Ok.... Should coporal punishment be applied in schools ?
I saw a student getting caned by the discipline master ... IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE SCHOOl . The reason is ... i think stealing of mobile phones
I know its a serious offence
2006-09-05 02:00:48 · 18 answers · asked by laserboom2003 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
No
2006-09-05 02:02:47 · answer #1 · answered by ninas 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No form of humiliation is ever justified as a deterrent to an offence. School students are adults in their infancy. They make mistakes only because they are new to this World. Such punishment sends them the message that the world is a cruel place and that they are not appreciated. Educators must ask what their objectives are when they dish out such punishment. Educators cannot destroy a child's mind if they cannot educate him. If they lack better ways to turn an 'offending' student around, then they should not penalise the student for the teacher's failure to educate the child. Children often take the blame for the failures of grownups. Teachers should question why their methods to inspire and encourage students are just not good enough to prevent such juvenile offences. If a child causes damage to another, the Law will hold the parents responsible as the child is still a minor. In schools and under the schools care, why should the educators not accept responsibility for the child's behavior? The greatest loss a child can endure is the loss of his self-esteem. Corporal punishment serves to achieve only this. How can educators,of all people, allow this? If Educators accept praise from students on Teachers' Day for all they have done, how can they overlook where they have failed? If they accept credit for students who excel, should they not also accept responsibility for those students they failed? So instead of gaining the satisfaction of hitting children, principals and teachers should get imaginative on ways of turning an offending child around constructively. Concealing their failure to guide a child, under the cover of discpline is not only a cowardly act but an admission of failure. True teachers shape destinies and they look deeper than the offence itself. Corporal punishment for them is never a remedy but a serious complication.
2006-09-05 09:49:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Physical spanking in Public Schools.. NO
However, I do feel the need for a student court for serious offenses. To often the administrator or school disciplinarian over reacts with anger and no thought.
A student should have the same rights as a accused criminal in anything as serious as theft, assault and such. Minor offenses such as tardiness, skipping class can be handled one on one.
Too often punishments in schools are handed out in a arbitrary and capricious manner. Such as Jocks and upper echelon students getting minimal punishments whereas the lower graded students get nailed with greater punishment.
2006-09-05 09:09:08 · answer #3 · answered by Eldude 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not only is it against the law in most countries and he could be put on tria for it and lose his position it doesn't really teach any valuable life lessons. Having someone scrub toilets or working in the school cafeteria instead of having their lunch, or having to apologize to the entire school for what he or she has done and forcing that individual to do some sort of community service is a more productive way of ensuring the student never re offends.
2006-09-05 09:11:36 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Schools should not be hitting students. Appropriate actions would include detentions, suspensions and conferences with the parents.
Unfortunately, too many parents quickly defend their children (He/she isn't to blame... it's the teachers fault... they would never do this at home so there must be something wrong with the school... We're going to sue the school for messing up little Johnny/Suzy)
Mayber it's the parents who should be caned.
This particular student should not have been caned. He/she should have been suspended and turned over to the authorities for prosecution.
2006-09-05 09:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by Bud 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No corporal punishment should not be used in public schools. It's a cheap fast fix with many negatives consequences. When you turn school into major power struggle one day you might have to bring out the guns.
2006-09-05 09:08:39 · answer #6 · answered by Mister2-15-2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is a good thing. I turned out fine.
Spare the rod and spoil the child. See what we have on our hands. Kids who are brats, who abuse their maids and even their parents. Is this the age of reason we want? Incredibly, parents leave their kids to be disciplined by the school by default, and yet when the school does its job, it receives complaints. What is it parents want?
2006-09-05 09:54:21 · answer #7 · answered by calvin o 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would think just being exposed in front of the school would suffice. I don't think the physical hitting adds anything to the punishment.
2006-09-05 09:08:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I don't think anyone should physically punish a child, unless it is their parent. It would be to easy for principal's and teachers to get out of control, especially if they are mad. I would be extremely mad if another adult choose to see it as their right to discipline my child that way.
2006-09-05 09:05:38 · answer #9 · answered by jack russell girl 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ABSOLUTELY NOT! I cannot beleive it is still be used in some schools. There are more appropriate ways to handle things like stealing and other serious offenses.
2006-09-05 09:03:56 · answer #10 · answered by indymama 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one has the right to physically touch or hurt another person. No matter what the crime was.... The discipline master should be reported ASAP.....
2006-09-05 09:03:02 · answer #11 · answered by Lea 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋