Were you punished by the experience of DOING NOTHING? Was the worst thing a teacher could inflict upon you to show you how wrong your behavior had been - a simple hour of not doing anything? Were you one of the lucky ones who never had detention? Then you probably can do meditation by choice, which all gurus tend to agree, meditation is the key. I did have a few teachers who were kind enough to let us do our homework during detention, but the worst most strict form of detention was a teacher who made us do nothing for an hour, no sleeping, no reading, no writing, no talking. Sound fun? Now detention is a part of life and is called meditation.
Check out vipassana - Meditation is like defragging your internal hard drive.