Worse than detention
Worse than summer school
There's a place called . . . Basement School
Dad, What is summer school? Some of my friends are going to have to go to summer school.
Dad: Oh, well, summer school is something you have to do if you didn't pass your classes or didn't do what you were supposed to do during the year.
Kids: Will we have to do summer school?
Dad: Not if you did the right things. But, if you do you have to go to school all summer too.
Kids: That sounds awful. Kids take this in - we see their reaction