
— Trina (@btwnchapters) March 23, 2019
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https://twitter.com/nicodelort/status/1108829147898490882