thank you thedaras, quite rightly so, not angry, just never heard of the like of this before, detention was always done after school,the girl involved is 17, I was just taken aback at the fact that the teacher was ok with her travelling at that hour, I know there are some teachers on this site and was just looking for advice, Setanta 12, thought there might be a change in the "rules" so to speak!!!! I didn't think it was a ridiculous query... merely a question,this is a site intended for those, is it not? I called the school and rescheduled the detention for Fri eve from 3pm til 3.45pm. Thank you thedaras.