Corporal punishment is still a thing in schools in the United States. Corporal punishment is the act of physically hurting someone as a punishment. Schools in some states use it today. Teachers are hitting kids as a punishment. Corporal punishment should not be used in k-12 schools because there are alternative strategies and kids will think it is ok to hit. The article “Corporal Punishment Persists in U.S. Schools” by Alyssa Morones gives some examples of other ways to solve problems instead
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Corporal Punishment Why Corporal Punishment is an Affective Technique in Child Discipline. I know many of us have been in a department store or shopping at the mall and saw a kid about eight or nine years old screaming and cursing at their mom and hitting her on her leg because she refused to buy them what they want. Some you probably said to yourself, why is that little kid so rude? Or maybe you were like me and said why can’t she just discipline him for being disrespectful? Some parents
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Corporal Punishment is a Crime I, walking near my home, saw a young bruised boy who was sobbing and crying. I asked him, "what has happened to you?" He told me that his father beat him up harshly. This boy, who was a victim of corporal punishment, was suffering from a severe pain caused by careless parenting. Corporal punishment, which is a form of physical punishment that is used to discipline criminals, has been widely discussed issue in many places recently. For the past several years, many
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The Thin Line of Physical Punishment ENGL092 Professor Forney DeVry University The Thin Line of Physical Punishment The most controversial topic among parenting is the one that creates barriers in family and culture, physical punishment of children by parents. Whether it’s abusive or just another form of discipline, it creates major debate among parents. Many believe it to be wrong, but those who oppose it have not seen the whole picture. Every child misbehaves, but it’s the way the parents
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Is physical punishment effective? In traditional Eastern cultures, it is believed that discipline is very important. In order to achieve discipline, parents and teachers often spank their children and their students. When I was a middle school student, I received physical punishment because supposedly, I was annoying to the teacher, but I was a good student. Often times, these punishments were arbitrary, but this teacher was an advocate of adolescent rights. How ironic! At that time, I felt that
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Draft November 4, 2008 Abolishment of Corporal Punishment Corporal punishment is a form of adolescent medicine that is ineffective in its practices. Corporal punishment is positive punishment in the sense that something is added such as the application of physical pain. Some methods of this punishment include hitting, spanking, kicking, pinching and shoving and also using objects like wooden paddles, belts, sticks and others. Corporal punishment should only be used to restrain a dangerous
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used. Corporal punishment had been widely accepted but studies show, in African American communities, it is higher. Ta-Nehisi Coates mentions in his book, “Between the world and me” he had suffered many harsh beatings from his father. Some, like Ta-Nehisi claim it's rooted in fear, if parents don’t use force to receive obedience, someone else will, like the police. Studies show that corporate punishment can become abuse, especially amongst African American families. Coates mentions how corporal punishment
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In hooks captivating essay, the author challenges that corporal punishment is not love. I agree with hooks that corporal punishment is not love. For example, the text states “In today's world we are taught to fear the truth, to believe it always hurts.” (hooks 3). In comparison to today's society, we have to be strong and not care when others judge our character. In addition, the test states, “When we can see ourselves as we truly are and accept ourselves, we build the necessary foundation for self-love
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misbehaving is socially acceptable but over the years, this kind of treatment is looked down upon, almost as a form of abuse. Those who were spanked as a child will more than likely grow up to spank their children according to statistics. This cycle of punishment must change in order to save children from mistreatment, not only physically but also psychologically. Spanking a child is meant to do one thing, to inflict pain, so the child will not misbehave again. The negative consequence is suppose to repell
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The use of Corporal Punishment to discipline children remains one of the last holdouts of old-fashioned childrearing in the United States. Corporal punishment is considered an ineffective and detrimental punishment method that not only undermines the development of a child but can lead to short and long-term effects. Corporal punishment does nothing more than put fear in children and teach them that when someone does something wrong, that person deserves to be put in pain. The fact of using
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Communicable Diseases, “The results of this national study indicate that the vast majority of parents are choosing not to spank or paddle their kids because they have a wide range of options to address their children and do not involve physical punishment.” Murray Straus of the University of New Hampshire found that there are three common forms of discipline that some parents use as strategies. First, parents can explain or reason with the child (88%). Second, they can take away a privilege or
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Corporal Punishment in Texas Schools and how it affects students. For years students and adults alike have questioned the use of Corporal Punishment or physical punishment in school as a form of discipline. Pate & Gould, some experts in the field say that there is a link from physical punishments to bullying, shootings, or violence. Other varying researches and phycologists suggest that since, in Texas, there has been a history of using corporal punishment there should be a strict implication. Certain
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“To Spank or Not To Spank: The Effect of Situation and Age of Child on Support for Corporal Punishment”, focuses on expressed views and opinions of college students when it comes to spanking children. It states that many scholars are pushing to eliminate the use of physical punishment. The article focuses more on the approval or disapproval of spanking and does not really touch on the effectiveness of the punishment. I have a lot of personal interest in this topic. As you know, I worked in law
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The article that I choose to read was “Corporal punishment in black communities: Not an intrinsic cultural tradition but racial trauma” by Stacey Patton. The article was very intriguing to me because I grow up in a mixed family. My mother used corporal punishment throughout my childhood and I have never thought anything of it because everyone got “whuppings”. So, the main point of this article was to explain that the practices of “whupping” is not a cultural practice but instead something that was
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should rebel against their parents when discipline has been tainted by another entity. Richard Wright parents iniquitous way of discipline is the usage of corporal punishment to achieve more authority. This way of discipline had not been birth by Wright's parents but by white supremacy. If all parents knew the repercussions of corporal punishment, and how oppressive it then it wouldn't be executed or transcend its oppressive ways to new generations. As stated by Wright about his mother after a traumatic
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confinement for punishment (Bohm & Haley, 2011). Before that time, punishment included some pretty cruel and harsh tactics (Bohm & Haley, 2011). These methods were intentional, to embarrass the wrongdoer, and conducted in public to serve as a deterrent from others committing crime. Fines and seizing property were common punishments prior to confinement. However, capital and corporal punishments were delivered in some violent methods (Bohm & Haley, 2011). “Some popular methods of corporal and capital
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Upon becoming a mother, I have noticed a copious amount of previous generation individuals, between ages 40 and 80, have a strong, supportive opinion towards the idea of corporal punishment. On the contrary, parents between my generation and the latter, have quite the paradoxical opinion concerning the concept of corporal punishment. Considering there is such a difference of opinion, the result is newer ideas believed to be more sufficient for disciplining children. Personally, I prefer the idea
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Corporal Punishment against children Imagine this: sitting in class and having to ask for a pencil because you forgot yours, then being smacked with a paddle or ruler because you forgot a classroom necessity. Or asking your parents “why?’’ and being smacked forcefully because you were “ talking back” to them. this is what corporal punishment is and children around the United States face these situations every day. Corporal Punishment is a form of physical punishment involving the deliberate
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Maissa Signate Period: 6 February 10, 2015 Mr.Bradbury Reflection In my research paper, I focused on corporal punishment in Nigerian schools and the effects of it on academic success in adolescents. In the beginning, I was actually interested on the topic of interracial relationships, but I thought that people might think of it as a boring topic. After hearing of the topic on corporal punishment, I thought it would be interesting to learn about its potentially positive or negative effects. When
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Violence In Children In Relation to Corporal Punishment It is common knowledge that children are easily influenced, especially during their early years from 1-2 years old. During this time, it is important to nourish them with proper love and care, otherwise they run the risk of a life of delinquency or violence. However, while most children are given the love and care they need, some parents find it necessary to use corporal punishment as a part of their upbringing. This act, while intended to
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Persuasive speech Topic: should Australian schools use corporal punishment to discipline students? Since the illegalisation of corporal punishment in schools, educators have struggled to control classes of undisciplined, problematic students. Disciplinary action is meant to change children’s/teenagers compliance and attitude towards adult directives, and current methods are completely ineffective. These ineffective procedures with no outcome such as “time-outs,” are never adequate and teach students
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that go into corporal punishment. This papers shows the research that has been done on reasons as to why corporal punishment exists, the different views that have been constructed for this topic and also the many indicators and predicaments of this form of punishment. This paper also describes the ethnic differences of the prevalence of corporal punishment and its methodology. This paper explains certain case studies that go more into detail on the findings and research conducted. Corporal Punishment’s
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use of physical discipline to punish students in schools. Their governments have outlawed this due to the disastrous results society assumes it has on the offenders. Corporal punishment is an acceptable means of correcting behaviors in schools because it is effective and improves behavior on the long-run. Paddling is a common punishment used in schools across Texas that is looked down upon many people. Many people against paddling believe that punishing a student bodily will negatively affect their
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Harvard Model United Nations Position Paper Committee: United Nations Human Rights Council Topic: Corporal Punishment in Schools (Topic A) Country: The Republic of Guatemala School: Mentor College (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) Section A: The United Nations has shown the need to eliminate to the use of corporal punishment. In 1959 to emphasize the importance of this issue, the UN general assembly created the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. This solidified the desire of the United
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asks whether corporal punishment is acceptable or a form of abuse? Related questions include how do we define child abuse? Which is more effective - permissive parenting or corporal punishment? What about medicating children with behavioral problems? Before one can answer these questions, one must first examine the very definition of childhood and how it is evolving, then look at childrearing from a historical perspective. This essay will attempt to prove why corporal punishment is acceptable
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related deaths. Corporal punishment is the intentional infliction of physical pain as a method of changing behavior. It may include methods such as hitting, slapping, punching, kicking, pinching, shaking, use of various objects paddles, belts, sticks, or others, or painful body postures. Corporal punishment should be banned from homes and school because it can impair a child for his whole life by causing psychological injuries, physical injuries and child behaviour. First, corporal punishment can cause
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had an effected on the way humanity looks upon punishment. This shows evidences that religion may have an effect on someone having a punitive attitude because the teachings that are writing in the bible, express the way humanity should live. For example in Exodus 21:15 it states that, “Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death”. By looking at this example it show that the bible has some harsh punishment. All the this punishment may not be display in today’s world, but it something
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Is capital punishment fair or not fair for the crime of murder? Deciding whether one believes what is right or what is wrong for a specific punishment is a substantive question. Whereas, making the final decision for the punishment is known as procedural justice. Many people, for instance, believe if someone commits murder the only just punishment is death because that is the only punishment of a degree equal to the harm of the offender. (Pollock) However, others believe life of imprisonment is equally
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Ellyseo Metcalf Prof. Hutchinson English 100, MWF 10/29/2014 Punishment 40 years with possible time off for good behavior. This sentencing stunned me and my family, but did the punishment fit the crime? In the case of my older brother, who was now a convicted child molester, it fit all too well. He performed heinous acts on an innocent child, and his punishment is what he deserved. Punishment is the imposition of the undesirable outcome upon an individual or a group of people by either individual
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Flogging”, published in The Boston Globe (1997), argues that because our current system of imprisonment is inefficient and counterproductive, corporal punishment should be reintroduced. Jacoby builds an impressive argument and does an effective job of pointing out flaws in the current imprisonment system. However his argument on pushing corporal punishment or more specifically flogging is an irrational argument and supports no proof that the suggested method would actually be an effective solution
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