The cruel, repressive sound of silence | Letters

Guardian readers respond to the decision of Ninestiles school to ban children from speaking in between lessons

I presume the co-headteachers of Ninestiles (School under fire over ‘silent corridor’ rule, 22 October) are instructing teachers to plan unexciting lessons that do not stimulate minds beyond the particular session? Nothing in the lesson that might provoke continuing discussion afterwards? No cliffhanger questions to be explored in homework or before the next lesson in the same subject?

Still, I’m confident the young people will find plenty of creative silent ways to prove they are still alive.
Ted Pawley
(Former headteacher), Great Linford, Milton Keynes

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