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Sitting quietly for a half hour with only one's own thoughts is hardly as terrible as you make it sound. If anything, it builds character. It is an experience a
by inimino 10y ago
Sitting quietly for a half hour with only one's own thoughts is hardly as terrible as you make it sound. If anything, it builds character. It is an experience and a challenge.
Keep in mind that detention was introduced after corporal punishment became socially unacceptable.
- rgrieselhuber 10y agoThis was sitting all day, not for a half hour.
- inimino 10y agoI missed that. Still, I think it's reasonable. Being forced to sit and think is not such a terrible punishment, and it seems that it "fits the crime" in the case of truancy.
- rgrieselhuber 10y agoWell, I got a good book recommendation out of the deal.
- eeZah7Ux 10y ago> builds character Evidence needed.
- icc97 10y agoEvery time someone mentions 'builds character' all I can think of is Calvin and Hobbes: http://michaelyingling.com/random/calvin_and_hobbes/search.php?phrase=builds+character http://michaelyingling.com/random/calvin_and_hobbes/search.p...