How exactly do “permanent records” work? Do they actually exist, especially beyond school?
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Hah! No.
Once you leave primary/secondary school, nobody cares how many times you got written up for talking in the hall or pranking the vice principal, unless you got charged with a criminal offense (and usually not even then, as minors’ records are typically sealed).
It’s a scare tactic to keep you in line. It only matters if you have to change schools – then, a scholastic disciplinary record can a) bias officials at the new school against you or b) cause them to decline an inter-district transfer request or similar.
Your grades, activities, standardized test scores etc matter if you’re worried about college admissions, though.
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