Detention Hall

So this week is my last week of “duty.”  For teachers or anyone involved in the school system, the term “duty” is the devil!  The last thing you want to do early in the morning or after school is stand outside and watch a bunch of kids and make sure they don’t get into trouble.  But today (well, actually this week) I have my duty in Detention Hall.  That means I am supposed to be the quintessential-mean-faced-slaps a ruler on the desk to get you to be quiet- Detention Hall Teacher.  (Yeah right!  Like that’s gonna happen in a million years!)

So I have been dreading this but it’s actually the best duty I’ve ever had…I know, I know…  How is that possible?  Well first of all detention at my school is held in the theatre.  Yeah total disrespect for the arts.  It’s awful.  (But it is AIR CONDITIONED!)  Because it’s in the theatre, I feel super relaxed.  Also, there is always something going on in there after school.  This week they are rehearsing for the Talent Show so it’s not like I am stuck staring at a bunch of kids and watching the clock.  Both myself and the detainees are being entertained by the antics of other students.  Also, no one is showing up to detention anymore because it’s the end of the year and nobody cares.  So today, all of 3 freshmen showed up.  (Probably because they don’t know any better yet.)  And they weren’t even on the list.  (I didn’t tell them that though.  They were going to have to serve at one point or another so I just let them stay.)  All the other 20-25 people that were supposed to be there didn’t show.  Ha!  What a racket! 

So the jist of detention is to sit down, shut up, and wait.  The 3 kids I did have were pretty good so I let them go early.  Overall, that was the best detention I’ve ever been to….Wait, I’ve never been to a detention.  So yeah, that’s the best detention I’ve ever been to! Ha!