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Ball and chain to force children to study
Parents struggling to get their kids to revise in the run-up to exams can now keep them at their desk using a ball and chain that only unlocks when they have studied for long enough.
Concerned mums and dads set the desired study time on the Study Ball and attach it to their child's ankle.
A red digital display counts down the "Study Time Left" and the device beeps and unlocks when the time expires.
The prison-style device weighs 9.5 kg (21 pounds), making it difficult to move while wearing it.
It cannot be locked for more than four hours and comes with a safety key that allows the manacle to be opened at anytime.
The ball and chain costs £75 and is sold online at curiosite.com.
The website says: "Quite often, students who are having problems concentrating tend to get up every ten minutes to watch TV, talk on the phone, take something out of the fridge, and a long list of other distractions.
"Were they to dedicate all this wasted time to studying, they would optimise their performance and have more free time available.
"Study Ball helps you study more and more efficiently."
Designer Emilio Alarcon came up with the idea after a friend likened revision to being in jail.
He said: "Studying can be fun and enriching if you do it once in a while, but no one likes to study for days on end, especially not with an exam date looming overhead.
"The project was born of a conversation I had with a friend who was studying for a civil service exam.
"He said 'I haven't left the house in a week, this is like being in jail'."
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Posted in: News on January 19, 2010 @ 7:50 PM
Tags: Parents, School, Stupid, Youth Rights
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Not sure whether to laugh or cry... I think I'll laugh. This is actually pretty funny... in a sick, twisted kind of way. As if anyone is actually going to study while chained like that.
Whelp, these people aren't fucking HUMAN
...Please tell me this is a joke.
.-= Idzie´s last blog ..On Being "Childish" =-.
There just *has* to be some sort of law against this.
Is this real? It's sad that I can picture parents actually using these on their kids. If someone tried to put one of those on me, I would seriously beat the crap out of them.
it wouldnt work if your kid was superman! unless they have one made of kyriptonite...that violates my constitutional rights!!
When i first saw the title I thought that is was a metaphoric ball and chain, not a literal one!!!!!!!
Really, are we really this needy for children to study?
I would call the fucking police if my parents put that thing on me. It isn't human, the people who use this on thier children are treating their kids like animals!