Weirdest School Rules People Had to Follow

Redditor./u/Reginaa-Phalange:

Middle schoolers used to say "oh snap" constantly. They avoided swearing and used phrases like "oh sh*t." The administration linked this to jelly bracelets. Breaking one meant a girl had to sleep with you or something similar. Because of this, they stopped allowing "oh snap." Students thought this was silly. They caused what became the "Oh Snap Riot of '04," walking down the hall and yelling, "Oh snap."

From /u/ImMrsG:

This is not a rule, but I knew a guy who wore a deep v-neck shirt. He got written up for cross-dressing.

From Redditor /u/Hunny_Bunny20:

In eighth grade, they caught a couple kissing. Thus, they banned hugging.

Redditor /u/Nucksnewbieresponded:

We faced the same issue, but there was no kissing beforehand. The new principal told our middle school (ages 11-14ish) he would not accept his daughters making "full physical contact" with boys. Therefore, we were not allowed to.

From Redditor /u/handsthefram:

Students could not gather in groups larger than five at recess. The principal decided bad things happen in groups over five.

From Redditor /u/TOo_0dd:

A physics teacher allowed students to eat food in class. However, he "banned" bell peppers. He demanded students eat them or throw them away beforehand, or he would report them for eating in class. People asked where his dislike for bell peppers came from, but he never changed his stance, making it strange.

From a former Redditor:

One of the five middle schools in my district had a rule called the "[name of school] bubble." No students at that school could stand within an arm's length of each other in the hallways, for any reason. Want a high-five? Detention. Need a pencil between classes? Detention. A friend having a bad day and you want a quick hug for support? Extra detention.

From Redditor /u/Lucky13_SP's:

No pogo sticks. I learned how to pogo stick as a kid, and my house was near the school. The principal banned all ride-able transportation—scooters, roller blades, skateboards, etc.—except bikes. The day after I used my pogo stick for the first time, she announced on the PA that pogo-ing to school was banned.

From Redditor /u/allhailbobevanssaid:

[Our school] banned the word "Shrek." Everyone used it as a popular meme and the school accepted it. But a staff member found a video called "Shrek is Love, Shrek is Life."

From Redditor /u/1amathrowaway:

Paper airplanes were banned after a student started crying when all his sucked. The rest of us knew how to make good ones.

From Redditor /u/POCKALEELEE:

A "no weapons" rule forced a kid carrying cupcakes with little green army men to remove them because they had guns.

From Redditor/u/Pyrog:

After Columbine, my high school banned untucked shirts.

From Redditor/u/kushbob_tacopants:

We could not wear togas. I know that sounds odd, but my high school let us get away with most things, so it was strange when they got upset about the togas.

From Redditor/u/Everyday-formula:

I started at this new primary school at age 10. At the end of the main hall, black gaffer tape cornered off the area by the glass doors leading to the playground. This section of the hall also served as the entrance to the school office, which had glass doors to the reception area. I went through this part of the hall to reach the playground. The principal caught me, but he knew I was new and explained the rules.

Students could not cross the gaffer tape line without written permission. This meant students could not use the glass door to the playground. Teachers, school staff, and visitors got this privilege.

From Redditor/u/garfieldsam:

High school friends from Bellevue, WA, told me the school banned saying "Bob Saget." Kids used it instead of swearing (like the famous Tourettes guy) so much it became a profane phrase. The euphemism got used so much it gained the same status as what it replaced.

From Redditor/u/TickTick_Tick:

Caught gossiping about teachers meant detention. A teacher became pregnant by another teacher who was already married to a third teacher at the school. The goal was mostly to avoid hurting the woman who was cheated on and had her life passed from student to student, but the teachers meant, "Say anything negative about a teacher, get detention."

From Redditor/u/Commander_Shepard_:

Students could not put floppy disks or burned CDs into computers. This rule started after a student wiped school computers using a floppy image with DBAN. The ban lasted one month until the school district's IT department received too many complaints and locked down the BIOS, disabling booting from external media.