Belgian teacher punishes students with ‘Game of Thrones’ spoilers

A Belgian math teacher seems to have found a solution to taming unruly kids: threaten them with "Game of Thrones" spoilers.

When the teacher learned that his students were major fans of the HBO television series, he threatened to reveal the deaths from the unreleased seasons of the show, reports the Guardian.

He has read all of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice novels, giving him knowledge of the deaths that will be revealed in the upcoming television shows.

“I've read all the books,” he told the class, as reported by a student who blogged about the incident on the French site DansTonChat. “If there is too much noise, I will write the name of the dead on the board. They are enough to fill the whole year and I can even describe how they die.”

Students who questioned the teacher's commitment to his word were stunned when, after they acted up, he diligently wrote out all the names of the characters who perished in the third season.

The Belgian teacher isn't the first to devise creative methods for disciplining students.

In 2012, two teenage boys who were caught fighting at their Arizona high school were given a choice of punishment -- hold hands for an hour or face suspension. They chose the former.

It's not just teachers finding unique means of disciplining kids -- parents are catching on, too.

Last year, a Utah dad wore an embarrassing pair of cut-off jean shorts to teach his daughter a lesson about modest dressing. Another dad made his daughter wear a T-shirt with the words "Try me" and a huge picture of his face emblazoned on it after she broke curfew.