Is my response appropriate?

rhandco
Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:17:05 +0000

Indicate that you received two days of detention for violating school rules.

PERIOD.

Do NOT add anything else.

It is good that you asked. NEVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER EVER offer up information that is not asked for, when applying to a school, when applying for a job, etc… It is not lying by omission to tell them what the discipline was and why (two days of detention for violating school rules). It is abundantly obvious that the “crime” was extremely minor or the punishment would be much more. People (like myself) have gotten detentions for talking in class. Or talking back to the teacher. If you had 20 detentions, or 100 detentions, that might be of concern. Two is not, tell the truth but no more. If they ask you what school rule you broke, say you used your cell phone during a study hall. If you want to add that, and I don’t think you need to, to the app, say: “I received two days of detention for using my cell phone during a study hall.”