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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.kids,net.abortion,net.philosophy
Subject: Re: Corporal Punishment vs. ridicule
Message-ID: <137@unc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 10:47:40 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 26 10:47:40 1985
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References: <322@cadre.ARPA> <gitpyr.161>
Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Summary: 

In article <gitpyr.161> dts@gitpyr.UUCP (Danny Sharpe) writes:
>In article <322@cadre.ARPA> jay@cadre.ARPA (Jay Ramanathan) writes:
>>  I understand that, in countries like Sweden, it is a crime even to ridicule
>>a student in front of his/her peers, let alone hit him/her.  I frankly am
>>surprised that, in a country like America, so many people subscribe to such
>>ancient forms of "disciplining" their pupils.  
>
>Ridicule is a very, very bad thing to do to a child. I wouldn't be at all
>surprised if someone could authoritatively say it is far worse than
>spanking in its psychological effects.
>

What's even worse is when the students gang up on one student
and ridicule him/her.  Is there a law in Sweden against this?

	Frank Silbermann
	University of North Carolina