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From: elric@proper.UUCP (elric)
Newsgroups: net.kids,net.legal,net.politics
Subject: Re: corporal punishment in schools
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Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 23:18:10 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 18 23:18:10 1985
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In article <> fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) writes:
>>	Discipline based on fear is worse than no discipline at all.
>
>How did you arrive at this conclusion?  School children have been
>disciplined with fear for generations.  It didn't do much for their
>creativity, but they did learn the basic skills.  With no discipline,
>students learn nothing at all.
>
>	Frank Silbermann

 The main problem with discipline by fear is that once a child is removed from
such an atomosphere and he has nothing to fear he will see no reason to follow
the rules.
 I spent 4 years in a catholic school which used corporal punishment (for
everything from not having having a perfectly made bed, to singing off key
in music class).
  Once I got into a high school which did not use corporal punishment I just
goofed off.
  In this country police can not legally beat a criminal unless the crook is
trying to beat them.
The crimes of kids in school rarely wrose then that of a real crimenal.
  Fear is a double edged sword, you can only push someone so far, before he
strikes back.
   Elric of Imrryr
Disclamer--
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