Sunday Muse # 77

this very latest
creative approach to discipline
(very popular in sweden }
gives a new meaning to ' time out ' 
replacing strict outdated methods
such as
sitting on the naughty step for ten minutes
or  no tv for an hour 

the odd passing pantechnicon
wild bears and wolves 
could prove to be a slight problem
but then  risk taking is part of the journey
confronting your demons is the way
to overcome them

besides there is plenty of fresh air
with  views to inspire a connection
to the environment and reflect on profound concepts
which is what we all know children love to do
if only they were not distracted by traditional subjects
like reading writng and arithmetic or
discipline of any kind

best of all on' time out'
you don't have to go to school
tolerate relics of a past age
boring teachers lecturing you
on
why you shouldn't take drugs
why you shouldn't bully others
why you shouldn't light wild fires in the  school holidays
or
why you shouldn't snatch handbags from old ladies in the mall

worst of all
there are too many  politically incorrect teachers
espousing oppressive fanatically religious based attitudes
such as
why you shouldn't  have sex before the age of ten
why you have to wait until high school before participating in
the very popular sex ed lesson of slipping the condoms over the banana
poor kids
all these restrictions
this haranguing just  goes on and on and on

with any luck in some enlightened country
traditional school subjects and school will be banned forever
and of course there will be research to show how much
happier well adjusted and better informed the kids will be
running free frolicking naked in the forest practising their sign language
because no one can read spell or write anymore
in the progressive institutions of la la land