Now some teachers choose to let you in, the problem is getting to their door. At every intersection of every single hallway, there are staffers that act more like border patrol. You will not get to class without a pass. You may protest but know that the end result will be you standing in the same attendance line anyway. The attendance line is often long, long enough for students to forge an entire letter asking that they be excused from their detention.
Detention is served in the health room across from the sports center or in the cafeteria.
After everyone present is identified and thus waived from Saturday torture detention begins. Detention is a 90-minute version of the moment of silence. Notes are passed, whispers are made and there's food for those who secretly and not so secret ly slip it in. Some attempt to sleep and a select few actually attempt to do something productive like completing homework. While half the books are sprawled open about two are being used for work.