Do you think corporal punishment should be reinstated in schools?
Why or why not?
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MaryJanine · 61-69, F
No. Not even in parochial schools. They had it in public schools here when my mom and dad went to school. Then, I'm not sure when exactly, before my sister went to school, it was outlawed there. My two younger brothers and I didn't suffer through it, although there was hair-pulling with the boys when they forgot to remove their hats (even in the wintertime) which I think was extremely dumb. My mother said, "If any teacher lays ONE HAND on my child (children) I will KILL him or her." (She went to school at least once for all four of us when the teacher wrangled with our outspokenness.)
My grandmother (Dad's mother) put him in parochial school for a year. He got expelled as well as spanked when he answered the nun's "Praise the Lord" with "And pass the ammunition...we're goin' fishin'..." The kids loved it, but the sister didn't. He was the only one of the adults who felt the pointer on his bottom as a kid.
Corporal punishment still exists in places, but not everywhere. Most of Europe and the United States no longer use it in schools. Those that do often don't realize their own strength and can traumatize a younger child or hurt an older one. Before it was banned in Ohio, a 16-year-old honor student took the paddle in lieu of being suspended. The administrator in charge of the discipline hit her once - only once - but so hard she had a huge blood bruise on her bottom for at least a month.
My grandmother (Dad's mother) put him in parochial school for a year. He got expelled as well as spanked when he answered the nun's "Praise the Lord" with "And pass the ammunition...we're goin' fishin'..." The kids loved it, but the sister didn't. He was the only one of the adults who felt the pointer on his bottom as a kid.
Corporal punishment still exists in places, but not everywhere. Most of Europe and the United States no longer use it in schools. Those that do often don't realize their own strength and can traumatize a younger child or hurt an older one. Before it was banned in Ohio, a 16-year-old honor student took the paddle in lieu of being suspended. The administrator in charge of the discipline hit her once - only once - but so hard she had a huge blood bruise on her bottom for at least a month.
