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The Day I Spent In Detention

For once this is a poem that really happened to me a long time ago. ______________________________________ Sometimes I recall some deed of the past, Why, that day I was really aghast. I felt angry and humiliated Decision taken made me frustrated. I was just fifteen or so at that time, A teacher considered mine a crime. I was guilty, and easily distracted. Outside I saw fireworks that attracted. My teacher suffered from persecution, He was strict, distracted no solution. I was sent out of class, got reported, Detention and conduct so distorted. So there I was all alone in a class, Punished by a maniac, harsh and crass. I did not flinch but mutely bore it all. Never went to his class despite his call. Time passed all was forgiven, I was kind, Thanked the lord my father was never fined.

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Karen Jones

Date: 11/7/2023 9:47:00 AM

Wow in USA we were in detention but no fine!

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 10/16/2023 7:13:00 PM

LOL dear Victor. I can't even imagine your were ever in detention. I can imagine a misunderstanding and persecution by a maniac - yikes! Glad you handled it so well. :)

Lisa Ricci

Date: 10/13/2023 12:09:00 PM

Hi Victor. Good Evening. Because this is a true story it makes it all the more adorable and meaningful. Coming from you, priceless... Thank you for sharing yourself Victor. Have a wonderful night and weekend. Love Peace and Blessings now and always. (smile)

Bj Legros Kelley

Date: 10/11/2023 9:55:00 PM

You handled that well Victor. I had a teacher whom I'd respected. One day he yelled at me for 'Talking' in class. I had simply answered a question of a girl next to me. He grabbed the paddle and sent me out to the hall to give me swats. Teachers from up & down the hall heard me yell at him, I was known as a quiet girl. Concerned teachers looked out of their rooms as I gave him a piece of my mind, they heard everything. To my astonishment, he began to cry. He didn't swat me. I forgave him later.

Bj Legros Kelley
Date: 10/12/2023 3:05:00 AM

He is one of my top favorite teachers of all time, but had I let him swat me, I'd possibly have never forgiven him. I think he was trying to look tough to the rest of the class and picked on his quiet student, hoping to get control of the rest of the kids, I'm not sure. I wish I hadn't yelled at him, there must have been a better way. I invited him to my wedding a few years later, and he and his wife attended. He told me he always bragged about me, I was one of his favorite students :) Forgiveness is SO awesome :) <3

Bill Baker

Date: 10/10/2023 2:38:00 PM

Detention can be quite the experience later in life when we can look back on it while not out of control and mad. Hard to get much out of it when it's happening. Thanks for sharing from your experiences in life, Victor. Bill

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 10/8/2023 9:39:00 AM

Hi Victor, did you maybe think I was kidnapped and sent to Siberia. Apologies my friend, but you know the story that i have to divide my day between work and pleasure Proto Personnel and Poetry -ry Soup. The latter would be my cuppa tea to do everyday, but our business is demanding. Your poem is very amusing and I can definitely relate - please read my PEANUT BUTTER STRIKE. Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.

I Am Anaya

Date: 10/7/2023 9:25:00 AM

So glad that you were able to forgive his harsh ways. You were a good boy Victor and awe-inspiring poet! Blessings!

Charles Messina

Date: 10/7/2023 4:55:00 AM

LOL- love this, Victor, the greatest teachers are our parents...most of the time. Great write, my friend. Blessings to you!

Janice Canerdy

Date: 10/6/2023 9:02:00 PM

Very expressive write, Victor. Having been a teacher much longer than I was student, well~~I cold write a book! Janice

Panagiota Romios

Date: 10/6/2023 7:08:00 PM

10/6. I recall telling a nun she was in the wrong, I was 12. At the end of the school day she apologized to me. That was most unusual! I don’t take guff from bullies, they seem to walk the planet. ….Not only teachers but bosses can be obnoxious! When teachers snapped at Elena, , you can bet they heard from me! Bullies are everwhere for all ages!

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 10/6/2023 12:56:00 PM

What a write/story. School/teaches leave a mark on us for the good/bad. I can remember both. Have a blessed day/weekend writing away....................

Tom Woody

Date: 10/6/2023 6:57:00 AM

The folly of youth. I got in more trouble than I can recount. Nice snippet of your life Vic

Hiya Sharma

Date: 10/6/2023 5:43:00 AM

Oh this poem is quite intriguing, deep and meaningful.. And yes, I can understand the emotions of a student getting detention, although I have never received one, but I've seen many going through that situation. Sometimes, some teachers lack the empathy or tolerance to understand the position of the students and this this results in injustice.. And that can really affect a child's approach towards things and hinder in developing their personality. I'm so sorry that you had to go through that..

Evelyn Judy Buehler

Date: 10/5/2023 11:25:00 PM

Having a bad teacher can be so negatively impacting for a student. Glad you got through it okay, and were able to forgive. Great writing, Victor. :)

Sally Eslinger

Date: 10/5/2023 7:05:00 PM

Victor, a meaningful emory poem that i & many can relate to. Sorry you went thru all that very negative stuff. Sounds like a bad teacher more than you doing misbehaving. The teacher trained to handle. You not trained to handle teacher. Goodness!

Yann Rolland

Date: 10/5/2023 12:08:00 PM

this is very interesting, i am happy your father was not fined, this is so difficult to manage that kind of punishment and feelings with thanks for sharing

Joseph May

Date: 10/5/2023 12:05:00 PM

I've had a few of detentions, do they still give those?, Very nicely penned Victor

Deb M

Date: 10/5/2023 6:32:00 AM

Hey Victor…a terrific poem of your youth that many can relate too! Cuddles…Debx

Maria Williams

Date: 10/5/2023 3:11:00 AM

I guess it's old school ,the caning , the detention. Teachers in the past thought they had to take a fearful approach and too firm a stand on everything.Today they would call it bullying tactics. I'm sorry you had to go through detention on what I felel was something fairly harmless.dearest Victor . Hugs

Maria Williams
Date: 10/5/2023 3:28:00 PM

Sorry, I meant to say feel.

Ink Empress

Date: 10/5/2023 2:02:00 AM

Some teachers do lack empathy and understanding of ones mental health and emotions, these things happen still, and students get punished for little things, all over the world, and it isnt fair, as for me i got detention alot, i was a proper rebel lol so detention was my fave, to avoid boring lessons, im sorry for what uve through and its always good to forgive to heal and move on: bless you.

Valsa George

Date: 10/4/2023 11:27:00 PM

Some teachers are unduly unkind and irritated with the students for silly provocations. Sad, you got detained in the class for no serious reason. Howewver you could forgive him though you never attended his class any longer.

Sotto Poet

Date: 10/4/2023 12:49:00 PM

I'm really glad that you ultimately chose to embrace kindness and forgiveness, Victor. Your memoir was truly captivating. It's astonishing how merciless teachers could be during that era.

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 10/4/2023 11:31:00 AM

teacher could be so cruel in those days, I had a few like that, glad you took it to kindness and forgiveness in the end, loved your memoir Victor

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 10/4/2023 10:24:00 AM

Great read Victor, I once had a teacher that picked on me, unfortunately no one knew, I had a troubled childhood and couldn’t confide my hurts as I didn’t know how to. I wish God had granted me children, I know their lives would have been different… Belle

Eve Roper

Date: 10/4/2023 9:35:00 AM

Children that are smarter than the curriculum given, bore easy. So, you were persecuted for being smarter than he was teaching. I was one that no one noticed, so I was always safe. Loved it