- What role do you think the person who wrote this fulfilled in the context of the institution?
- If you were to witness the scene described in the excerpt, what would your reaction be to the children? What would your reaction to the attendants be?
- Do you believe it is morally acceptable to sedate children? Is their a situation that it would be acceptable. Explain your stance.
- Do you think the attendants could justify tying their children to their beds with bed sheets or shoe laces? Explain your stance.
- What parallels can you draw from the children’s treatment to torture?
Garin, G. (1973, October 5). For a Friend in the Snakepit | News | The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved November 23, 2014, from http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1973/10/5/for-a-friend-in-the-snakepit/?page=2
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