since the abolish ion of corporal punishment in schools teachers have lost control and now the pupils can?

Question

do as they please.should we bring back some form of corporal punishment and give control back to the teachers???

Answer 1

I completely understand how kids can get out of control, but using violence as a way of reigning them in is not teaching rules, but teaching that hitting to get results is acceptable. I understand the frustration and desperation but I don't see corporal punishment as a good means to an end. I would never want my children to fear that I will hit them. I'd rather they learn respect and what is and is not acceptable behavior. It sure can be a long hard road, but I think worth it in the end for kids to come to learn behavior habits rather than violent measures.

Answer 2

No.

I may suprise you to know that I am not opposed to parents using spankings in their own homes. But I am opposed to it at school. Let me tell you why.

some kids are abused and we don't know it. Spanking these kids, even if done properly and for good reason, will work against earning their trust and teaching them the lesson we want to teach them. They will not be able to distinguish between the abuse at home and the spanking at school.

Teachers and administrators will become lazy. Where spanking is available, then that is what is used. Other forms of discipline which might be more appropriate to the context and offense will be ignored.

For middle school and high school boys (and some girls) spanking or a paddling is a source of pride. A test of "manhood" to go to the principal's office and get 3 swats.

And, if you are a parent, do you really want to give someone you might not know permission to hit your child?

Teachers do need to authority to discipline students in their classrooms and they especially need the parents to back them up, but good teachers can discipline effectively without laying a finger on a child.

Answer 3

No, no, no.
In my class pupils do not run riot; if children respect you and you are firm but fair you will get results. I have been teaching long enough to remember the time prior to the abolition of corporal punishment and I certainly wouldn't like to go back to those days.

Answer 4

Ask yourself this one question. Could you honestly stand in a room with a child, ask him to extend his hand and deliver six strokes of a leather belt. After the first stroke he shakes, perhaps his eyes water; after the second stroke he is definitely crying and you insist that he keeps his hands stretched out in front of him. The third stroke hurts so much he does not want to put out his hands for the fourth but he must. You deliver a fourth, fifth and a sixth stroke of the belt. Do you feel good about this. You don't, because that's not what this punishment is about. It is about showing the child that what he has done is wrong. Does it work? I don't think so. Because the same child offends again and again.

Answer 5

Most young children can be controlled without hitting, but some of them just need there tail tore up. I tell you that is why I never worked with children and never will, because I would yank one of those little smart asses up and pop the crap out of them. I can not stand a disrespectful kid.

Answer 6

I brought up 4 kids. I dont recall ever hitting them. I suppose some parents and some teachers need to use violence but if they do surely this is sign of their failure

Answer 7

I've always said that I think the cane should be brought back. It would be so difficult to reintroduce it though when we've been without it for so long.

Answer 8

I don't know if it would help, and I don't see it happening. But I see defiant children in schools all day long... good question!