# SF Story - School uses brain implant to punish kids **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [May 24, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-school-uses-brain-implant-to-punish-kids/1002036 "2024-05-24T18:51:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mikestone8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Mikestone8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikestone8)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-school-uses-brain-implant-to-punish-kids/1002036/1 "2024-05-24T18:51:57Z")
Story appearing in SF anthology (possibly kids’ sf) from early 2000s or before… Girl visits brother at boarding (reform?) school. Learns that he and other inmates have chips planted in their brains which can administer agonising headaches to punish unacceptable speech ot behaviour. She intends to help but finds that her parents have enrolled her there also and she will presumably get chip of her own implanted. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-school-uses-brain-implant-to-punish-kids/1002036/2 "2024-05-24T19:02:25Z")
Welcome to the Straight Dope. I moved your thread from #Factual Questions to the #Cafe Society as your question is about a written story and generally entertainment and food related threads go here. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-school-uses-brain-implant-to-punish-kids/1002036/3 "2024-05-24T19:03:58Z")
You should ask @Andy_L. [Ask the guy who is pretty good at SF Story Identification - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-pretty-good-at-sf-story-identification/462417/1) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-school-uses-brain-implant-to-punish-kids/1002036/4 "2024-05-24T19:45:38Z")
Unfortunately I don’t know this one ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-school-uses-brain-implant-to-punish-kids/1002036/5 "2024-05-24T19:47:15Z")
Darn, it sounds like a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-school-uses-brain-implant-to-punish-kids/1002036/6 "2024-05-24T20:47:28Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Unfortunately I don’t know this one Has that ever happened before? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-school-uses-brain-implant-to-punish-kids/1002036/7 "2024-05-24T21:06:39Z")
Sadly yes ---
**Author:** ![Mikestone8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Mikestone8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikestone8)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-school-uses-brain-implant-to-punish-kids/1002036/8 "2024-05-25T06:59:20Z")
Possible clue. I understand that another story in the same anthology related to a telephone that could receive calls from the future. Learning that she is to die in (I think).a plane crash, the heroine’s efforts to avoid this death actually result in bringing it about - shades of “Appointment In Samarkand”. Don’t know if that helps… ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-story-school-uses-brain-implant-to-punish-kids/1002036/9 "2024-05-25T13:43:42Z")
It can’t hurt to have extra info.