Corporal Punishment
Introduction
On a student’s cell phone, a teacher is caught hitting students with a thick stick. He continually hits everywhere from the students’ hips to the head harshly without a hesitation. This video is opened to the public by a student in the class posting it on the Internet. According to the other students, they were punished because they skipped class when the school inspectors came. All the people who looked at it on the Internet were surprised to see this kind of behavior. Recently, we’ve heard a lot on the media about punishment by teachers in school. Some people agree with the teacher’s power to punish, claiming that it is a part of education. However, contrary to this opinion, I disagree with corporal punishment because physical punishment brings only temporary effects in correcting children’s behavior. Also, it can humiliate a child by insulting his or her personality and have a poor affect on their self esteem. Besides, physical punishment can be abused because there aren’t any concrete standards to regulate how much punishment is proper in disciplining.
Hyman (1989) says corporal punishment refers to intentional application of physical pain as a method of changing behavior. It includes a wide variety of methods such as hitting, slapping, punching, kicking, pinching, shaking, choking, use of various objects (wooden paddles, belts, sticks, pins, or others), painful body postures, use of electric shock, use of excessive exercise drills, or prevention of urine or stool limination (p.161).
The effect of the corporal punishment
Some people believe that teachers’ using physical punishment is the most effective way to educate students. It is largely because they believe it brings a very quick r...
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...bad behavior. However, I cannot completely agree with physical punishment. It is largely because the effects of corporal punishment are just temporary. Also, according to studies, physical punishment has had a bad effect on students such as students imitating the corporally-punishing behavior of their parents or teachers and reducing self-esteem and the IQ of children. Corporal punishment can be abused as well. Most teachers are now using corporal punishment out of anger instead of using it to correctly change behavior of students. Spanking children is an action that goes against the times and it is time for a change in the world. Corporal punishment isn’t the best way to discipline children. There are other ways like encouragement and consultation. All in all, I can say without hesitation that we should find other means of discipline instead of corporal punishment.
For example, in 1999 a study in corporal punishment prevalence done by Straus and Stewart found that corporal punishment is more common in the southern US. On the same way, in 2014 Kemme et al. study about the parental corporal punishment experience in childhood and adolescence found that individuals who experience any type of physical punishment by their parents tend to be more punitive that those who come from a household where corporal punishment was not implemented. However, based on class content, physical punishment involving an object is considered as child physical abused, therefore, it should be processed. There are many other ways in which a child can be punished by a misbehavior without having to take the risk of weakening parent-child bond or physically abusing the child. Also, other ways that will not condition the individual to believe that violence is justified, that gives justification to more serious abuse, or to contribute to see punishment as an appropriate means to shape
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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.
Corporal and children punishment is the form of punishment which can include beating, branding, blinding, flogging and other physical pain to restrict unbearable behavior and reforming wrongdoer. Corporal punishment can be judicial corporal punishment, school corporal punishment and domestic corporal punishment. The effects of corporal punishment against children cannot be ignored. In most of the developed nations corporal punishments do not exists (Soneson, 2005). Despite corporal and children are adopted by some families to restrict their children for doing any unnecessary activity but the negative impact cannot be impact. The negative impact of corporal punishment moves beyond its advantages.Families often implement corporal and children punishment to teach their children lesson about any wrongdoings. But punishment can hardly teach children lessons as it can influence to violent behaviors from children (Bitensky, 2006). National surveys reveals that the methods that are used in United States such as pulling ears, shaking, kicking, swatting, pinching, using hair brushes and belts to stop children from doing any unwanted behavior. These methods are applied to the children who are less than 8 years of age (Hunt, 2001). Another survey show that 35% of the parents agree to implement any one or two strategies to babies who are one year old. For some of the parents the applications of these punishments arecruel which lead them to apply suitable punishment to children which would help to change the mentality and any wrong doings (Glenn, 2001). According the data release in United States, it is been revealed that more than 223,190 students are subject to physical punishment from faculties or teachers in the year 2005-2006 (Tunner, 20...
In view of the harmful effects of corporal punishment and the availability of far better disciplinary methods, it is important that school district provide the leadership necessary to eliminate this form of punishment in all schools across the nation. Corporal punishment in schools leads to greater intolerance and condones using physical violence. The evidence indicates that failing to do eliminate corporal punishment will jeopardize the health and happiness of many children and will heighten the already high levels of violence in America society.
Corporal punishment should be used as a last resort when a child breaks the rules, but it should be used when the child maintains the behavior they had been talked to about. So, that the teacher can enforce rules to be followed and show that disruptive behavior will not be allowed in the classroom. If the child than after multiple attempts to fix the problem, still continues with such behavior they should be allowed to use corporal punishment. In a study conducted by “Gordon Central High School found that when teachers used corporal punishment instead of the standard in school detention, or suspensions that students were more willing to take a few paddles on the buttocks than the standard punishment. The school found that when students took the corporal punishment that they were more willing to think before they acted the next time” (Lee and McMahon 3). Therefore, using corporal punishment in school would have a positive behavioral effect later in
According to Parenting Without Punishment: A Humanist Perspective part one written by Leaon F Seltzer discusses the scientific evidence against disciplining a child physically is indisputable. In others words, corporal punishment in a child development can affect the child’s growth. Not only is beating a helpless, dependent child morally questionable, it is also repeatedly been shown to be counter-productive. However, corporal punishment leads the child to do the wrong things because its showing harmful to the child’s sense of self and can damage its inflicts on the child. In addition to that, resent surveys were given to many parents about corporal punishment and two thirds of the parents responded saying, they approve on those actions. Also,
In the following paper I will discuss the controversial issue of the use of corporal punishment in schools. Supporters for corporal punishment say that it is a deterrent to misbehavior and delinquency, is needed to maintain discipline, and is not a form of child abuse. The position against corporal punishment says that it is of limited effectiveness, has potentially serious side effects, is a form of child abuse, and should be abolished in all schools. I think the position against corporal punishment should become the social or public policy. Corporal punishment should not be used as a form of discipline, because it leaves psychological and physical harm on children.
Whether corporal punishment should be allowed in schools has been long disputed. Advocates reason corporal punishment is necessary to produce well-behaved children (Hicks-Pass 71.) Although these supporters of corporal punishment in schools argue it is a normal, necessary part of child education and a successful way to enforce appropriate behavior, it should not be permitted due to the great potential of long-lasting, harmful effects on students such as damaging their self-esteem and causing the belief that violence is acceptable and as there are alternative disciplinary actions that are far more effective such as providing direction and teaching personal responsibility in ways that are meaningful and logical.
Corporal punishment is not the right way to punish children because it is humiliating and will add more bullying to schools. “Children who experience corporal punishment are more likely to hit or use other violence against other students or people(Anastasia 3)” When an administrator or someone kids look up to does someone thing, it makes the thing they do seem ok to their pupils. When teachers hit their students the children will pick up from that thinking it is ok to use violence against other people as well. Some people think that it is ok because it teaches students to express their anger through violence, but this will lead to children being violent against each other. This will cause much more bullying because the children will start to hit each other. Also some children think that it is funny to see other people in pain, so they will laugh or even beat up the children who were hit by their teachers or administrators. Why would any parents allow their children to be bullied and humiliated at school?