# School Dayz - Education or Stabbing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 12, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-dayz-education-or-stabbing/806484 "2018-01-12T19:51:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-dayz-education-or-stabbing/806484/21 "2018-01-13T02:21:50Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > … I will take another wild stab, and suppose that Ms. Brown does not have a lot of contact with her father, even if her mother knows his last name. But again, whatcha gonna do? The school can’t replace decent parents. > > It’s a shame, no doubt. But no one is going to debate that. > > Regards, > Shodan No thread is complete without a random, unsubstantiated, and unrelated slut shaming, so thank you, Shodan. ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-dayz-education-or-stabbing/806484/22 "2018-01-13T03:07:21Z")
We were allowed to leave school during lunch in the 70’s. That way we could smoke. After drinking and accidents, the parking lot became off limits by the early 80’s. Small rural high school. My kids now in a medium sized more suburban school? Just asked and seniors got open campus for lunch. The rest have to stay in school. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-dayz-education-or-stabbing/806484/23 "2018-01-13T03:37:34Z")
My high school didn’t “allow” us to leave for lunch - but since we were on split sessions, a senior who only needed to take a few classes could be done for the day before noon. Which of course meant that anyone could leave that early as there were too many students to check programs on the way out. We could not, however, get back in. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-dayz-education-or-stabbing/806484/24 "2018-01-13T04:08:51Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I think we can surmise from the time of day that this could very well be during their lunch break. > > I went to High School in the Stone Age, but even then, we weren’t locked in and forced to remain on campus during lunch. Actually, many high school campuses are “closed” for lunch. The one I taught at was. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-dayz-education-or-stabbing/806484/25 "2018-01-13T04:10:41Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I’m surprised by the number of people who assume these kids were playing hooky. While certainly possible, I find that the least likely explanation. If I’m going to skip school, I’m not going to be hanging out anywhere nearby. I’ll be home in bed, or somewhere more fun than a doughnut shack. Personally, I left school daily during lunch for at least the last two years of high school. We used to get several students who would skip and then head to eating or retail establishments near the school. They don’t really care too much about being “caught.” ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-dayz-education-or-stabbing/806484/26 "2018-01-13T04:39:16Z")
Given the lack of topic for debate and lack of response/participation from the OP, I’m closing this pending hearing clarification of what the actual debate would be. I considered moving it to IMHO which I think is the closest forum it would belong to, but am holding out in equal parts that it can be fleshed out for debate, and to not inflict on the mods of that forum. JBGUSA - feel free to PM me to flesh out debate and I will consider reopening. [/moderating] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-dayz-education-or-stabbing/806484.md?page=1)