#I have so many good memories from when I was John Bender in a Norwegian stageplay adaptation for this! ❤ Times were simpler back then!✨

[thegothicviking]

"Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain...

Andrew Clark: ...and an athlete...

Allison Reynolds: ...and a basket case...

Claire Standish: ...a princess...

John Bender: ...and a criminal.

Brian Johnson: Does that answer your question?

Sincerely yours

The Breakfast Club."

On March 24, 1984, five students at Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois reported to the library for detention.