DD being asked to design a torture method for homework??

BillyBarryBoo · 29/03/2022 16:48

That's v odd. I'd send a note in saying DD is not completing this hw

fiftyandfat · 29/03/2022 16:49

Personally I think that is horrible. Very disturbing.

cloverlover · 29/03/2022 16:50

a bit strange! I can only imagine that they think it would engage their imagination, a bit like horrible histories does by making it gruesome.

fiftyandfat · 29/03/2022 16:50

Also, how is it relevant?

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 29/03/2022 16:51

They are year 8. Do they really need to be encouraged to think of new ways to torture people!?

Imagine this could be read in two ways if you're a secondary school teacher

Applecottage1234 · 29/03/2022 16:51

That is seriously inappropriate!

I’d actually contact the head teacher on this

galacticpixels · 29/03/2022 16:52

That's really messed up!

Popetthetreehugger · 29/03/2022 16:52

This wouldn’t sit well with me . I think it’s de humanising … fun ways to kill people ! Couldn’t they look at ways that they tried to help each other and see if it stoop test of time ? LikeThieves oil , used in the plague … still used today , still working?

SummerDays2020 · 29/03/2022 16:52

That's awful. At that age having to do something like that would have traumatised me and given me nightmares. Probably would still feel like that if I was made to do it now.

NightmareSlashDelightful · 29/03/2022 16:53

Huh. Pretty sure I had to do this for history homework too. (This would be almost 30 years ago)

Is there a context? i.e class discussion of how torture was used as a means of controlling through fear, etc etc.

MargaretThursday · 29/03/2022 16:54

Ds would have probably offered his sister singing.

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milkysmum · 29/03/2022 16:54

Just in case I'm missing any context of this homework request. DD is adamant she needs to do this as doesn't want to get in trouble. I told her I would contact school for her but she says that would just be embarrassing and she would still get detention!

DD being asked to design a torture method for homework??

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MabelMoo23 · 29/03/2022 16:54

As a school governor - whilst we don’t run the school, we do oversee and hold the school to account. I would be very unhappy both as a parent and as a Governor if this was suggested in my school.

Highly inappropriate - yes ok fine talk about the way things used to be and how the world has changed.

But do we torture now? No we do not. Therefore not appropriate

elfycat · 29/03/2022 16:55

Could she suggest making Tudor children do homework, as the torture itself?

HellToTheNope · 29/03/2022 16:56

Sounds like an interesting project to me.

MuggleMadness · 29/03/2022 16:57

@milkysmum

DD has been set her history homework for this week. She has to design a ' new Tudor Torture device'. Draw it, label it etc and explain why it would be more effective than previous know torture devices! AIBU that this is a bit unnecessary? They are year 8. Do they really need to be encouraged to think of new ways to torture people!?

Year 8, not 8 years old. What's the problem? Do you micromanage all of her homework??

eddiemairswife · 29/03/2022 16:59

Unfortunately we do torture people now.

Lovebroccoli · 29/03/2022 16:59

I don't think it's appropriate, there are plenty of other things to do with the Tudors. Why can't they design a Tudor garden, or a Tudor outfit, or piece of jewellery, for example?

thingymaboob · 29/03/2022 16:59

I would definitely be making a complaint. Really inappropriate and what exactly will they learn from this?! I think this is really sick.

334bu · 29/03/2022 17:00

Year 8, not 8 years old. What's the problem? Do you micromanage all of her homework??

Really is that your take on this,?

Pieceofpurplesky · 29/03/2022 17:00

I would have loved this as a homework. In English we devise a new spy device which gets them to think about why and how.
They are studying crime and punishment by the look of the worksheet - it links in. If they've watched Horrible Histories they will
Know all this stuff anyway.

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milkysmum · 29/03/2022 17:00

No, I absolutely do not micromanage her homework. I was just struggling to see the relevance of getting teenagers to think up new ways to torture people- seems odd.

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NightmareSlashDelightful · 29/03/2022 17:01

@milkysmum

Just in case I'm missing any context of this homework request. DD is adamant she needs to do this as doesn't want to get in trouble. I told her I would contact school for her but she says that would just be embarrassing and she would still get detention!

Well it probably wouldn't hurt (hah!) to get in touch with the history teacher and see if there's a bit more context to this.

NightmareSlashDelightful · 29/03/2022 17:02

@MabelMoo23

As a school governor - whilst we don’t run the school, we do oversee and hold the school to account. I would be very unhappy both as a parent and as a Governor if this was suggested in my school.

Highly inappropriate - yes ok fine talk about the way things used to be and how the world has changed.

But do we torture now? No we do not. Therefore not appropriate

But do we torture now? No we do not.

Oh sweet summer child...

Hereward1332 · 29/03/2022 17:02

Presumably it will be leading up to a discussion on why torture does not work and should be consigned to the past. Without knowing the context of the course, I would trust the teachr is not a bloodthirsty idiot.