Essays on Corporal Punishment

Can we still learn while at the same time, suffer from pain? “Making learning ‘agreeable and pleasant’” an article written by Ambeth Ocampo, shows how corporal punishment made in school can be a terror for students. He also shares his experiences of getting maltreated from...

School culture is based on many things, with student-teacher interaction being a major factor. Here in South Carolina, corporal punishment is outlawed. In the classrooms within this state, there is no violence factor when teachers are correcting students. The same does not go for the...

Corporal punishment should be banned in schools’ premises. Corporal punishment has been utilized in schools as a method for taking care of disciplinary issues. It alludes to class rules which enable understudies to be rebuffed utilizing physical torment without causing damage. It is believed that...

“The right of corporal punishment is one that plagues this society” -Fyodor Dostoevsky. Corporal punishment is a method to inflict physical pain on a child in order to attempt to discipline them. The most common methods include spanking and paddling. Corporal punishment is a cruel...

Every child goes though that phase where they want to be on top of the world. They think they can do what they want, when they want. But then comes the mighty parents, using discipline to ensure the problem child doesn’t do this heinous act...

“A villain truly deserving of this horror of nature in its entirety, condemned to see no longer the heaven that he has outraged and to live no longer on the earth that he has sullied, above the punitive city hangs this iron spider; and the...

“This is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you”. “Stop crying before I give you something to cry about” These are common phases used in young adult literature to portray people of color’s parenting skills. Why is it that authors depict people...

Introduction The evolution of corporal punishment within a school setting dates back to before 500 BC. Corporal punishment in its entirety cannot be traced back to its origin, but examples of corporal punishment in a school setting started to be documented in early Greece, which...

In our modern day as the different advancement of technology provide us with a better life and a better interaction within each other. Apparently, as people are more close together where they can reach each other in a nick of time. It leads to some...

As learners of today’s world, students all have the chance to experience learning at its finest but in some instances, different ways of teachings become a hindrance to the hope of the future. According to Ocampo (2017), in his article Making Learning ‘Agreeable and Pleasant’...

Introduction Violence in schools whether towards educators or students is an ever-growing problem present in the country and ineffective disciplinary measures are to blame. When the consequence does not weigh up to the severity of the action, the student will not see the reality of...

The right no is hit, is also a child’s right. A child is an abridged adult with a right that cannot be abridged. ‘Spare the rod, spoil the child’, this phrase has been prevalent in our society since a very long time. It is majorly...

“The Right not to be Hit, also a Children’s Right” The United Nations Committee on Rights of the Child has defined corporal or physical punishment as “any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort, however...

In 2019, when we are in 30th year of adoption of CRC, securing and enforcement of child right has still not been possible. Hence, it is an urgent need to discuss and devise ways to achieve the goals that were intended to be achieved through...

In this academic journal, Lian Tong (the corresponding author) who attended the School of Public Health at Fudan University in Shanghai, China effectively discusses the link between corporal punishment and developmental problems with children. It is documented that abusive discipline, family instability, lack of emotional...

Corporal punishment: effective discipline or child abuse? Although the practice of corporal punishment in school dates back to the colonial period (Garrison 115), it is allowed and used in our country to this day. Nineteen of our nation’s states allow corporal punishment, or the use...

‘Can the cane: corporal punishment has no place in our schools’ – Language Analysis The ongoing physical beating of children in several Australian Christian schools is causing ethical questioning and debate upon their hypocritical education system. On July 1st 2011, a letter to the editor...