Should teachers be aloud to administer punishments
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Hey,I may be on a debate spree. The title was ment to read "Should teachers be aloud to administer physical punishments." But,hey,don't limit yourself to just that. Should teachers be aloud to move children? (Picking them up,dragging by arm/ear?)
My stand on the cases-
Teachers physicaly punishing students?
No,I have changed my opinions on this one. It is humiliating. Extreamly. I belive now considering some things not considered,I think a teacher shouldn't hit a child. (I had a brain dead night last night.)
Teachers moving children forcefuly? Yes. If they are absolutly refusing to do somthing. (Unless it is out of persional fear,like singing,or playing an instrument in front of class.)
I'd love to read your replys and opinions,thank you,goodnight! ;)
My stand on the cases-
Teachers physicaly punishing students?
No,I have changed my opinions on this one. It is humiliating. Extreamly. I belive now considering some things not considered,I think a teacher shouldn't hit a child. (I had a brain dead night last night.)
Teachers moving children forcefuly? Yes. If they are absolutly refusing to do somthing. (Unless it is out of persional fear,like singing,or playing an instrument in front of class.)
I'd love to read your replys and opinions,thank you,goodnight! ;)
Celestial's Dakonic Shepherds (#3992)
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07-7-2011 at 8:33 AM
I do not believe in using physical force as punishment, so no to hitting.<br /> <br /> Negative punishment is my choice<br /> <br /> In terms of operant conditioning<br /> <br /> Postivie = adding something<br /> Negative = removing something<br /> Reinforcement = to encourage a behavior<br /> Punishment = to discourage a behavior.<br /> <br /> When I train dogs (I know we're talking people... I just tend to use this as an example.) I use positive reinforcement (Adding something to encourage a behavior) and negative punishment (Removing something to discourage a behavior)<br /> <br /> I would like to see more using negative punishment instead of positive punishment regardless of the animal, being human or dog.
Riff (#14157)
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07-7-2011 at 7:03 AM
No to hitting because it's a violation of personal space, it hurts, and it may even be traumatizing.<br /> <br /> Yes to forceful moving because it may be necessary in extreme situations. (as someone else pointed out, in the case that student A was harming student B, student A would need to be moved).
Kass (#14135)
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07-7-2011 at 6:59 AM
Hitting? Of course not! It's embarrasing, traumatic, and painful. As stated before, it's abuse.<br /> <br /> Moving? Not by force unless the student is hurting someone else by staying in the classroom. From what I've seen, asking a student to stand in the hall works fine.
daenerys (#5594)
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07-7-2011 at 6:52 AM
Hitting someone? No matter the age, absolutely not. That's abuse, and it's illegal.<br /> <br /> Moving children forcefully? This is questionable. If it hurts the kid? That's abuse. If it's traumatizing to the kid? Also abuse. Really, no one, no matter the age, deserves to be forced to do anything.
Dr Meredith Grey (#12307)
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07-6-2011 at 8:34 AM
frankly i went to public school and the children were Demons to the teachers, cussing them out and walking out of class and flipping them off and i could believe the self restrait they must have had to withhold a whooping. but i ive been hit by adults before and no teen should ever have to feel like that. it's a Hard feeling to describe, but it's like your ashamed and violated and worthless. so i understand taht there needs to be a stronger and more effective method of punishment but actually hitting a child in any way no matter what (age or circumstance) is just unacceptable. i don't think parents should be hitting their kids no matter what, let alone strangers. Children should be treated like adults in that area, not animals.
Ly {Bisexual and genderqueer~} (#1853)
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07-6-2011 at 8:26 AM
Hell no! Never should a teacher be allowed to raise a hand against their students. Period, the end. I would never approve of this, and if I was a parent and heard of a teacher doing this to my child, I'd probably do worse to them.