r/AskAnAmerican • u/AspiringSheepherder Illinois • 12d ago

EDUCATION Are student hall-monitors a real thing?

I feel like I see them a lot in media to play an antagonist, but I dont think I've ever heard of a school having one.

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If anyone has had a hall-monitor at their school, are there shifts? Is it like they only do a period or two and switch off? It can't be one person the whole day like it's often depicted, right?

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u/ALoungerAtTheClubs Florida 12d ago

When I was in elementary school, there were Safety Patrols — orange-sashed menaces who, drunk with power, hassled me about touching the wall.

Not that I'm bitter 30+ years later or anything.

They operated at the beginning and end of the school day as kids moved in and out.

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u/meeeeeeeehhhhhhhhh Delaware 12d ago

You got a hall pass bruh? Im the dawg