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If we allow teachers to physically harm the students within reason, then students will achieve higher grades.
(choose your best arguments) (legal questions)
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1 Is effective against bad behavior in short 1 Spanking or harm may be 1 It has been shown to have
term compliance. It can stop a bad action immediate but it has long positive effects on the short term
immediately (stuns) bad behavior. Instead of term effects in a student's small issues. It is only bad when a
a prolonged bad behavior it can be abruptly self esteem. (Clay Jones) It parent abuses a child. This
stopped. (Clay Jones) can make a student feel includes harm that is caused by
humiliated by his peers for bruising and excessive pain.
References/Sources: having received the (Clay Jones)
1 Clay Jones from Science- based Medicine punishment and affect them
negatively.

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2 Punishment over time becomes stale and 2 Only constant abuse can 2 How can we regulate how hard
students get acclimated to it. In other words it cause students to become to hit students. What if students
makes them hard and unfeeling. This can bad in the future. A light snap are highly sensitive and are
cause the student to have a hard heart and a into reality never hurt largely affected by even the
loss in creativity. It creates students who anyone. (Clay Jones) smallest physical contact. They
become unfeeling. (Intervention Central) can already be suffering from
home. School should be a safe
References/Sources place. (NCPC.org)
2 intervention central which has information
from The application of behavioral principles
to educational settings by Martens & Meller in
a handbook on psychology.

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/corporal-punishment-in-the-home-parenting-tool-or-parenting-fail/

http://www.interventioncentral.org/behavioral-interventions/challenging-students/what-every-teacher-should-know-
about%E2%80%A6punishment-techni
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3 Those who were physically disciplined 3 The crime rate has been 3 This study pertains to the
performed better than those who werent in a rising for many other students and children that were
whole series of categories, including school reasons and there is more spanked or put in time out for
grades, an optimistic outlook on life, the students doing better in reasonable amounts of time and
willingness to perform volunteer work, and school for other reasons as within reason. The effects that were
the ambition to attend college, Gunnoe found. well. There is no way that a beneficiary outweighed the
And they performed no worse than those who study can prove that a ban negative effects of corporal
werent spanked in areas like early sexual of a certain law has directly punishment. The crime rate actually
activity, getting into fights, and becoming affected the outcome of went down instead of up.
depressed. She found little difference another. In order to
between the sexes or races. represent California, there
would have to be more than
References/Sources: 179 teenagers interviewed,
3 A study entailing 2,600 interviews, including such as those who were
179 teenagers who were spanked by their abused and not only
parents. -Pro Spanking Studies by Theodore spanked.
Kettle-

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4 According to the NCPC, Students spend 4 The Wellness category in 4 School has to be an escape for
more time at school than anywhere else, so the US News website, a the students. They would want to
they should be in a secure, positive and renowned website for feel a comfortable environment
comfortable environment. How can a student having accurate statistics where no harm is inflicted upon
feel safe in the classroom when they are in claims that 70 to 90 percent them.
constant fear of being punished with harm. of parents already practice
This could potentially be traumatizing to a some form of physical
student and make them feel unsafe in the discipline. Therefore the
classroom. (NCPC) students would feel a
similar environment to
References/Sources home.
4 National Crime Prevention Council on a (US News)
topic of school safety
http://www.ncpc.org/topics/by-audience/parents/school-safety

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2014/04/29/spanking-may-be-more-common-than-parents-admit

http://debatewise.org/debates/547-corporal-punishment-should-be-reintroduced/
http://www.newsmax.com/US/spanking-studies-children-spock/2010/01/07/id/345669/
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5- 6000 teachers were questioned. One in 5 One in five teachers? 5 Teachers go through a strict
five believed that classroom behaviour had This is the also the figure training program that entitles that
deteriorated since the abolition of corporal then of how many teachers they are certified to reach a
punishment and they believed the education need more training! The student. As lomng as they are hired
system would improve with the reintroduction only reason why a minority correctly and have their credentials
of corporal punishment. The teachers need a of teachers want to see a then they should be doing their job
way to control the classroom other than just reintroduction of corporal right. Students could be becoming
words. The children must be disciplined so punishment is because more badly behaved because of
that they know what is wrong and what is they do not have any the removal of corporal punishment
right. Clearly there is a connection with the effective discipline methods such as (Times Educational
banning of corporal punishment and the under their belts. The Supplement).
increase in bad classroom behavior. answer? More training, not
resorting to corporal
References/Sources: punishment. Also
5 Survey completed by the Times Educational remember that school is for
supplement. learning and it is the
teacher's job if the students
are doing poorly. Corporate
Punishment is just and
excuse for teachers to whip
and hurt people

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6 Corporal Punishment has now been 6 Many countries outlawed 6 There are many other alternatives
completely banned in 42 countries, such as homosexuality, female to corporal punishment that are
Germany and Spain. Furthermore, there are workers and abortions, but obvious and far more effective than
numerous countries which are on their way to this does not mean that all harm. (Emory University School of
banning it such as Italy and Nepal, who have of those countries were Medicine by Sheena Carter)
forbidden it by the courts but not by law as of correct to do so. It only Change your approach from one of
yet. Corporal punishment is becoming widely means that these countries reacting to undesirable behavior to
discussed all over the world and the were in agreement against one of planning for appropriate
consideration to completely ban it is something, it does not behavior. Look for ways to
becoming a frequent topic. Therefore, mean that what they were encourage your child to succeed at
corporal punishment should not be all advocating was logical positive behavior, and promptly
reintroduced as evidently the fact that so or reasonable.If countries reward his or her attempts. There
many countries are against it portrays the claim that they do not want are other punishments as well that
negativity it brings and the banning of it in so corporal punishment then are not physical such as a simple
many countries must be for a good reason. they need to bring other timeout or taking away something
This is why the US took action in 1981 by alternatives to it. for short periods of time.
banning it in some states because they saw
the negative impact it was having on children.
We should continue on this path and remove
it completely.

References/Sources
6 UN Tribune by Denis Fitzgerald

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/education/3123827/Teachers-Bring-back-the-cane-to-restore-
order-in-schools.html

http://www.pediatrics.emory.edu/divisions/neonatology/dpc/alternat.html
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7 Students learn from punishment to 7 The power of physical 7 As long as the teacher has the
differentiate what is right and what is wrong. punishment to teach a child right morals and wishes to pass
The quick action lets the student know when the difference between right them down to the children, they can
they are doing something that is wrong. This and wrong is doubtful. A do so by invoking punishment and
then gives them motivation to do what is right young child may learn that reward. The punishment of course,
instead. Learning to appreciate the intangible the adult is displeased, but should always be within reason and
rewards also leads to a mature level of moral not why. Spanking will never cause any permanent or long
development and an internal sense of right cause a state of extreme lasting harm on the student's body.
and wrong. The child who has internal self- distress and confusion The student would then want to do
disciple will behave well whether the parent is which makes it less likely the right thing and develop their
around or not and will gain self-satisfaction. they will analyze their morality as they mature into adults.
President Lincoln once said: When I do good behaviour with clarity. In
I feel good. When I do bad I feel bad. Thats older children disciplined at
my religion. In other words, they learn to school, a physical
become their own moral compass. punishment is likely to
provoke resentment and
References/Sources: provoke more
7 Claire Newton, a renowned physcologists misbehaviour.
who writes books and studies children
behavior.

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8 Corporal Punishment continues a cycle of 8 This letter is just one 8 There is no way that there can be
abuse. In (evidence) speaks of an instance example of physical abuse regulation on how hard the
where a mother had to see her children get that went to far and had no teachers punish the students.
spanked by their father and their teachers. At boundaries. There must be There will always be teachers who
the time she believed it was the right thing to boundaries and a right way take it too far and by allowing them
do as she believed it would make her children to punish children. With the to physically harm students, then
better behaved. However, in the future she right punishments there can they have more reasons to take the
regrets having them spanked because two of be a positive outcome to punishments too far and causing
her children ended up being very violent and the student. Such as permanent negative impacts on a
the other two depressed. The children look immediately punishing a students life.These impacts can
back at how they were abused and the students bad behavior and never be taken back and will once
mother now tries to convince her daughters to telling them what is right. again continue the never ending
not spank their children anymore and use (WebMD that covers cycle of abuse and neglect towards
other methods. Children who are spanked by research on how to children, ultimately causing crime
their parents and teachers grow up with hate positively punish a child for rates to go up and other issues.
and it can negatively impact their futures. bad behavior). There
should be clear rules on
References/Sources what is right and what is
8 A letter written by Cheryl Adams, who wrong.
suffered abuse from her husband and
witnessed her children and how they were
affected by spanking. This letter was from a
research study on a Project against spanking
called NoSpank.
http://www.nospank.net/adams.htm

http://www.webmd.com/parenting/family-health-12/how-to-child-discipline