2007-03-06 05:30:12 · 13 answers · asked by country-girl 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
BULL. I teach in an alternative school. If paddling was allowed I would have fewer students. Fear and pain are great motivators. The people who "wouldn't allow anyone to spank my children" usually have the biggest brats in the school. This is from years of experience.
I know this won't be popular here in "social worker heaven" but it's true.
2007-03-06 05:49:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
The problem is that people have changed. Used to be that children were paddled, a few minor swats, at school and it served as a wake-up call. And as most people were normal, this wake-up call was all they needed to get back on the right road. But today, even young people, many folks are just incorrigible. They have no sense of right or wrong nor do they feel any guilt or remorse about anything. You can't paddle decency into people.
2007-03-06 05:42:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. corporal punishment should be up to the parent and only administered by the parent. No principal or teacher should be responsible for hitting children.
For one thing, there's a huge liability issue there--what if the kid gets hurt and the family sues? I think the legal side of that would make our schools much worse because they'd be spending $$ on lawsuits and not on kids.
For another, it just send the wrong message. It brought violence into schools. . .that wasn't a huge thing before other elements of the school became more violent, but now that there are fights, weapons problems, and bullying, any added violence is just going to make things worse.
2007-03-06 06:11:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure, we could go all retro and take kids back to the years where most kids only had an eighth grade education and were taught in one room schoolhouses by sixteen year old teachers too...I don't think paddling is the answer at school, I think parents are allowing their children to be disrespectful, and society at large encourages a me-first attitude...many "children" these days go to school armed and a confrontation could be deadly...society has to take a stance against certain behaviours as a whole...manners are practically obsolete
2007-03-06 05:42:04 · answer #4 · answered by jgirl 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
no, there is never a reason to hit a kid, there are several ways to deal with the problem, all of which are better then a paddling. when I was in school I would stop and think , is this action worth a butt busting sometimes the answer would be yes, ( like when I chased the girls for a kiss ) other times I would be forced in to a decision not of my own choice. give me a break I'm only a kid.
2007-03-06 05:44:18 · answer #5 · answered by ibnbad 1 · 3⤊ 2⤋
No, having corporal punishment in our public schools acts as a deterent. I remember being in school and being more afraid of "getting paddled" and being embarassed in front of my friends than the actual pain of getting spanked. The embarassment, more than anything else, kept me from acting out in school.
2007-03-06 05:38:44 · answer #6 · answered by Doug H 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, but I think the school system lost a lot of great women compared to when the only job options for women were mainly teaching and nursing.
2007-03-06 05:38:07 · answer #7 · answered by lillilou 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. School personnel can only do so much without the parents help. Sadly, most parents today either won't or don't know how to raise their children to even behave properly, much less be interested in education.
2007-03-06 05:43:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.
Our school systems would be better if parents emphasized the importance of education to their children. I was taught to read by my parents. So were most of my classmates at college (Caltech).
2007-03-06 05:38:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
i think people think i would not want them to paddle my child,,,, but the real thing is would your child be acting up if they knew what the consequences would be,,,,, i think the child would think twice before getting in trouble if they knew what would be the response
2007-03-06 05:42:30 · answer #10 · answered by cmhurley64 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋