is it right that teachers give kids lines?

Answer 1

I think lines are absolutely useless. At my son's school they are made to write out the school's code of conduct. A work exercise would be much better, or a task so that they learn whilst doing it.

Answer 2

As a teacher, sometimes we just need to get the disruptive student busy writing lines, so we can continue teaching the kids who desire to learn. The student always has a chance to redeem him/herself before "choosing" to receive the lines to write, by fixing their behavior. I say choosing, because it the student who chooses the inappropriate behavior worthy of receiving a punishment writing.

My writing assignments are useful however. I have a pre-printed sheet of paper that says-

List the rules in my classroom:



What did you do today that is inappropriate?




How can you fix this problem?




This allows the kids to focus on what they were doing wrong, and think of ways to make it better.

The bottom line is that, if the kids are behaving - then this wouldn't be a problem! I can only do so much at school. I have called parents to let them know about behavior problems, but they don't seem to be strong enough with their parenting to help in any way. Nothing changes the next day. When my son got in trouble for being too silly at school, I took away all of his favorite toys, and an activity that we were going to do the following weekend. He couldn't get his toys back until he had a good report form the teacher for the rest of the week, which happened right away. If parents set firm limits - we wouldn't have this problem.

I got in trouble ONE time when I was in school, in third grade, and I was so embarassed that I never got in trouble again.

Answer 3

If you mean is it right for teachers to give "lines" as a punishment, then there is no good reason why they can't.
If you mean do they have a deterrent value, I hardy think so.
Anyone with an IQ higher than a farthing can switch off as they repeatedly write the stupid things and lower than a farthing? Well they will be operating like an aotoman anyway!
They have absolutely no intrinsic value, whereas an essay on the cause of the student being given an essay to write does at least engender some thought- no matter how paltry.

Answer 4

I very much hope so!! In the absence of the cane/belt/strap, and in the absence of "proper" and rigid detention periods, the teacher's now have no real way of disciplining children at school, courtesy of this "nanny" government, so yes--more lines please! Spelling and grammar are also improved by doing "lines", also children need to know that there is a price to be paid for misbehaving during the school day.....in the workplace, an adult would get warning's, or be fired...so children need to learn.

Answer 5

I'd say yes, give them lines. Not that it's the lines themselves that break you, it's the way that the teacher glances over them to check that they're neat and then bins them with complete disregard.

All that time-and in neat writing too-mortifying, but effective in the absence of any REAL discipline options-I mean, even detention has 48hrs notice these days!!!??

Answer 6

I thought the question was clear. Yes - I agree with lines, only because it's better than some of the other forms of punishment / Discipline from older times. If you're asking the question, one would assume you're doing them? You should really try to stay away from getting into trouble altogether then you won't have problems.....

Answer 7

Yes, I did thousands and thousands of them when I was a kid, and is probably why I have neat handwriting now. I didn't mind getting lines from teachers, but hated it when the prefects at school gave them to me. Normally I deserved a punishment - thats why I got it.

Answer 8

It was 1971 when *I* left school but certainly in my day they most certainly did, yes. If you were given detention or had misbehaved, they would give you 100 or 200 or however many lines you had to write like "I must not drop rubbish in the playground" or something connected to what you had done. They thought giving you something mundane and monotonous that connected with your misdemenour would encourage you not to do it again.

Of course sometimes it had the totally opposite effect with some boys. :)

Answer 9

I'm a student and i don't get that much detentions because i stay out of trouble.
Yes it is right to give dumb kids that think that their hard and cool and always treat teachers like their just like sheet.
You must do it 4 the sake of the children.

Answer 10

if the threat of lines is a deterant to being naughty and encourages kids to work then YES, bu if it ends up not being a deterant and they have half the class doing lines every day then NO!