History Main / SuckySchool

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': While the facilities in Elmore Junior High are actually pretty good for a middle school (since the backgrounds [[RealPlaceBackground come from on a real-life high school]]), the staff members are the ones who are [[AdultsAreUseless incompetent/unprofessional/poorly qualified]]:

** The school nurse has to put up with Teri the paper bear's hypochondria, Miss Simian treating her like dirt, and Gumball and Darwin trotting out tired excuses to get out of gym class. She spends most of her time huddled under her desk, trying to re-evaluate her career choices, once prescribed herself heavy sedatives and time off school to get away from Teri, and is not being paid well (cf. "The Parasite", where she tells Gumball she wishes she had a six-figure salary, a cabriolet, and a pension plan).

* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': Highland High School. The principal is an [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]] NervousWreck who abuses his power by threatening the lives of a couple of his students and even humiliating them. The teachers also tend to be either abusive, indifferent, or very misguided. Not to mention that the school is constantly vandalized by the titular duo, either [[ChaoticStupid by accident]] or [[ItAmusedMe for their own amusement]]. In fact, it is revealed in the episode "School Test" that the school has suffered significant debt as a result of their stupidity and poor performance.

* Hope's Peak Academy of ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' would probably function perfectly fine as a haven for the best and brightest of society to have their natural talents nurtured if it wasn't for the incredibly SkewedPriorities of its staff. ''Anime/Danganronpa3'' reveals the Ultimate students don't even have to attend class and are simply expected to practice their talents, which include ''luck'' and ''being a princess'' (albeit that Sonia, the princess in question, mentions that her education standards as a royal in her home country are quite strict, so she's probably still spending her time studying), and show them off at a demonstration. Also, [[spoiler:an immoral experiment to create the "Ultimate Hope" by implanting all Ultimate talents known into one person while causing DeathOfPersonality]] was so expensive that they opened the very exclusive school up to the public via an expensive reserve course which sees none of the benefits the talented students pretty much get for free. They also turned a blind eye to [[spoiler:Junko Enoshima's despair-inducing machinations involving the "Ultimate Hope" Izuru Kamukura until it was too late, leading to ''the end of civilization''.]]

* Hope's Peak Academy of ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' would probably function perfectly fine as a haven for the best and brightest of society to have their natural talents nurtured if it wasn't for the incredibly SkewedPriorities of its staff. ''Anime/Danganronpa3'' reveals the Ultimate students don't even have to attend class and are simply expected to practice their talents, which include ''luck'' and ''being a princess''. Also, [[spoiler:an immoral experiment to create the "Ultimate Hope" by implanting all Ultimate talents known into one person while causing DeathOfPersonality]] was so expensive that they opened the very exclusive school up to the public via an expensive reserve course which sees none of the benefits the talented students pretty much get for free. They also turned a blind eye to [[spoiler:Junko Enoshima's despair-inducing machinations involving the "Ultimate Hope" Izuru Kamukura until it was too late, leading to ''the end of civilization''.]]

* Isei High in ''Fanfic/PersonaHeavenAfreaknamedpete'' is the Japanese high school equivalent of Springfield Elementary. It's openly considered a bottom-of-the-barrel school, the teachers are either apathetic, unmotivated, or unable to control their students, and if they are capable its because they were kicked out of better institutions because of politics. The students are just as bad with a serious bullying problem, class cutting is common, and most are easily influenced by the whims of the rumor mill. Though in spite of its openly poor reputation and problems [[DamnedByFaintPraise it's still better than Shujin.]]

** This was [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Bakugou in ''Fanfic/ChangingGears'' . Specifically her picked Aldera as his middle school ''because'' it was a shitty middle school for the sole purpose of making him look like a underdog and propping up his rise to being the No. 1 hero. Naturally he assumes Izuku had the same idea, but decided to "lie" about being Quirkless to give himself an even better backstory.

* Isei High in ''FanWork/PersonaHeavenAfreaknamedpete'' is the Japanese high school equivalent of Springfield Elementary. It's openly considered a bottom-of-the-barrel school, the teachers are either apathetic, unmotivated, or unable to control their students, and if they are capable its because they were kicked out of better institutions because of politics. The students are just as bad with a serious bullying problem, class cutting is common, and most are easily influenced by the whims of the rumor mill. Though in spite of its openly poor reputation and problems [[DamnedByFaintPraise it's still better than Shujin.]]

* A lot of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' stories cast Aldera Junior High School into this role. In canon, all we know is that Izuku Midoriya's class knew he was Quirkless and laughed at him for wanting to be a hero, and that Katsuki Bakugou bullied him for years and was somehow able to get away with it. This has led people to conclude that Aldera discriminates against Quirkless people, and was purposefully letting Katsuki get away with bullying Izuku. Considering that discrimination against Quirkless people does exist in canon (everyone was laughing at him, because he was a Quirkless person trying to become a hero), it's an understandable conclusion to reach.

* A lot of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' stories cast Aldera Junior High School into this role. In canon, all we know is that Izuku Midoriya's class knew he was Quirkless and laughed at him for wanting to be a hero, and that Katsuki Bakugou bullied him for years and was somehow able to get away with it. This has led people to conclude that Aldera discriminates against Quirkless people, and was purposefully letting Katsuki get away with bullying Izuku. Considering that discrimination against Quirkless people does exist in canon, it's an understandable conclusion to reach.

* A lot of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' stories cast Aldera Junior High School into this role. In canon, all we know is that Izuku Midoriya's class knew he was Quirkless and laughed at him for wanting to be a hero, and that Katsuki Bakugou bullied him for years and was somehow able to get away with it. This has led fans to conclude that Aldera discriminates against Quirkless people, and was purposefully letting Katsuki get away with bullying Izuku. Considering that discrimination against Quirkless people does exist in canon, it's an understandable conclusion to reach.

* A lot of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' stories cast Aldera Junior High School into this role. In canon, all we know is that Izuku Midoriya's class knew he was Quirkless and laughed at him for wanting to be a hero, and that Katsuki Bakugou bullied him for years and was somehow able to get away with it. This has led fans to conclude that Aldera discriminates against Quirkless people, and was purposefully letting Katsuki get away with bullying Izuku.

* ''Fanfic/InASkyOfAMillionStars'': Aldera Junior High, Izuku and Katsuki's middle school. While Izuku's suicide attempt is the most prolific screw-up they've had thus far, the place was already seen in a bad light due to various cover-ups and scandals. Izuku himself has no clue how the place is still standing, let alone operational.

* ''Fanfic/{{Statistic}}'' has All Might learning firsthand just how awful Aldera Middle School is after he decides to start working there as the [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]] Toshinori Yagi. Not only do [[BarbaricBully Katsuki]] and most of the other students immediately decide the new teacher isn't worth listening to because of his Quirklessness, his new coworkers make no secret of their own scorn, openly mocking Toshinori and dismissing any complaints by [[JustJokingJustification claiming they were "just joking around"]]. They also repeatedly insist that [[CassandraTruth nobody will ever believe]] any of his or Izuku's claims about the abuse happening at their school, even ''cracking jokes'' when [[spoiler:Izuku goes missing]].

* Isei High in ''FanWorks/PersonaHeavenAfreaknamedpete'' is the Japanese high school equivalent of Springfield Elementary. It's openly considered a bottom-of-the-barrel school, the teachers are either apathetic, unmotivated, or unable to control their students, and if they are capable its because they were kicked out of better institutions because of politics. The students are just as bad with a serious bullying problem, class cutting is common, and most are easily influenced by the whims of the rumor mill. Though in spite of its openly poor reputation and problems [[DamnedByFaintPraise it's still better than Shujin.]]

* Isei High in ''PersonaHeavenAfreaknamedpete'' is the Japanese high school equivalent of Springfield Elementary. It's openly considered a bottom-of-the-barrel school, the teachers are either apathetic, unmotivated, or unable to control their students, and if they are capable its because they were kicked out of better institutions because of politics. The students are just as bad with a serious bullying problem, class cutting is common, and most are easily influenced by the whims of the rumor mill. Though in spite of its openly poor reputation and problems [[DamnedByTheFaintPraise it's still better than Shujin.]]

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/45456406 Statistic]]'' has All Might learning firsthand just how awful Aldera Middle School is after he decides to start working there as the [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]] Toshinori Yagi. Not only do [[BarbaricBully Katsuki]] and most of the other students immediately decide the new teacher isn't worth listening to because of his Quirklessness, his new coworkers make no secret of their own scorn, openly mocking Toshinori and dismissing any complaints by [[JustJokingJustification claiming they were "just joking around"]]. They also repeatedly insist that [[CassandraTruth nobody will ever believe]] any of his or Izuku's claims about the abuse happening at their school, even ''cracking jokes'' when [[spoiler:Izuku goes missing]].

* ''Series/FamilyTies'' had Grant College, which [[TheDitz Mallory]] and [[ExtravertedNerd Skippy]] attend. Again, no mean teachers but the college is known and shown to be remarkably substandard: their radio commercials mention it's "[[DamnedByFaintPraise conveniently located near several major highways]]" and they have a class on opening umbrellas.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': South Park Elementary. It says a lot when one of the teachers is the bewilderingly incapable Mr. Garrison, as he hardly knows how to do his job and is most likely to traumatize his students with whatever shenanigans he comes up with. In fact, one time he ''deliberately'' traumatized his students as part of a scheme to get fired, and [[SpringtimeForHitler it didn't work]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BromwellHigh'': The titular school takes place in a very poor area of South London, and it's full of useless teachers, terrible students, and even worse budgeting.

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': The demented Principal Kuno of Furinkan High is single-handedly responsible for the place being a hellhole loaded with traps that he gleefully uses to torture the students when they try to protest his latest absurd edict (especially his obsession with shaving them all bald). The constant battles that happen within school grounds from people trying to kill Ranma Saotome (such as the Principal's son Tatewaki) just do not help.

* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': Honnouji Academy places ''death matches'' between students (mainly Ryoku); the loser will have to pay the price. It also has a policy where students ''[[SeriousBusiness have]]'' to remain on time for classes, [[DisproportionateRetribution or else]] they will [[ItMakesSenseInContext get pelted with tennis balls]] or ''face expulsion''. [[spoiler:This all changes, however, once its ruler [[BigBad Ragyo Kiryuin]] is defeated and out of the picture.]]

** [[WesternAnimation/{{Detentionaire}} A. Nigma High]] is a reform school which overlaps with JuvenileHell; specifics haven't been released yet but sexual abuse is implied to be going on and when Jenny Jergens was caught running away from the school she begged not to be returned because "They'll kill me!"

** The school nurse has to put up with Teri the paper bear's hypochondria, Miss Simian treating her like dirt, and Gumball and Darwin trotting out tired excuses to get out of gym class, spends most of her time huddled under her desk, trying to re-evaluate her career choices, once prescribed herself heavy sedatives and time off school to get away from Teri, and is not being paid well (cf. "The Parasite", where she tells Gumball she wishes she had a six-figure salary, a cabriolet, and a pension plan).