Notably, out of school detention is punishment aimed at the student's parents, not at the student, in most cases. Rarely a student who actually cares about scho

Notably, out of school detention is punishment aimed at the student's parents, not at the student, in most cases. Rarely a student who actually cares about school and their grades will receive it as punishment, and even more rarely this will be for non-BS (political) reasons. Good students can avoid BS (and much non-BS) punishment by being on a sports team, the more important (well-funded), the better, and the more important their role on it, the better. School in the US is weird.