Whats the most stupid rule your school has?

my school had a strict policy against wearing coats/jackets unless we've reached ice age. they used to even confiscate it outside school gates, along with drinks (they used to wait next to shops so kids can come out with their sweets and drinks and get it confiscated.) no idea why people did as they said, i always refused and caused a fuss. it wasnt right.

Sounds like this happened outside of school. They actually tried to enforce rules outside of school grounds?

Sounds like your username would be a pretty accurate term to describe that.

Sounds like this happened outside of school. They actually tried to enforce rules outside of school grounds?

Sounds like your username would be a pretty accurate term to describe that.

Not sure if that is actually legal.

Not sure if that is actually legal.

My school would put people in isolation for not having their planner, black school shoes and (luckily after I was safe in sixth form) a school branded coat. You weren't allowed to wear your own coat to school while I was in lower school. And now you HAVE to bring your coat to school between November -February or you'll get out in isolation for the whole day. One time I had to wear plimsolls to school because my school shoes had broken (crappy primark ones) and Id brought in a note for this, yet they STILL put me in isolation. Bloody bastards, I may as well have just stayed at home and missed the whole day.

At one point there was a 'no hugging' rule. I remember when someone was upset but their friend wasn't allowed to hug them

Whaaaattt how come this rule came up?

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Whaaaattt how come this rule came up?

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6 bars on your tie. At one point the deputy head made an acrylic model of the ideal tie length and stopped students to measure to see if it met standard. Crazy.

No running on the playground was another delightful rule. "Hard standing area" they called it.

There was a thing in one of the primary schools I went to that basically said you had to eat your dinner or you'd have to stay behind to finish it. On this particular day I was ill. Some staff member tried to force me to eat something absolutely disgusting and wouldn't let me leave until I'd eaten it. I think it was some sort of vegetarian thing, but what happened was I ended up taking half an hour picking at it with my stomach actively trying to kill me, and then I threw up afterwards. Multiple times.

Thanks guys.

Same situation at my primary school. We are required to eat 80% of the lunchboxes. Before disposal, we have to show it to "food ambassadors". And we are not allowed to leave our seats (literally!) until the lunch break bell rings. When I was barely 6 and first year at school, I wasn't a big eater and my appetite was much like a 3 year-old. i couldn't finish most of the lunchbox and I ended up staying at the classroom without lunch break until I "reach the required standard". I threw up so badly that the teachers thought I ate something dirty. My mum wrote to the school and it took almost a week for the school to spare me from force-feeding program.


Looking back, this is totally stupid. I understand they do not want us to waste food but force-feeding does no good.

We had to have a certain amount of stripes on our ties. And our top buttons on our shirts had to be done up.