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Do you remember the rules of your schooldays? Pay attention or risk detention!
We asked our readers for rules from their school dales - how many of these did you break?
Assembly time: sit up straight, with your legs crossed, no giggling or talking - or you'll be sent out to the headteacher's office!1 of 21 
No ice slides allowed in the playground - a rule enforced by grit wielding teachers2 of 21 
First year boys at some schools had to wear their school cap between school and home, and when in town3 of 21 ![School exercise books must be backed with brown paper or wallpaper]()
School exercise books must be backed with brown paper or wallpaper (Image: Bruce Reyes-Chow/Flickr)4 of 21 ![If you wore earrings they had to be studs and only one pair in your ears - you wouldn't get away with this fancy pair]()
If you wore earrings they had to be studs and only one pair in your ears - you wouldn't get away with this fancy pair (Image: Annie Pilon/Flickr)5 of 21 ![Don't be late for registration! If you were not there to say 'here, Sir' there was trouble]()
Don't be late for registration! If you were not there to say 'here, Sir' there was trouble6 of 21 ![Stand up when the teacher enters the classroom]()
Stand up when the teacher enters the classroom7 of 21 ![No bold hair colours (so rainbow hair is definitely out)]()
No bold hair colours (so rainbow hair is definitely out) (Image: CasparGirl/Flickr)8 of 21 ![A Bradley school headmaster apparently had an 'uppity' stick he used to wave about to make you sing louder]()
A Bradley school headmaster apparently had an 'uppity' stick he used to wave about to make you sing louder9 of 21 ![If you didn't drink your milk you couldn't play out at morning break]()
If you didn't drink your milk you couldn't play out at morning break10 of 21 ![At Bradley Juniors, one teacher set the rule that after the school holidays you could not write in pen until your handwriting was neat again]()
At Bradley Juniors, one teacher set the rule that after the school holidays you could not write in pen until your handwriting was neat again (Image: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)11 of 21 ![At one school, pupils would have to read in form time each morning - another pupil would walk round to catch anyone not reading. Anyone caught three times not reading got detention!]()
At one school, pupils would have to read in form time each morning - another pupil would walk round to catch anyone not reading. Anyone caught three times not reading got detention!12 of 21 ![Blazers on at all times, except for summer if you were lucky (though you still had to bring it with you) and during classes]()
Blazers on at all times, except for summer if you were lucky (though you still had to bring it with you) and during classes13 of 21 ![If you didn't do homework Mr Sykes at Rawthorpe High would make you write "I will not forget my homework again" over and over again...]()
If you didn't do homework Mr Sykes at Rawthorpe High would make you write "I will not forget my homework again" over and over again...14 of 21 ![If you couldn't sing in tune you had to mime - those pupils were called the groaners! (NB the children pictured are definitely NOT groaners)]()
If you couldn't sing in tune you had to mime - those pupils were called the groaners! (NB the children pictured are definitely NOT groaners)15 of 21 ![One reader told us: "Girls had to do ballroom dancing in PE. But not boys! Who were the girls expected to dance with? A better class of boy I expect."]()
One reader told us: "Girls had to do ballroom dancing in PE. But not boys! Who were the girls expected to dance with? A better class of boy I expect."16 of 21 ![Ties must have a Windsor knot way and it must be long enough to touch your middle shirt button]()
Ties must have a Windsor knot way and it must be long enough to touch your middle shirt button17 of 21 !["We had to write with pen but woe betide you if you didn't underline the title and the date with a pencil and a ruler!"]()
"We had to write with pen but woe betide you if you didn't underline the title and the date with a pencil and a ruler!"18 of 21 ![Punishments included writing lines a la Bart Simpson...]()
Punishments included writing lines a la Bart Simpson...19 of 21 ![Dreaded detentions...]()
Dreaded detentions...20 of 21 ![Or the slipper or cane if you were very naughty!]()
Or the slipper or cane if you were very naughty!21 of 21
