Classical punishment (again)

Add the West Park School in Spondon, Derby, England, to the list of institutions that use classical music to punish miscreants and deter further misbehavior:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/jan/18/classical-music-deterrent-schools

Besides dissing a cornerstone of Western art, using classical music as punishment is so day-before-yesterday. It's high time musical disciplinarians exercised more imagination and initiative.

The universe of off-putting music is vast: polka bands, mandolin orchestras, Hawaiian steel guitar, Rudy Vallee, Tiny Tim, Alvin & the Chipmunks, Mongolian throat-singing, field recordings from Karaoke bars. One dose of "The Ethel Merman Disco Album," and the threat of repeat performances, would turn any juvenile delinquent into a model citizen.