Boredom = Torture
According to The Telegraph, a school’s isolation unit has been likened to Guantanamo Bay.
The room is painted totally black. The walls, the partitions, the window blinds – everything was black.
The partitions down one side created four cells where school kids are expected to sit at a desk all day.
I would rather take my son out of school than see him spend time in that dungeon.
Gosh. I recall on one occasion I was required to stand alone in the lobby of the school for one hour as a punishment for something or other. At the time it just annoyed me, but now I realize that it was in fact a shockingly medieval form of punishment. Boredom plus public humiliation. Perhaps I should sue the school under human rights laws.
Get real. Boredom + public humiliation are just about the only punishments that you can legitimately apply in UK schools. Next they’ll be asking that teachers refrain from using sarcasm to humiliate kids in their classes.