lol.. sounds like they didn't want you participating in something festive (if you would consider it a festive occassion)
In my opinion, anything but rap session was a festive occassion and certainly required celebration from having your ass chewed out. When I was there I remember watching 3 movies and they would have one at least once every 2 months or so.
Halloween the host parents came and gave out candy, of course the oldcomers had to inspect it afterwards.. why? didn't they trust thier own host parents? strange.
I think the worst punishment that I myself recieved was my intake since I was only there for 6 months there I just wanted to do my "time" and leave and not get into trouble.
My intake was 10 hours long in that little room with 4 chairs, white walls and nasty carpeting.. ugh.
I tried running my 1st hour there, it took 5 people on the guys side to hold me down. I was physically strong at the time, and nearly escaped.. lol
The worst group punishment was sitting up completely straight and staring at the wall for an hour, we couldn't allow our eyes to shift and staff was watching ALL of us pacing up and down making sure we didn't do anything bad.
I still think my back is screwed up from having hands being shoved down my back and making me sit in a completely uncomfortable position for hours.