Do you think corporal punishment should be reinstated in schools?
Why or why not?
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ArtieKat · M
In my opinion it should never have been made illegal. When I was growing up the cane - just the threat, really - was a great deterrent at the schools I attended.
I'm not optimistic that in this day and age, where offenders' rights are given so much credence, that corporal punishment will ever make a return.
I'm not optimistic that in this day and age, where offenders' rights are given so much credence, that corporal punishment will ever make a return.
MaryJanine · 61-69, F
My mother used to say (I can still hear it today): "If any teacher lays ONE HAND on my child, I'll KILL him/her." She felt it was HER job to spank us, not some stranger we barely knew. And those that are still spanking for punishment don't know their own strength, or traumatize the little ones. Spanking was prohibited by the time my siblings and I got there, but I would have NEVER wanted to go back if it ever happened to me. Did you read my reply to another poster who shares your opinions? I told him abut the 16-year-old honor student in Ohio who took a paddling in lieu of a suspension. The administrator who hit her once - JUST ONCE - but hit her so hard she flew across the desk and had a huge blood blister on her bottom for months. Ohio no longer paddles (thank God) and I'm all for it.