I was in class detentions a lot. The only time I had a detention for just me was when I forgot my school hat. It was the type of school where the teachers went around in capes and mortar boards and so forgetting ones hat wasn't on. I was sent home to get it, which was a couple of miles walk and the same back (I usually got the bus to school but only had enough money for the one journey home) and then kept in detention to make up the time I lost.

I was also slapped on the hand with a ruler because I was chasing a boy