Given an unfavourable report for home That ranges from very severe to very lenient depending on how the child’s parents are likely to react. Does it mean a damn good thrashing or just a just a mild rebuke?
Deprived of games or some other favourite lesson Which is it? Not having to do games would be be a reward, not a punishment. In fact, I frequently accepted a punishment (the slipper) just to get out of doing games. Being deprived of any lesson would be a punishment but quite a lenient one.
Regarded as a person to be watched closely by staff What me all you like. If that’s all the punishment entails, I couldn’t care less. It only becomes a punishment if, by being watched, I’m likely to get caught doing something which would earn me a real punishment.