They seem to have it a bit wrong I think. When I was at school we forgot stuff but we never got detention for it. That was for serious stuff, so it actually meant something. Schools seem more bothered about kids not having a pen/wring coloured socks etc than actually dealing with real issues (my friends daughter has started self harming because she’s being bullied at school, school are aware (teachers saw her try to pull hair out of her head) yet not dealing as the other child as ‘it’s complicated’ and she has some issues at home. Yet my friends daughter got a detention because she refused to remove her coat (she’d forgotten her jumper and didn’t want anyone to see the cuts on her arms) but the bully is walking around scot free. Suggestion to my friend is to maybe find another school…WTF?! I’m glad I don’t have kids as I’d never be away from the school if they were behaving like that with my kids