Monday - November 03, 2008

Unruly school pupils will be punished with… a foot massage. (punishment liberal style)

Ever see anything so totally stupid?
Oh right. Not since yesterday.

I GUESS THIS IS HOW THE LEFTARDS THAT MAKE THESE DECISIONS THINK THEY CAN CONTROL BAD BEHAVIOR.
How much more stupid will they get?

Unruly school pupils will be punished with… a foot massage

By Ryan Kisiel
Last updated at 7:46 AM on 03rd November 2008

Some say massaging feet can curb aggression.

Pupils who create mayhem in the classroom are to face a punishment that will make them quake in their shoes.

They will be asked to slip off their socks before being given a foot massage designed to control their unruly behaviour.

Medical experts say there is little evidence that such treatment can improve the behaviour of young tearaways.

Yet Labour-run Lambeth Council in South London is to spend £90,000 next year sending reflexologists into its schools to practise their soothing art.

The team, from a company known as Bud-Umbrella, will work in 60 primary and 14 secondary schools, with children under 13 deemed to be badly behaved.

The firm is run out of a flat in Brixton and its website claims reflexology ‘releases energy blockages’, ‘can calm aggressive feelings, improve listening skills, concentration and focus’ and ‘relieves headaches and sinus problems’.

Tory MP John Penrose is unimpressed. ‘The idea that a foot massage is going to keep a hoodie happy is laughable,’ said the member for Weston-super-Mare.

‘Experienced teachers have a range of ways of dealing with badlybehaved pupils and stroking their feet is not one of them.

‘Dealing with bad behaviour should not look like a reward to those who misbehave. Discipline should be brought back into schools.’

Mark Wallace, spokesman for the TaxPayers’ Alliance campaign group, said: ‘How on earth is the education system going to succeed if there are luxuries given out for naughty children and nothing at all given to those who work hard and do well?

‘With everyone struggling in the financial crisis, this is crazy money being paid out on a crazy scheme.’

Despite Lambeth’s enthusiasm for foot massage in schools, reflexology sessions are not provided for the wider public by the local primary care trust.

The traditional healing art dates from the ancient Egyptians and Chinese. It involves manipulation of pressure points in the hands and feet and is often used to ease period pain, headaches, sinus and back problems as well as the effects of chemotherapy.

By massaging different points on the feet, therapists claim they can unblock energy pathways and help the body regain its natural balance and heal itself.

Reflexology is not a regulated therapy and medical authorities have raised concerns that qualifications are not needed to perform the massages.

However Lambeth Labour councillor Paul McGlone said the council was right to provide the alternative treatment.

‘It’s incredibly important that we address young people’s behavioural problems and we make no apologies for using different and innovative methods but this obviously won’t replace more traditional ways of dealing with anti-social behaviour.

‘We need to deal with the root causes of young people’s behavioural problems and nip them in the bud - prevention is better than cure.’

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Wanna bet the kids are laughing their socks off?

Posted by peiper     on 11/03/2008 at 10:32 AM   
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