Bringing Back Corporal Punishment

Bringing Back Corporal Punishment

Since the turning of the past years the idea of corporal punishment in schools has been brought up again. School shouldn’t be a place where violence is the punishment, students need to focus on their education. Although corporal punishment scares children straight from misbehaving, we should not bring it back because it can damage the child physically and mentally.

Corporal punishment could bring back control the classrooms once had in previous years. John Madala said, “We’ve got to equip the teachers with the tools they need to maintain structure and control in their classrooms” (Stepzinski). In this century most teachers need more control but violence isn’t the answer. Some teachers just need to be more assertive and take charge of their classroom. John Madala has also mentioned, “Corporal punishment would be another tool in the box to control unruly students” (Stepzinski). Children who act out don’t need anymore exposure to negative violence in their life. Hitting someone will not correct their mistakes or teach them right from wrong. In conclusion no matter how much more control a teacher needs or wants violence should never be the answer.

Corporal punishment would negatively affect the students learning environment. “Corporal punishment is big hurdle in creating a learning - friendly environment in schools” (“Corporal Punishment”) said Akbar Khan. Children these days are already exposed to too much negative violence. It would also very difficult to balance corporal discipline between a learning - friendly environment. I asked Stacy Wyant the 8th grade counselor of Hefner Middle School in Oklahoma City Oklahoma, could corporal punishment possibly make the student afraid to co...

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...ncrease and that will negatively affect them in the long run. In an overview of the topic corporal punishment does not need to be brought back into the local school systems because no child should ever have to go to a school which was meant for learning to get hit when they make mistakes. We are only human, we were made to make mistakes.

Works Cited

Collecchio, Brianne. "Spanked children more likely to have low self-esteem.” Guelph Mercury (ON) n.d.: Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 24 Feb. 2014.

"Corporal Punishment Is a Crime: Social Activists." Frontier Post 27 Sep. 2013: Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 24 Feb. 2014.

Stepzinski, Teresa. "Glynn School Board to Consider Bringing Back Corporal Punishment: Some Want Corporal Punishment to Come Back to Glynn Schools." Florida Times-Union, The (Jacksonville, FL) 13 Dec. 2009: Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 24 Feb. 2014.