Train Them like Rats!


The guardian (uk) is running an interesting story about the sudden popularity of camps like 'Brat Camp' where kids are routinely 'broken down' as an educational method.

The author argues that this is very similar to the idea of 'positive reinforcement'. Not only are the kids exposed to wilderness and tough life, food and freedom deprivation are also often used to enforce behavioral changes.

More than two dozen teens have died while in such programmes.




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