Would you be happy if slapping..etc.. school students for misbehaving was brought back?

Question

I wouldnt be happy about it

Answer 1

sometimes wonder why schools can't,in my day we had the cane or a ruler on the back of the hand.kids weren't as hardfaced back then and we had respect for our teachers and elders.now they go round bullying others and then get excluded from school WHAT GOOD DOES THAT DO THEM!!only teaches them that if they do wrong then they get a couple of days off school.No i'm sorry i think they should bring back the cane.

Answer 2

What does slapping, strapping, or beating a child teach them? Only that someone bigger than them can physically dominate them. They already knew that.
There are reasons for poor behaviour, and finding those reasons is more important than showing the child who is boss.
If you look at the training techniques used for purebred dogs and horses, they all stress rewarding good behaviour, not punishing bad behaviour. Kids respond to the same techniques. Unless your kid isn't as bright as a horse or a dog, and not many parents would agree with that hypothesis.
In some cases, the child needs to be isolated, and removed from a situation where they persist in bad behaviour, so they can start again and be trained in good behaviour.
On the other hand, no teacher has to put up with out of control kids in the classroom who disrupt lessons and interfere with the learning processes of other students.

Answer 3

Well, having taught many years ago when paddling was not only allowed but expected, I think SOME kids were better behaved but the practice was terribly abused. I would not like it to return but I would really like it if parents would start doing their job of preparing their darlings for school as little ones and demanding good behavior. When parents bad-mouth the teacher at home and make "threats" against the teacher what message does that send the child? I have had children come to school and say " You can't do anything to me. My (fill in the blank) said they would come up here and slap you/get you fired/beat the sh*t out of you."

Answer 4

No, I would like school to be a privilege. If a student didn't do the work when he was capable, he would be sent to a remedial school for students without disabilities. If a student acted up, he would be sent to a "military" type school that focused on discipline. Only students proving themselves would be allowed to return to the regular school and they would only have ONE return to the regular school. If they messed up again, back to the old grind in their remedial or military-type school. If students behaved with respect, teachers would get a lot more done every day instead of wasting time of those who just want to cause trouble and mess it up for the others. Test scores would go straight up, up, up!

Answer 5

Wow. Such devotion to a terribly underfunded system...
Cut class sizes, pay teachers more, and reduce the ridiculous dependence on standardized curricula which make monkeys of everyone--except the giant publishing companies. When school becomes more than a discipline factory, when the parents and the nation recognize it as more than that, then the rampant discipline problems will evaporate.

Raise taxes--you get what you pay for.

Answer 6

No,

I would be happy if troublesome students that effected the work and progress of other pupils were suspended and eventually expelled if they dont change their ways.

Slapping kids nowadays will open a whole kettle of worms, the objective should be to create an atmosphere were those kids that want to progress are able to

Answer 7

Absoloutly, if you'd asked me a few years back I'd have said 'no way' but kids think it funny to 'happy slap' maybe they should get some back. The punishment would have to fit the crime though, slapping a pupil just for talking would be a bit harsh, but if they were bullying other kids then they'd deserve it.

Answer 8

Argh I hate this question. I so badly want to say yes .............but I just can't


Actually coming back to this and reading some of the other answers along the lines of "it's not the schools place"
How about if some of the parents would take some responsibility over their precious little darlings and start doing their job as parents. Then there would be no need for it at school.

Answer 9

When I was at school, there was the Belt or strap, a 2 pronged leather strap. Very viscious. Im not entirely against bringing it back, but when it was legal in schools, there was less disruption and no violence towards teachers, because there was always that underlying threat of going to see the head and getting the Belt

Answer 10

Actually, yes.

I believe corporal punishment would be a more effective method to keep kids in line. Reinforcing punishment with physical pain is more likely to prevent kids from doing something bad, as opposed to just yelling at them.

If there's one thing that really bothers me, it's disrespectful kids with bad attitudes. How can kids be so disrespectful to their teachers, and then expect to succeed in the real world? If anyone were to treat their boss with the same attitude these kids treat their teachers, they'd be fired on the spot, and possibly slapped with a lawsuit. American society allows for too much freedom already, it's time we get our children to understand how to handle it responsibly.