Ms. Lawson has the following rule in her classroom:
Use appropriate language: no teasing, put-downs, or profanity.
She and her students also agreed on the following expectation:
Be kind and respectful toward others.
Ms. Lawson thus has a zero-tolerance approach toward teasing. If she hears a student teasing or putting down another student, they receive an automatic lunch detention. Is this intervention a consequence or a punishment? Why?