Corporal punishments should not be re-introduced in schools. The idea of ’firm but fair’ is often use to describe the ideal punishment – but it is fair‚ and for that matter‚ is it effective to use corporal punishment in schools? In the next few minutes I’d like to show that not only is it ineffective in dealing with belligerence - or students who won’t do their homework it is also counter-productive. The truth is that if a child is doing something wrong - playing instead of doing their
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Purpose: To persuade the audience to be for corporal punishment in Desoto county schools. Attention-Getter: Good morning. How is everyone doing today? If you were caught in a wildfire would you think to start a smaller more controlled fire in a line or circular pattern to deplete the fuel source of the oncoming blaze? In this case the term fighting fire with fire is being used literally but there are other cases where this phrase isn’t so literal. Some vaccinations use the same virus that caused
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EN 102 April 21‚ 2012. Lack of Corporal Punishment Ever seen a young child yelling or saying inappropriate things to a parent‚ and all the parent could do was to tell the child to stop speaking that way? It is a sad reality to see a child disobeying or talking back to his or her parents while being corrected for his or her misconduct. Where has the respect gone? Many parents and researchers are puzzled on why the issue of child misbehavior is getting worse year after year‚ and what
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non-physical forms of discipline are more ethical and effective. Thesis Statement: Use of corporal punishment as child discipline is both unethical and ineffective. “When I was about 20 years old‚ I met an old pastor’s wife who told me that when she was young and had her first child‚ she didn’t believe in striking children‚ although spanking kids with a switch pulled from a tree was standard punishment at the time. But one day when her son was four or five‚ he did something that she felt warranted
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Corporal Punishment as an Act of Dicipline Every now and then we hear about cases where school children are hit by their teachers even over minor mistakes‚ and even recently we heard about a case where a ten year old boy was beaten by his teacher in Singapore (Corpun‚ 2000). This caused a widely publicized case in the local and even some international media. It has been debated and argued by many parties as corporal punishment and is now viewed as something which does not have any valid justification
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Effects and Effectiveness of Corporal Punishment in U.S. Schools The Effects and Effectiveness of Corporal Punishment in U.S. Schools Merriam Webster defines corporal punishment as 1: punishment applied to the body of an offender including the death penalty‚ whipping‚ and imprisonment. 2: punishment administered by an adult (as a parent or a teacher) to the body of a child ranging in severity from a slap to a spanking ("Merriam-Webster‚" 2011). Currently corporal punishment is legal in nineteen U
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Mr. S Eng 101 february 24 2011 Corporal Punishment wrong or right After reading the article “hitting bottom: why America should outlaw spanking” (Emily bazelon) we find many reasons why outlawing spanking is a priority. The article seams to push the subject of corporal punishment into other areas that make the articles argument seam light. I believed that outlawing spanking would be a big mistake. It gets
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a student from Drew Junior High School in Dade County‚ Florida‚ was paddled by his principal twenty times on 6th October‚1970 just because he was a few seconds late in coming down from the stage of the auditorium. Ingraham was punished so violently by the principal of the school that later he was admitted to hospital‚ and had to be away from the school for two weeks (Sterett). Even though this incident happened forty years back‚ the practice of corporal punishment is still taking place in some parts
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Parental Corporal Punishment In different households across the nation many parents spank‚ whip‚ swat‚ or paddle children in order to punish them for doing wrong or to act as a buffer against unacceptable behavior. These types of actions are acts of corporal punishment. Researchers Abraham Andero and Allen Stewart of Alabama State University define corporal punishment as “a discipline method in which a supervising adult deliberately inflicts pain upon a child in response to a child’s unacceptable
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Corporal punishment is a very complex and controversial topic. It’s hard to decide what is right and what is wrong when discussing how to discipline children. There are some people who are unfamiliar with the term corporal punishment and for you‚ I have provided a definition. It is the use of physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience pain‚ but not injury‚ for the purpose of correction or control of the child’s behavior. I have had the opportunity to read several definitions
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