My daughter has been given half an hour's detention at lunchtime for 'talking in line'.
This is her first term at Junior school, she is a very well-behaved child (yes, I know all parents say that). She likes to please, and is horrified at getting kept in. Last night she was crying and unable to sleep for thinking about it.
She says that she was just answering another child's question and that it's difficult to just not answer. She says there was no warning, and she had no idea the punishment wd be half an hour's detention.
My point is that she says she will be kept in for half an hour, during which time she is not allowed to do anything except sit.
Regardless of whether she deserves the punishment, it does seem an awfully long time for a 7 year old in Year 3 to sit still.
Would it be unreasonable of me to talk to the teacher and ask, at least for the first time, for it to be reduced to 10-15 minutes?
TBH it seems completely dispropotionate and counterproductive to do this at all, but I do understand the school has rules.