SCHOOL BANS

(March 2024) Reddit asked, “What did your school ban back in the day?” Readers submitted these dangerous things:
– “Simpsons t-shirts.”
– “Pokemon! The school hated it and they were tired of hearing about Pokemon. Pokemon everything was banned. Shirts, games, even talking about Pokemon would get you in trouble.”
– “Pogs. They said it was a form of gambling…which I guess it was.”
– “Slap bracelets.”
– “Heelies, everyone was wearing them and wheeling around the halls. The teachers would always take the wheels from us.”
– “Red Rover. Cause we broke a kid’s arm once.”
– “Shoe taps. A schoolmate defied the ban by wearing shoe tops. The school principal required him to remove the taps from his shoes in the presence of the entire assembled student body.”
– “Girls couldn’t smoke. Guys had a designated smoking area, and girls could hang out with them, but they couldn’t smoke.”
– “My middle school banned scented markers after too many colorful nosebleeds.”
– “Boys wearing shorts until a particular date on the calendar regardless of the weather. A buddy of mine and I wore skirts one hot day to protest. They suspended us for a couple days.”
– “They banned boys and girls from sitting together on the bus for school field trips.”
– “4 square, too many kids got nose bleeds from getting hit in the face.”
– “We got Gummi Bears banned back in the mid 80s. lol We’d wet them and toss them up at the ceiling so they’d stick to the acoustic tiles. A few months later little Gummi rocks would rain down on everyone.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What did they ban at your school?”