Sparing The Child While Spoiling The Parent
A few weeks ago, Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton, a former superintendent of the school system, said corporal punishment, which hasn't been used in Memphis City Schools since 2004 when the school board banned the controversial form of punishment, needs to return to city classrooms . While presenting his plan to overhaul Memphis' education system, Mayor Herenton told the city 
council that he proposes reinstating the practice of paddling students in grades K through 8.
I have plenty of memories of being told to bend over and grab my ankles while a teacher administered three blows to my backside with a paddle. I wasn't an unruly student but I liked to talk. If I did when I wasn't supposed to and got caught, I knew the consequences. Corporal punishment worked in the past mostly because children were used to being held accountable for their actions and even expected to be punished for their wrong doings. Most kids nowadays never get so much as a stern look for misbehaving from their parents. In fact, misbehavior from young kids is mostly looked upon as being funny or cute. How can today's teachers be expected to establish clear behavior expectations and guidelines at school when the same obviously isn't being done at home in most cases?
The best way of dealing with school misbehavior is by preventing it. Schools with good discipline not only correct misbehavior but also practice teaching appropriate behavior and coping skills. Furthermore, parents should be held
more responsible for the actions of their children while attending school. If they don't want their children to be disciplined by authority figures, every time their child acts up they should be required BY LAW to attend that child's class for a specific amount of time to monitor their child's behavior. Once the parent misses enough days from work or and I hate to say this, misses enough episodes of their favorite soap opera, I am pretty sure that parent will pay more attention to their child's behavior. No more sending the child home on a mini-vacation to sit in front of the tv and play video games only to get the suspension cleared and be allowed to come back in 3 days to do the same thing all over again.
If you live where corporal punishment is allowed, do you feel like it is working? Do you want to see the practice continue? If you live where such punishment is banned, would you support its re-introduction into the classroom? Twenty-two states allow some form of corporal punishment while twenty-eight have banned the practice.
council that he proposes reinstating the practice of paddling students in grades K through 8.I have plenty of memories of being told to bend over and grab my ankles while a teacher administered three blows to my backside with a paddle. I wasn't an unruly student but I liked to talk. If I did when I wasn't supposed to and got caught, I knew the consequences. Corporal punishment worked in the past mostly because children were used to being held accountable for their actions and even expected to be punished for their wrong doings. Most kids nowadays never get so much as a stern look for misbehaving from their parents. In fact, misbehavior from young kids is mostly looked upon as being funny or cute. How can today's teachers be expected to establish clear behavior expectations and guidelines at school when the same obviously isn't being done at home in most cases?
The best way of dealing with school misbehavior is by preventing it. Schools with good discipline not only correct misbehavior but also practice teaching appropriate behavior and coping skills. Furthermore, parents should be held
more responsible for the actions of their children while attending school. If they don't want their children to be disciplined by authority figures, every time their child acts up they should be required BY LAW to attend that child's class for a specific amount of time to monitor their child's behavior. Once the parent misses enough days from work or and I hate to say this, misses enough episodes of their favorite soap opera, I am pretty sure that parent will pay more attention to their child's behavior. No more sending the child home on a mini-vacation to sit in front of the tv and play video games only to get the suspension cleared and be allowed to come back in 3 days to do the same thing all over again.If you live where corporal punishment is allowed, do you feel like it is working? Do you want to see the practice continue? If you live where such punishment is banned, would you support its re-introduction into the classroom? Twenty-two states allow some form of corporal punishment while twenty-eight have banned the practice.
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