Talk:Yang Xiao Long/@comment-172.56.39.164-20151229050416/@comment-4010415-20151230072410

Ah yeah, I almost forgot that juvie is a thing. I knew someone who went to a juvenile detention center (juvenile prison) before.

Though, in my city, we have an alternative to juvie, though I dunno if anyone would consider it to be much better.

It's pretty much a discipline school, and it takes students of all ages - elementary through high school. If a school gets tired of a student misbehaving or their misbehavior is severe enough, the principal can assign them punishment at the discipline school for whatever amount of time they think is right.

It doesn't matter if the student is old enough to drive, they have to be dropped off by a parent or guardian. The parent has to sign them in when they drop them off, and there's a slight punishment if they're dropped off too early in the morning. At the end of the day, the parent has to come back and pick them up, and there's slight punishment if they're picked up late.

There are a lot of things the student is not allowed to bring. If I remember correctly, the policies practically say to bring nothing. No money, no cell phone, no MP3 player, no purse, no wallet, blablablah. There are uniforms for elementary, middle, and high school, and it's pretty strict - this color plain collared shirt, this color pair of slacks, this color shoes, tuck your shirt in, etc.

The school has a level system - 1 through 5 - and when you first start out your punishment there, you're a level 3. Misbehave, and you may be demoted a level. Lower levels have less privileges, while higher levels gain privileges. In order to be promoted a level, a student has to behave for a certain amount of time and then write an essay on why they believe they deserve promotion.

When I read about the policies in middle school, lunch was a privilege that could be taken away, but when I read the policies again in high school, that had changed. That place was pretty messed up when I was a kid, apparently.

But yeah, there are bigger punishment options for minors than just detention or being suspended.