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Detention This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy.
Please see this page's entry on the votes for deletion page for details. This request is being discussed to form a consensus whether this is, or could be, an article appropriate for Wikipedia. If you feel deletion is not justified by Wikipedia deletion policy you may vote against its deletion. Please do not remove this notice or blank this page while the question is being considered. However, you are welcome to continue editing this article, especially if you can address the concerns of those who believe the article should be deleted. Should you do so, please remark on this page's entry regarding its improvement. Detention is most commonly used to refer to the holding of a person, either as punishment for a wrong, or as a precautionary measure while investigating a potential threat posed by that person. The term can also be used in reference to the holding of property, for the same reasons. High school detention In high school, detention very specifically refers to a period after the end of the school day when students who have misbehaved must remain in a designated classroom as punishment for their misbehavior. Detention is usually the mildest form of punishment available to a high school, followed in severity by suspension and expulsion. Generally, detention is carried out in a room that offers no amenities, so that students serving detention will have to outlet to distract them from their punishment. The students are usually monitered by a teacher, and may be required to perform some punitive task, such as clapping blackboard erasers, writing an essay, or repeatedly writing some admonishment on the blackboard. There are numerous pop culture references to the practice of detention. For example, the opening credits to the Simpsons show Bart Simpson in detention, repeatedly writing some ironic phrase along the lines of "I will not instigate revolution", "I do not have diplomatic immunity", or "I will not waste chalk". Another cartoon named Detention had a brief run on the WB.http://www.tvtome.com/Detention/ The entire movie, The Breakfast Club revolves around five disparate students bonding during a day in detention. The movie Some Kind of Wonderful features a significant detention twist - a student intentionally misbehaves in order to be put in detention with the girl of his dreams - but later learns that she has managed to talk her way out of the punishment. However, the student ends up befriending the dangerous-looking derilicts who are regularly on detention, and they ultimately help him out in his moment of greatest need. Other forms of detention Any form of imprisonment can be called detention, although the term is associated with persons who are being held temporarily without having been charged with a crime.
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