Most of these types of punishment are characterized by the imposition and negative reinforcement of the power relation between the teacher and student. A relationship which should be founded on trust but is in this case founded upon distance and brute power and control. Foucault identifies this as the most corrosive of the psychological powers used to extreme effect in education by Jesuits and in matters military by the Prussian army of the 19th century.
There are other categories
‘ Teacher enters room gives out a piece of A3 paper to each detainee. Tells students to tear it into small pieces . the one with the largest pile will get to go home. they do . Then she dismisses one student ( the highest pile) and gives the others another piece of A3 paper . tells them they must stick their torn up pieces back together on top of the new paper in order to complete the detention. ( Dr. Dominum. I believe thats pretty accurate ; if not please let us know). ‘ Interesting issue for discussion and analysis. you see punishment is multifaceted.