Do you think corporal punishment should be reinstated in schools?
Why or why not?
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MaryJanine · 61-69, F
@HeadGirl Let's see if I can explain my knowledge of this subject.
One - When my parents were kids in school, teachers, both parochial and public, were permitted to spank kids. This was in the 1930's and 1940's. At that time, parents (my grandparents) didn't object, and often, kids that came home after getting it in school got another one from Mom or Dad.
Before my parents grew up, married, and had schoolage children of their own, the Board of Education (public schools, anyway) abolished physical punishment. This was about 1950 - five years before I was born. My parents were glad to see it go and felt it was THEIR job to it at home.
Two- Teachers are virtual strangers to a child. If I had had to suffer that indignity at a teacher's hands, I would have been humiliated and traumatized, and afraid to go to school every day of my life. I can't forget that schoolgirl in Ohio who got into a fight with another student. The first one got suspended, then they gave the other girl the choice of a three-day suspension or a paddling. She was carrying a double class load and didn't want to miss three days. She chose the paddling. The administrator hit her once - just once - but so hard she had a blood blister across her bottom that lasted several weeks. I call this unnecessary abuse.
Three - Not every child needs/deserves a spanking. I grew up with kids who were both abused at home or never struck at all. I had teachers whose specialty was humiliation in front of the other kids.This included knocking the hats off boys who didn't remove them promptly upon entering a school building, grabbing kids by the hair, shoving kids into a corner while holding them by the arm.
One - When my parents were kids in school, teachers, both parochial and public, were permitted to spank kids. This was in the 1930's and 1940's. At that time, parents (my grandparents) didn't object, and often, kids that came home after getting it in school got another one from Mom or Dad.
Before my parents grew up, married, and had schoolage children of their own, the Board of Education (public schools, anyway) abolished physical punishment. This was about 1950 - five years before I was born. My parents were glad to see it go and felt it was THEIR job to it at home.
Two- Teachers are virtual strangers to a child. If I had had to suffer that indignity at a teacher's hands, I would have been humiliated and traumatized, and afraid to go to school every day of my life. I can't forget that schoolgirl in Ohio who got into a fight with another student. The first one got suspended, then they gave the other girl the choice of a three-day suspension or a paddling. She was carrying a double class load and didn't want to miss three days. She chose the paddling. The administrator hit her once - just once - but so hard she had a blood blister across her bottom that lasted several weeks. I call this unnecessary abuse.
Three - Not every child needs/deserves a spanking. I grew up with kids who were both abused at home or never struck at all. I had teachers whose specialty was humiliation in front of the other kids.This included knocking the hats off boys who didn't remove them promptly upon entering a school building, grabbing kids by the hair, shoving kids into a corner while holding them by the arm.