to think strict doesn’t automatically equals good when it comes to school?

[Merryoldgoat]

I have several friends who’s children have just started high school. These are some of the rules:

No talking in corridors
Single file in corridors
Detention for lateness (even if 1 minute)
No brands of any kind
Bizarrely prescriptive rules about shoes
No artificially coloured hair

It feels like every single time a child tries to express themselves they get punished.

Is this what every school is like now? My DC are younger and I’ve not experienced this but I’m dreading it to be frank.

If you teach in a school like this how do you feel about it? It feels so draconian.

A decade ago I was pretty much anti petty rule and everything. Sent DS1 to an ok local school with minimalistic uniform, and quite relaxed about general stuff. Now, in the hindsight, I think he would have benefited from more discipline rather than less. Noisy corridors, where kids stampede like cattle, low-to-mid level disruption in classrooms -- certainly not very helpful to concentrate, especially for a kid who's not overly academic.
With subsequent DC we're rethinking this. DS2 in in the same school but will go to another because they have have better facilities. DS3 - will think about it.