I was watching Fox News and they said that kids now days are becoming so bad because we don't punish them anymore. Fox News suggested we bring back capital punishment or let teachers carry hand guns to scare the kids into submission. I think that is a bit extreme. Your thoughts?
2007-03-10 12:06:11 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
fox news said Capital, as in the death penalty. that is what they used to do in the 1300-1500's and it was apparently effective
2007-03-10 12:14:29 · update #1
I think you meant to say, "corporal punishment", or is this one of the Roseanne Rosanadana questions like Gilda Radner used to ask?
Corporal punishment should return.... with a vengeance.
I have a friend from Slovakia who was invited to teach math at a New York City public school. He says that most of his time and effort is focused on just getting his "zoo kids" to pay attention. He was totally shocked at how they acted, hence his coinage of the term, "zoo kids". In Slovakia, students would never dare act this way.
We should learn a lesson from Catholic school nuns, who used mild intimidation and punishment to great effect. When you were in Catholic school, you paid attention. If you didn't..... WHACK! The nun would crack you on your knuckles with a ruler, and that really stings. Believe me, all these kids who supposedly have ADD and such just need a Catholic nun presiding over them.
2007-03-10 12:18:17 · answer #1 · answered by pachl@sbcglobal.net 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When I went to school, they used the "board of education". Paddling in front of the whole class or a smack on the hand with a ruler worked wonders. It wasn't the pain that deterred misbehavior, it was the embarrassment. I don't remember a lot of disruption when I was in school unless the teacher left the room, of course.
I think if the schools use suspension as punishment, they should make the kid do some kind of community service on those days so they can learn something positive from the experience.
Instead of detention, have them wear a sash that says, "I am learning good manners" and have them do something embarrassing like holding the door open for all of the students when they come to school in the morning for a week.
Another thing might be to have them write a signed, 500 word essay on why it is important to follow rules and not be disruptive in class. Then hang it on the bulletin board for all to read. Grade them on it.
Punishments in school should teach kids how to get along better and enrich life. It doesn't hurt anybody to learn a little humility.
2007-03-10 12:48:33 · answer #2 · answered by BekindtoAnimals22 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you mean "corporal punishment". Capital punishment usually involves the death penalty.
I actually think corporal punishment is a bad idea, though we do need a better way of keeping our kids in line. Corporal punishment only discourages people when there actually is a valid reason to break the rules. It also places too much power in the hands of delinquent teachers. Instead, we ought to have "privilege restrictions" like free periods as a privilege, grade-related punishments, extra assignments, and more frequently used suspension. We also need to teach our kids the right things in elementary school, so they grow up with the right values.
2007-03-10 12:14:22 · answer #3 · answered by Owen 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think you mean "corporal" punishment, which means paddling. Capital punishment is the death penalty.
Corporal punishment worked well when I was in school. Teachers, and other school employees, along with parents and other visitors should be able to legally carry concealed firearms in a school just as they are legally able to carry them on the city street. No legal guns means that only the bad guys (kids or otherwise) have guns. Why not let a properly trained school employee, with a CCW license, carry on school property? And why not punish students for breaking the rules? School is preparation for real life. You need to learn, in school, that if you break the rules there will be consequences, just like in real life.
2007-03-10 12:16:32 · answer #4 · answered by J.R. 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ummm.... are you asking about CORPORAL punishment? As in spanking? Capital punishment (i.e. death) might be a little extreme for an educational institution, unless we're going back to the Spartan military academies.
UPDATE: HA HA HA HA!!!!! Leave it to Fox News to waste time and energy on the public airwaves asking about crap like that. Yeah, I'm sure parents are gonna be signing up to send their kids to those schools! Well, it might fix the education budget problems in a hurry. They can call it the "No Child Left Alive" act. "It was apparently effective" - I bet!
2007-03-10 12:12:26 · answer #5 · answered by dreamed1 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Capital punishment in schools? What are you proposing? Killing little johnny because he pulls Susie's pig tails? I realize our society has become more barbaric than before but isn't that taking things too far? What method would you use, gas chamber, lethal injection, the gillotine?
Maybe what you are talking about is corporal punnishment. If that is it I favor it to a point. As long as it is not abused. There needs to be witnesses and specific guidelines for what you smack the little brat with.
We also ought not ban TAG on the playground or ban dodge ball or kickball either.
2007-03-10 12:14:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I didn't want anyone hitting my kids! There are other ways to control kids without hitting them! Hitting is only teaching kids that it is O.K. to hit others & they carry that thought into adulthood!
No corporal punishment in public schools! If you send your kids to private schools, find out what the punishment for diobedience is before you enroll them.
With corporal punishment there is always the chance for it to get out of control because some kids will fight back, never a good idea. Please, no guns by teachers!
2007-03-10 12:25:03 · answer #7 · answered by geegee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Capital punishment in schools? I didn't know they ever had it. Although, if I brought home a bad report card, I was dead meat. And if the teachers carried guns, that would just help to even the playing field.
2007-03-10 12:14:27 · answer #8 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think they meant to say "corporal" punishment, meaning the authority to hit children (bare-handed, or with rulers).
If Fox News did suggest that teachers be allowed to carry guns for the purpose of scaring children, I can only hope they were joking or that they actually were referring to using guns in self defense.
2007-03-10 12:12:58 · answer #9 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Schools never had capital punishment. They had corporal punishment and as a high school teacher in the South Bronx I can say that you can control a class without corporal punishment.
What needs to happen is that the gov't needs to start listening to the teachers instead of making recommendation based on what they feel is best.
2007-03-10 12:11:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋