Should Corporal Punishment be used in Public Schools?
One could define corporal punishment as harming/inflicting pain in any way, shape, or form to the body. Would one also agree that disciplining or punishing a child is corporal punishment? Discipline and corporal punishment should be viewed as two different things; physically teaching or disciplining and physically beating. Spanking and paddling are very obvious forms of disciplining or punishing a child, but they should not be viewed as corporal punishment. So the question becomes, whose responsibility should it be to discipline or punish a child? Physical punishment of any kind should not be the job of any school authoritive figure, but should be the responsibility, if deemed necessary, by the parents, and parents alone. I believe that most people do understand and realize the difference between the definition of corporal punishment and parents teaching, punishing or disciplining a child. To a child there is a huge difference between mommy or daddy spanking them and the teacher hitting them with a ruler or paddling them. Children understand that their parents punish them to correct their behavior, but if their teacher does, they believe that just anyone that doesn't like they or what they are doing can hit them. This
Lawrence Wade, a syndicated columnist, along with corporal punishment activists would argue that this punishment will instill respect and discipline and brink back order to schools. (Wade 61) He goes on to say that he's not for child abuse, and corporal punishment must be defined. (Wade 62) The problem is that's a contradiction to a lot of people who believe they are the same thing. · Keeshan, Bob. "Corporal Punishment In School Would Not Help Children" from Bob Keeshan "The Time Is Now." The Humanist Nov./Dec. 1988. Rpt. in Opposing Viewpoints: Americas Children. Ed David L. Bender and Bruno Leone. San Diego: Greenhaven, 1989. 65-68 Raising children is obviously one of the harder things in life to do, and in most cases parents know best. Parents know their children like others don't, because kids are their parents, just smaller versions. Most parents discipline their children, whether physical or not, the way they feel is the best way for their child. Joan Beck, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, states that is why millions of parents use spanking as a necessary and inevitable part of raising a child. She goes on to say that many pediatricians approve of spanking as a necessary strategy to keep children from turning into obnoxious brats. (Beck 2) The question that now comes up is when do children become brats, and when is it to late to correct it? Again, Beck states that babies and teen
Some common words found in the essay are:
, Lawrence Wade, Frederick Green, Beck Corporal, Chicago Tribune, corporal punishment, Dan Warrensford, Corporal Punishment, Diego Greenhaven, Paddlings USA, Students USA, child abuse, legal child, keeshan 67, punishment school, beck 2, corporal punishment school, legal child abuse, legal 10a, ed david bender, wade 62, lawrence wade, usa 8, children ed david, americas children ed,
Approximate Word count = 955
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
