If corporal punishment was brought back into schools do you think it would improve bad behaviour?

roger.williams20@btinternet.com

I do not think that corporal punishment in schools would improve bad behaviour. It would break down the trust between the reacher and pupil and I truly believe teachers would hate giving corporal punishment. The only way to improve bad behaviour in to generate a warm understanding between pupil and teacher and obviously an effective teacher produces the best results. Some children are too difficult to control in main stream schools and I believe those most challenging individuals should be taught in special schools with appropriate teachers. A disruptive pupil can affect the concentration of the whole class and if faciltation or mediation fails the they should be segregated. It is important that a school identifies the underlying reason why a pupil is disruptive and treats the cause.

railer01

how about corporal punishment back into the home, parents need to quit being such wussies about spanking....socialization begins at home....

simon m

I dont think it would stop bad behaviour, but I do believe people are not made to be responsible for ther own actions anymore. In my day it was called being naughty, but today we call it attention deficit syndrome?

Doethineb

I can only quote my mother's experience of teaching home economics in rather rough areas of London. Her final position was teaching boys in a school where the headmaster rarely used his cane, but was well known to be capable of doing so. (This was obviously some years ago!) There was no problem of discipline, the pupils were really motivated and, as she put it, she'd never had it so good!

That suggests that corporal punishment (even when it remains largely theoretical) does have some positive effect.

hexeliebe

Corporal punishment IS being practiced in many schools around the country and it has no measurable effect on behavior.

Susie D

I remember back in Elementary school my principal has the "Board of Education" hanging on the wall behind his desk. I never saw him use it, never heard of him using it - but I knew it was there and I didn't want to take the chance of finding out what it was like. I had the RESPECT of the authority he held and I obeyed the rules.

Plus there was the added consequence that I knew any trouble I got in at school would be swiftly reported to my parents who would add their punishment on top of that of the school. I had the RESPECT that my parents were the authority at home.

Parents now a days make way too many excuses and puff up to defend their children's bad behavior when what they should be doing is putting a stop to it. I am the mother of 4 and I coach young people - I demand RESPECT. I am not afraid to spank in my own home if the situation warrants it, and I am not afraid to holler when one of my athletes gets out of line. There are logical consequences to bad behavior - and kids need to be aware of that.

MajorTom Â©

Yes. You only have to look at the break down in conduct today compared to when corporal punishment was allowed.

bringmesunshine is back!!!

As a 6th form student, what would you know?

I'm 34 and was never beaten at school or at home. I have never committed a crime.

snakepit999

Mmmm...Battle Royale...Now theres an idea????

mad

When I first started teaching corporal punishment was still used in schools, and I hated it at the time because it seemed so barbaric. Admittedly behaviour was better then, but it was a different world. I don't think you could bring it back now - there would be too many cases going through the courts, and the European Court Of Human Rights certainly wouldn't allow it! Ultimately it is the duty of parents to ensure that their children behave in a socially responsible way, and without the cooperation of those parents, the effect of schools on children's behaviour is extremely limited.

bunter

Hard to go back now. Everything is in such a complete mess we should reserve corporal punishment for the politicians who caused it

SUE G online

I think so, because just the thought of the cane used to stop us getting up to mischief, and parents need not worry, because if their children are good at school, then they wont get punished.

cakeyspig

I hate to answer a question with a question but it wouldn't make this behaviour any worse would it?

smellyfoot â„¢

Yes. There is no way to discipline kids anymore. The kids know that they can get away with atrocious behavior. Suspension is a joke - they don't want to be at school anyways!

sensible_man

Corporal punishment has to begin at home. Too many people think the schools are supposed to not only teach their kids, but raise them also.

valf

Yes I do, it didn't do me any harm........BUT it also should be challenged at home.....I have three sons and they are all grown up now but they knew if they gave any cheek, police at door exactly what would happen......If they were to big for me to reach them then the frying pan would have come out.....Never needed to use it but the perfected look is enough even for the grand children....lol

i most certainly do. when i was at school you wouldnt dare back answer the teachers for fear of the cane and after having worked in a school for 5 years i see how disruptive the kids can be now. They have even been known to disrupt exams! we just wouldnt dare... they have no respect for the teachers at all because they just arent scared of the consequences.....

thevoice

It certainly would but the EU would never allow it and we
would have to repeal the Human rights act and get out of European courts jurisdiction.

Andrew G

Yes, but then teaching the little darlings how to behave at home before they went to school would be much more effective.
(Bring back the birch!)

Spacephantom

OK - since you've changed your name to something less offensive, I've edited my answer.

I don't think corporal punishment is an adequate deterrent for unruly school children, and can cause severe psychological stress in cases where it is used unjustly.

Detentions and the threat of expulsion, or perhaps even financial penalties for parents in cases of extreme bad behaviour, are better as solutions in my opinion.

mary

It's just more violence. I wouldnt allow teachers to hit my son at school, and he was perfectly well behaved.

Gus

Certainly!
And the follow up is to expell.

NORMAN W

A friend of mine has three daughters,all of whom went into the teaching profession in different parts of the country, one in Plymouth, one in Lincolnshire and one in the NR of Yorkshire.

The only one remaining in teaching is the one in NR of Yorkshire.

Both of those that have left quote that bad behaviour of children is the main cause, the other states she is considering leaving due to the bad behaviour of children.

Some of the incidents of bad behaviour they quoted to me were outrageous and the awful thing about it was that so- called well behaved children think it was funny. A lot of the bad behaviour is violenct behaviour.

When I was at school many moons ago, pupils did as they were told. If they did not conform to set standards they were caned. It was accepted by both children and their parents.

I also agree with the answer given that corporal punishment should be meted out by parents on children when they are old to understand why they have been chastised.

The trouble is, you get people like Mary who says she wouldn't allow a teacher to punish her child. It is people like her that are the cause of a lot of the trouble nowadays.

I can't myself see the point in what appears to be the norm these days and 'SEND HIM TO THE NAUGHTY STAIR' What a childish response to the serious problem of discipline.

Scottus Britannicus

Absolutely, beat the little shits. I would have like nothing better than when I was at school, seeing a large number of people there subjected to a lesson in pain. Capital punishment should be reinstated too so that if corporal punishment does fail, we just kill them off and weed out the gene pool.

katydint

Absolutely.
Those teachers would straighten right up.

It would be a step in the right direction.................

Punishment in prison would not be such a bad thing either instead of TV/Games and the chance to study full time for a qualification. Oh and a sentence that fits the crime would be nice please............

Spot

NO.

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