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How does detention work in schools?
I went to school in the 1980s, never heard of anybody getting detention, only ever seen it on TV and movies.
If the students have to stay back doesn't that mean the teachers have to stay back to supervise? Since teachers are usually just regular people with lives outside of school wouldn't they be just as eager to get home as the students? I don't think they could be getting paid overtime for staying back to supervise detention?
Even if they were doing school work like grading papers wouldn't they rather be doing that in their own time at home?
4 Answers
- DCM5150Lv 72 years agoFavorite Answer
Many school will have a teacher or two that would earn extra pay for supervising detention. Some teachers will just hold their own detention in their room because they are usually working in their room after school. Many teachers do not want to take work home so they spend the time at school to finish.
- ?Lv 72 years ago
Detention was staying after school and doing something boring as punishment. Teachers stay . They don't B necessarily go home when students do. They are paid to be teachers. These days detention often means doing stuff that maintenance staff is paid to do.
- 2 years ago
I don't know either and I'm in high school currently. We have this thing called ISI which is where you go during the day instead of going to your classes if you get in trouble for something. We don't have to stay after school though for it and it's really just a room you stay in for the entire day and do worksheets sent to you from your classes.
