RULEBOOK
Note: From wandw@wikidot.
Yosulgung is a boarding school filled with roughly 200 students, each and every one of them carrying a dangerous weapon. As such, there are strict rules in place to keep order and maintain discipline. These rules will not always be consistently applied, as different faculty members may have differing interpretations of them, and may even play favorites — they are still human beings, after all. That said, any rule-breaking by students risks disciplinary action
Permitted/Prohibited Areas
Students shall not leave Yosulgung grounds.
Students may leave with the Headmaster's permission, if collected by a parent or guardian.
On the first and third weekends of each month, Third through Seventh Years may visit Halla Town and Jeju City with a permission slip from the student's parent or guardian.
Students are free to travel to Halla Town and Jeju City after classes on Friday (3:00 pm) until curfew (11:00 pm), when they are expected to be back in their dorms at Yosulgung. On Saturday and Sunday they may from after breakfast (8:00 am) until curfew (11:00 pm) on the same day.
Visitors to Yosulgung must obtain permission from the Headmaster or Deputy Headmaster. This includes parents of students, and Assembly personnel. The only exceptions to this rule are members of the Yosulgung Board of Governors, who have free access to the school.
House Areas
Access to common rooms and dormitories is strictly controlled.
Students may not enter the common rooms or dormitories of houses other than their own. Each common room has a protective measure in place to restrict access. Attempts to bypass these protective measures by members of other houses are considered serious offences.
Boys may not enter the girls' dormitories. Attempts to do so will trigger spells preventing it, such as a Slide Spell on the staircases. The one exception to this is a male Prefect in an emergency.
Curfew
Students must be in their dormitories and in bed by a 11:00 p.m. curfew.
Students may not leave their house common rooms until 6:00 a.m.
Prefects may be out of bed after hours if they are scheduled for patrol duty. Prefects must still remain within the palace during patrols.
The Forbidden Valley
The Forbidden Valley (a.k.a. Death Valley) is expressly forbidden to students without a faculty escort. As of the 1965-66 term, students are forbidden from even approaching the valley, due to the increased danger of the mountain troll conflicts.
White Deer Lake
Swimming in the White Deer Lake is prohibited without faculty or Prefect supervision.
Boating on the lake is prohibited without faculty permission.
Though White Deer are friendly, other inhabitants of the lake (such as the Imugi), and the cold itself, can be dangerous.
Restricted Section of the Library
This area is roped off and forbidden to students, unless they present a signed note from a professor.
Books from the Restricted Section may not be removed from the Restricted Section. Books must be taken to one of the desks provided in the section.
Uniform
Students shall be in uniform at all times while on Yosulgung grounds. All articles must be kept neat and tidy (i.e. shirt tucked in, shoes polished, clothing washed and without excessive wrinkles).
Robes (but not the rest of the uniform) may be removed when not in class or at assemblies.
Additions to the uniform are unacceptable without special permission. Reasonable hair adornments, eye-wear, and small jewelry are exempt from this. Excessive jewelry may be confiscated by faculty.
Students may dress casually during Halla weekends, if they have permission to visit Halla Town.
Magic
Magic should only be used by students in relation to school work, or approved extracurricular activities.
Students may cast spells appropriate to their studies in classrooms and other study areas. Study areas include common rooms, and the Great Hall.
Duelling may only be performed in designated duelling areas, under the direct supervision of a faculty member or Prefect.
Students always have the right to use magic to defend themselves, or to respond to an emergency.
Attendance
Students must attend all classes, meals, and assemblies that they are scheduled for.
Only written or verbal permission a Professor can excuse absenteeism.
Yosulgung is a boarding school full of eyes (students, faculty, ghosts, statues, etc), making it just about impossible to get away with playing hooky. If you skip classes, you will be caught and disciplined. Discipline consists, at the very least, of loss of house points and detention.
The requirement on attending all meals is rather loosely enforced. The faculty is understanding, but also knows that skipped meals are a great time for students to be up to no good. Head counts are taken at every meal, and a student that shows a pattern of frequent absence will be warned, and eventually disciplined.
Decorum and Behavior
Students shall maintain decorum and good behavior at all times.
Swearing, kissing, shouting in the halls, vandalism, fighting, provoking, and releasing Drakelings in Mr Kim's office during mating season are strictly forbidden.
During breakfast and dinner meals, all students are required to remain at their house tables for the duration of the meal. During lunchtime meals, this rule is less strictly enforced, and will only take effect if problems arise.
Alcohol and Tobacco
Alcohol and tobacco are strictly prohibited on Yosulgung grounds. Sojuice may be consumed in Yosulgung, but may not be brought back to the school.
DISCIPLINE
Loss of House Points
The most common form of discipline is the deduction of House Points. This relies mainly on house pride and the peer pressure of one's housemates to be effective.
Prefects may dock points from their own house only, though a Prefect's report on the misbehaviour of a member of another house is likely to see that house docked points as well.
Usually no more than five or ten points are taken at a time for minor infractions. But more severe rule-breaking can see the loss of twenty, thirty, even fifty points. Usually anything that warrants such a drastic loss will also be accompanied by harsher punishments. The table below gives a general idea of the average point losses for various violations. By no means are these numbers set in stone, and a given professor or prefect might dock more or less than the average.
Detention
Detention can vary greatly in application. In some case, a student will be assigned extra duties to assist a professor or other faculty member. One popular punishment is making students sweep the numerous wooden walkways in the palace.
Removal of Privileges
Students with special privileges may find them suspended or revoked for severe rule-breaking. Examples of privileges that can be removed are: Halla weekend visits, club membership, playing on the Quidditch team, Quidditch team captaincy, or even prefectship if the perpetrator is a Prefect.
Suspension
Though rare, suspension from school can occur for violations that are severe, but not so severe as to warrant expulsion.
Expulsion
A student will be expelled from Yosulgung only under the most dire of circumstances, and only if they are deemed a danger to other students. This punishment is extremely rare.