Picture 200 second graders in a crowded room. Now, imagine it's lunchtime and all hell has broken loose as children run around, scream, and throw food at each other. Now, imagine the underpaid, overworked, stressed out staff that has to tolerate this behavior. What would you do to seize management of the situation?
With the amount of disrespect that happens in school, why would a parent ever question the reason for a "Silent Lunch" to gain control over unruly students? The consequence fits the crime - you act civil while in the building eating or you will be punished by having to sit with your head down. Plain and simple. There is no corporal punishment. There is no humiliation.
So, where is the harm in giving a punishment for those who choose to break the rules? You'd bet your ass that if my child acted like a monkey during lunch, or at any other point in time, I would be more than happy for you to punish my kid, especially with something as minimal as a silent lunch.
This used to happen to us in school all the time. Recess would be taken away if we acted up. We'd have to keep our heads down while other classes would participate in school functions. It taught us that if we didn't act right, we'd be in trouble. And we wonder why, as a society, our children are becoming more badly behaved by each year. We wonder why we have no control over our kids as we sit by and let them run rampant over any ounce of respect we ever hoped of teaching them.
There isn't enough cause and effect punishment in today's world. The longer we "baby" our children and let them get away with misbehaving without reprimand, the longer we'll have to deal with generations of thankless, rude, and unruly people -- who will someday rule this world. Scary, isn't it?
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