Do you think that detentions in high school are an effective deterrent from truency and why?
2007-06-01 19:41:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
They are only effective if they are enforced properly. I have seen students show up for school late, or show up after having been "missing" for a day, that get placed in detention and find the act of being kept from their after-school activities as quite a harsh punishment which tends to make them avoid missing or being late to school again.
The last school that I taught at had a habit of allowing students out of detention for almost any reason and had a very poor attitude towards the issue of truancy as a whole. As a result, many kids found this to be an encouragement to cut classes or be tardy and tended to become repeat offenders and really never got any punishment for their bad choices.
Sadly, a lot of this stems from recent political agendas and will probably not change for at least another few years. Administrators are too worried about losing government funds to fail students and students know to use this situation to their advantage.
2007-06-01 19:57:44 · answer #1 · answered by Fin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No particularly, the threat of detention never stopped me... mind you to be put on detention for truancy really depends on whether you are unlucky/ dumb enough to get caught. I was only caught once... the punishment was 2, 1 hour detentions after school. I skipped school again the next week. There was a lot going on at that time... to be put on detention didn't solve anything. I only stopped after a teacher took the time to find out why I didn't want to be there and together we implemented a plan of attack to combat this. I would also suggest that it would depend on the person you asked.
2007-06-01 21:12:38 · answer #2 · answered by Cindy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on what kind of school. If it's one of those schools where the majority of the students are "deliquents", as a teacher might call them, then detention will do as much to correct their errors as not studying will do as much to pass a test. If it's a regular school, it could go either way. A private school, it will most likely work.
2007-06-02 02:49:36 · answer #3 · answered by animechan_1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that detetions are much of a use but they do something. In some high school, detentions are something some students don't really think about. Some don't mind getting they while others do.
2007-06-01 19:49:36 · answer #4 · answered by ~♥Lavendaluva♥~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm..i'm not sure about it coz in my country there r no such thing as school detention ..but,i think it would be a waste of time coz students won't learn any lesson or gain any benefit from it.. but,maybe it would work on some of the students..
2007-06-01 23:36:05 · answer #5 · answered by 2rist 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at our school truancy leads to a 4 hour Saturday detention, FULL school uniform must be worn and work is set punishment essays etc
2014-09-09 18:57:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because they think it is a joke I vote for two saturdays of school for every truancy and holding parents liable. I would hand walk my child to class if necessary. peer embarrassment goes along way
2007-06-01 20:13:39 · answer #7 · answered by askkate2000 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A necessary evil!
2007-06-01 19:45:11 · answer #8 · answered by Sami V 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋