A School Replaced Detention With Meditation, And The Impact? This Is A Must Watch!

Remember detention? Maybe you don’t (you goody two-shoes…), but if you do, it’s probably not a pleasant memory. It’s a form of discipline that yields mixed results. But what if a school decided to turn this whole philosophy on its head? It’s not fantasy — it has happened, and the results have been overwhelmingly positive.

Detention is used as a punitive measure at schools all over the world.

It’s kind of like an elementary or middle school version of prison. Kids act out and get punished by being forced to sit in a room for a period of time.

But there are plenty of reasons that this might not be such a great model.

Think about it: a kid who acts out is a bundle of energy. Does it really make sense to force them to wait out their punishment in a sterile classroom? Surely there are other ways to calm kids down.

Educators at one elementary school thought there must be a better way.

This is Robert W. Coleman Elementary School in Baltimore, Maryland.

Educators decided to replace detention with meditation.

It makes sense, after all. If a kid acts out, what will calm them down faster — sitting in a classroom as punishment or learning meditation exercises?

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