Breakfast Club Day. Would Detention Be Like This In Today's World?

[legalboxers]

Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. What we did *was* wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. What do you care? You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal. Correct? That's the way we saw each other at 7:00 this morning. We were brainwashed.

Yes my friends. Today is Breakfast Club Day. Today is the day where Andrew Clark, Allison Reynolds, Claire Standish, and John Bender spend detention for things they did.

Today's society, we have one thing which my generation did not have at that age. Smart Phones. Yes, that bulky device attached to us which we use to make calls with, to instagram and facebook with, even to post on here. This is one device we didn't have.

Todays kids dont know or understand the concept of communication. Face to face communication. Instead of not knowing anything about each other, the sterotype will be there.

Neither of them would talk to one another, know what brought them there, or the common bond they shared that day. They wouldn't know that Brian was bullied for being a nerd, and what actually was percieved to passed on as a real threat now (if you look at it in 20/20 hindsight)

Andrew Clark. The Jock. The drama with the whole nerds and jocks stll go on today, but in todays society, in addtion to the beatings and verbal harassment, we now have cyberbulying.

Allison Reynolds. The basketcase, the loner, per say. No one will know in todays society why she keeps to herself or does things which seem weird to others because no one wants to approach her.

Claire Standish. The rich girl who has daddys money. Who walks on air, every guys dream. But she's not interested unless you are made of money as well (again todays standards)

John Bender. The bully, the one who wants to and crys for attention because he is the James Dean type just to get the attention he craves.

So what happens during this movie. They are in a library and "communicate" with each other, share there experiences. During the course of this forgotten tool, they became closer. And by the end of the movie, friendships were made.

In the end..

Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain.....and an athlete.....and a basket case....a princess...

..and a criminal...

Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.

became on of the best damn movies in my generation!

[Becky01]

I don't know any kid that would turn up I mean come on

[legalboxers]

todays society.. no one would. they are no reprecussions

[Spiorad_Aisce]

I remember the movie so well the first time it came - Great movie with a message and soundtrack, I was about 15 or 16 at the time - Funny thing I remember also - I thought Alison was gorgeous at the start and then the makeover (Nooooooooo! Why?).
As to premise of your take, I am in the middle, to be honest especially on here I have seen people who might be having some social difficulty in real life flourish online. There are some bad aspects to the internet age but there is some good as well. I honestly don't know if things were any better in the 1980s, I agree less complicated but if you were being bullied today is there any real evidence you would be treated any better in the 1980s. As I say the jury is out there are the lucky few teenagers who would sail through any environment but for the rest of us it would be a complicated few years and unfortunately for a few, an awful few years.

[legalboxers]

your a few years older to me, I see your point but I think back then, bullying is bullying, its just worse now

[DarkHumorRUs]

There'd still be a jock. At my high school, 80% of the male jocks were nice, smart, AND athletic. They fuckin' had it all. Even about 50% of them were funny.

The female jocks were also considered the popular girls for the most part... the ones that were on student counselor, that everyone knew of. Most of them were nice and smart and athletic too. So I guess that'd replace Claire. Most of my school was well off, but not super show-offy rich, so...

Instead of the weird alternative girl, the "basket case", there'd be the trashy, pot-smokin', EDM/rap loving girl who's known for having STDs.

Instead of the smart kid, there'd be one of the loner-geek-Magic the Gathering kids, who isn't really that smart.

Bender would just be another pot smoking hippy, but the male version. Could also possibly be replaced by a hipster character.

[buttheadkakakak]

Kids nowadays get no discipline. I didn't get a smartphone until I was 19 because my mom told me I had to pay for it if I wanted it.
Bring back the Breakfast Club, people.

[legalboxers]

AMEN!!

[Queen_naki5]

Yes, except everyone would be on their phones. All you'd hear is vibration, tweets, and notifications. They would probably take selfies and hashtag it #indetention.

[chrisbigman]

No, I doubt it. These days, this would possibly be considered illegal.

[DarkHumorRUs]

Yep, never heard of real detention in the public schools I went to. Closest thing was "lunch detention", which was sitting in a room in the main office in during lunch in middle school, and pushing trash cans around the cafeteria in high school.

[Waffles731]

Don't know never got detention

[legalboxers]

well isn't that special *Churchlady voice*

[Waffles731]

Oh, please I went to private school
I got in trouble plenty of times.
All the kids at my school had mental disorders too, including me.
I'm functional and my friends are
But there are a few kids that aren't and a couple I expect to see on the news

[Waffles731]

And a couple tha wasn't afraid of that in retrospect scare the shit out of me