Remember how horrible it was back in the day to get that dreaded detention slip? I mean, we were already forced to be at school for seven to eight hours out of every day — tacking more time onto that just seemed like cruel and unusual punishment. But now that we’re older and have lived to tell the (harrowing) tale, being stuck in detention can seem kind of comical.
Related story Here's When You SHOULD Let Your Kid Skip School (Even If They're Not Sick)Yes, detention is no fun, but sometimes it’s worth suffering through if it means having an epic story to tell after — or, you know, transcending those school clique boundaries to form unexpected friendships. That happens, right?
Ahead are 25 hysterical detention slips for bad deeds that were surely enough to make these kids’ friends (and probably parents) split their sides laughing.
Originally posted April 2016. Updated August 2017.
Call her Katniss
Detention for an amazing Hunger Games reference? Effie Trinket would be proud.
Lighten up
Talk about taking things literally.
A fluffy distraction
Anyone who’s been on YouTube knows how easy it is to waste hours looking at cats.
That’s what she said
Pretty sure this teacher has never watched The Office.
Superman
This student totally deserves detention — a superhero should never blow his own cover.
Tootsie Pop
But what if he was really close to finding out how many licks it takes to get to the center?
Come at me, bro
Hey, it’s third period, not Fight Club.
‘The Hunger Games’
Let’s hope the other students gave her the three-fingered salute as she left for detention.
Jesus is in homeroom
If he really were Jesus, he’d get out of that detention.
On a roll
This student is either a handful or a future social activist.
Hips don’t lie
What if he was just stretching after gym class?
The peacemaker
He just wants everyone to get along.
YOLO
It’s true you only live once, but life is better when you eat the sandwich.
Peter Pan
Schools tell students to follow their dreams, unless that dream is flying.
Anchorman
Ron Burgundy should have gone to detention for saying it too.
Internet mischief
Maybe it would have gone over better in health class.
‘Zoolander’
This teacher should get detention for not knowing this classic comedy.
A very bad word
Yes, it was wrong, but girls sticking together is always right.
Worst detention ever
This teacher is wrong on so many levels.
French class blues
Maybe this student should have taken Spanish.
Cheeseburger, please
Swearing in school is never cool, but hanger is very real.
Harry, is that you?
At least they didn’t call the teacher a Death Eater.
Whoa!
How much sugar did this student have for lunch?
Batman
Maybe the student’s name is Bruce Wayne.
Hello, Mr. President
“Mooned the president of U.S.”?? Well, we can’t argue with that.
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