The Importance Of Corporal Punishment In Schools
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Properly educating our children is an important task. Parents do what they can to provide their children with the knowledge they need, but the bulk of the job of educating our youth falls to teachers, principals and other educational professionals. Parents put their faith in these experts to treat children properly and teach them well. We also charge them with keeping good discipline in the classroom environment. Each teacher has their own manner of doing this.
But when it comes to raising and treatment of children, opinions can vary widely as to what’s best (what’s correct). Perhaps the widest variance of opinion amongst people, even professionals, has to with what is appropriate punishment for bad behavior, particularly the appropriateness of corporal punishment. Even more contentious is the discussion of whether or not the professionals we rely upon to educate our children should be allowed to use corporal punishment to discipline them.
There are those who support corporal punishment in schools and those who do not. The disparity in thought on the matter is reflected in the fact that 19 states allow the corporal punishment in schools and the remaining 29 banning the practice (Nies). No Federal ban on the practice exists and the Supreme Court has upheld the right of individual states to such decisions (Morones). Those who support its use, believe it to be effective. As writer Adam Cohen points out, there is a long held notion from the bible of “spare the rod and spoil the child”, amongst corporal punishment advocates (Cohen).
In Marion County Florida, for instance, a corporal punishment policy was voted upon by the school board and it passed by a 3-2 vote (Morones). School Board member and 14 year veteran elementary school p...
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...se there is so much emotion surrounding the topic. Gordan Bauer and his colleagues state that “Dispassionate discourse is difficult to attain with such an emotionally charged topic... In scientific research, here emotionalism is presumably minimized, considerable gaps exist in the literature which preclude the possibility of making conclusive statements about the impact of physical punishment in school settings (Bauer, Dubanoski and Yamauchi 285).”
The old saying is that it takes a village to raise a child. The “village” is currently divided on the subject of using corporal punishment in the educational institutions in this country. Whatever the point of view, each seeks to find the best practice for raising and educating children. Respectful debate should be the course for deciding the issue, so that all sides can be considered and assessed on their own merits.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that the bulk of the job of educating our youth falls to teachers, principals and other educational professionals. parents put their faith in these experts to treat children properly and teach them well.
- Opines that when it comes to raising and treating children, opinions can vary widely as to what's best (what’s correct). perhaps the widest variance of opinion among people, even professionals, has to do with what is appropriate punishment for bad behavior.
- Explains the disparity in thought on the matter is reflected in the fact that 19 states allow the corporal punishment in schools and the remaining 29 banning the practice.
- Explains that in marion county florida, a corporal punishment policy was voted upon by the school board and it passed by 3-2 vote.
- Explains that in alabama, the leeds city school district has adopted a policy of allowing corporal punishment when parental consent is given.
- Opines that the scientific evidence for any benefit to corporal punishment in the home is thin at best.
- Explains that corporal punishment has shown mixed results in achieving compliance, while physical punishment increases aggression in children and antisocial behavior.
- Explains that there is documentation of a disproportionate amount of african-american students being disciplined by any means. the case brought the issue of uneven application of discipline up for discussion.
- Opines that it is impossible to assess the use of corporal punishment in schools because there is so much emotion surrounding the topic.
- Opines that it takes a village to raise children. the village is currently divided on the subject of using corporal punishment in the educational institutions in this country. respectful debate should be the course for deciding the issue.
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- Explains that spanking is a hotly debated topic and that parents must determine the desired outcomes of discipline.
- Opines that the purpose of spanking is to discourage similar behavior in the future, but children cannot change their behavior if they don't know what they need to change.
- Explains that some parents worry about using corporal punishment in the home because it could negatively impact the child's emotional health. abusive environments are not conducive to a child’s learning environment.
- Opines that it is not practical to determine corporal punishment's emotional impact on a large scale, but one can study the prevalence of mental health indicators to imply emotional health or lack thereof.
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- Explains that corporal punishment is a discipline method in which an adult inflicts pain upon students in response to their offensive behavior.
- Argues that corporal punishment in schools should be abolished and administrators should use alternative forms of discipline.
- Opines that punishing a student with violence is taking the easy way out of the situation, but it is inhumane and lazy. we need to confront the problem head on by taking action.
- Argues that non-hitting states have higher high school graduation rates and act scores than paddling states.
- Argues that corporal punishment in schools is cruel and the remaining states in america who practice it should eliminate it.
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- Explains that child discipline determines how the child will act at home and social settings and instills habits and different values that will stick with a child for its whole life.
- Analyzes how parents' discipline of young children affects many aspects of their lives, and concludes that corporal punishment is frowned upon today.
- Describes conscious discipline as a classroom management program that emphasizes the method of emotional and social learning to promote positive classroom behavior.
- Explains how a study examined the effect of child temperament on the connection between maternal discipline and early childhood externalizing problems.
- Describes conscious discipline as a classroom management program that emphasizes the method of emotional and social learning to promote positive classroom behavior.
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- Explains that a twenty-six-year-old woman in upper darby, pennsylvania, has been jailed for giving her son black eyes. the incident happened on december 4th of 2009, and according to the young boy, mrs.
- Analyzes how a spanking for the huber boys was not going to teach them to never break anything else, but rather address what they broke in the moment.
- Explains that mrs. huber, like other parents, deals with the hard decision of disciplining their child. the use of physical punishment in american homes led to aggression, long-term health issues, and eroded family relationships.
- Explains that corporal punishment can affect a child's long-term behavior. discipline is used to mold and teach kids how to behave, which will eventually prepare them for society.
- Explains that many parents spank their misbehaving child and expose their child to random acts of violence.
- Explains that a research conducted in tanzania, africa interviewed over 400 kids between grades 2 and 7 about physical punishment. nine percent of children had higher-than-normal levels of hyperactivity.
- Explains that studies have linked physical punishment to aggression and criminal behavior, and that corporal punishment contributed to delinquent behaviors such as theft and murder.
- Explains that children who are punished through hitting learn from their parents that important things can be communicated through corporal punishment, which leads them to think it is okay to be violent.
- Opines that if parents show kindness, children will have a reason to behave well on their own. parents need to display positive actions so the child knows to follow in those footsteps.
- Explains that corporal punishment can lead to a violent child who may struggle with mental health issues later on in life.
- Explains that depression occurs in many children when anger is repressed. the inflicted pain caused by corporal punishment is too much for a child to handle.
- Explains that physical punishment can be a frightening and traumatic experience for many children. parents spank their children when they see them doing something bad.
- Explains that children are hit without proper explanation of why they deserve the punishment; they develop poor self-esteem and this can make it difficult for them to adjust socially in school.
- Explains that spanked children may feel disconnected from society and have a hard time adjusting. many children will try therapy to fix or at least deal with the problems that may have occurred many years ago.
- Explains that there are alternative forms of discipline for which a parent may use and see positive results. a majority of children disagree with the use of corporal punishment.
- Explains that healthy parent-child relationships consist of affection, communication, and quality time. children's relationships with their parents may be damaged by corporal punishment.
- Opines that a relationship grows more and more as parents spend time with their child, especially in the younger years, where most of the discipline takes place.
- Opines that spanking a child will result in the child losing trust and respect for their parent.
- Opines that when the home becomes an unhealthy environment to live in, the child will eventually go off and live with friends, complete strangers or end up in the streets. most kids will run away because the relationship they hold with their parent is just unbearable.
- Opines that children who will become adults have trust issues and will most likely not want to get to close to another person.
- Explains that corporal punishment has a huge impact on children's lives, from their emotions to their psychological well-being, and relationships.
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- Argues that corporal punishment can cause children physical injuries, or even paralyze them. according to amber mcd, even the lightest paddle can inflict serious injuries to a child.
- Explains that corporal punishment has emotional and psychological effects that can deeply affect the survivor of the child.
- Argues that corporal punishment is a way of intimidation the child of doing something bad, and an explanation that doing this thing is wrong.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that assault and battery is a term used to describe physical altercation between two adults. however, it does not apply to physical force being used on minors.
- Explains that social tolerance of spanking has been the norm for thousands of years.
- Analyzes how the continuing pattern of injustice is seen in the opposition. the opposing side argues that they were spanked as children and this action has done no long-term damage to them.
- Explains that spanking teaches children that aggression is a tool and can be used whenever they are not pleased with another person’s actions.
- Explains that the brain registers actions and reactions and teaches children how to act and react to daily life situations. repeated spanking can cause agitated, aggressive behavior in the child.
- Explains that child abuse is a fine line away from physically disciplining children.
- Opines that discipline is a learning environment, and children can be taught to follow the guidelines of society without the harsh pain and suffering that spanking brings.
- Opines that children should be taught that punishments can be administered in a safe, loving environment. it is not socially acceptable for one adult to raise their voice to another adult if they were trying to correct them.
- Opines that when parents discipline a child, they need to reassure the child of love involved with discipline.
- Explains that children need to understand what they have done wrong to properly understand the disciplinary action they are being subjected to. if the situation is a heated one, the parent needs to walk away, and let the child do the same.
- Explains that the american academy of pediatrics lays out strict guidelines to provide an effective learning environment for children.
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- Explains that corporal punishment has become a widely known phenomenon all over the world.
- Analyzes how wide shot gives allen a full-body shot to let the audience know who allen is and what he looks like.
- Narrates how a man is hitting his son at home, and the scene switch to school.
- Analyzes how a teacher uses reward system in his teaching. students are grateful and happy.
- Explains that people in different age groups have different opinions about corporal punishment.
- Opines that the government should ban corporal punishment in schools and enact laws to restrict teachers' bad behavior.
- Opines that a good teacher should never use corporal punishment to his students because it is not helpful and it will cause trouble.
- Describes the indirect ways in which a student stands in the corner of the classroom.
- Analyzes cutaway: a video shows a traditional family scene in which the child's father punished him by spanking his bottom. the student reported to his parents, who argued with his teacher.
- Introduces allen lee, an english teacher in luoyang city, henan province, who has been teaching for over ten years.
- Opines that the government should ban corporal punishment in schools and enact laws to restrict teachers' bad behavior.
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- Argues that corporal punishment has been around for thousands of years and that it helps straighten out children's bad behavior fast.
- Opines that behaviorism has its limits in that the experiments were made using animals not children. however, we can find how temporary the effect of corporal punishment when we give punishment to our own children
- Opines that it is controversial to decide how much punishment is proper as disciplines. there are laws regulating physical punishment, but the jurisdiction is left up to the teacher.
- Concludes that they agree with corporal punishment as a discipline in that it brings fast results to the problems. however, they disagree with physical punishment.
- Opines that physical punishment is temporary and can be abused because there aren't any concrete standards to regulate the amount of punishment proper in disciplining.
- Explains that some people believe that teachers' using physical punishment is the most effective way to educate students. physical punishment in child rearing and education appears early in the recorded history of western cultures.
- Opines that corporal punishment has more side effects than advantages. it insults the personality of children and can arouse resistance and shame.
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