The Norms Of Corporal Punishment

As a child who went through the first 11 years of my life in schools that practiced the “norm” of corporal punishment; lashing with a cane, ruler, or belt, I can safely say that there was certainly no one there to stop the teacher if he or she ever went out of hand, and you almost had to draw your luck if whatever you were doing was deemed disrespectful or rude, that the teacher was in a good mood. I profoundly remember my kindergarten mathematics teacher, Mrs. Ama, a very strict lady who didn’t tolerate anything, being late, not having homework, or not responding, she even punished kids for something as mundane as not having their shoe-laces tucked into the sides. One day, I recall that she was giving a talk about fractions, she asked me a …show more content…
I have a scar on my right arm because I tried to block one of her swings and her nails, which were really sharp scratched me pretty deep. Of course, she didn’t get penalised by this because it was written of as a student being disrespectful and the teacher following protocol. I remember this day so clearing because it is the day that math became void to me, from then on I have always had a mental block in math. While some say that corporal punishment can be good for children, discipline wise, it is widely regarded as an overall negative for children as it can cause trauma in the child’s life, leads to more negative behavior in childhood and adulthood and also often leads to child …show more content…
One, it creates a sense of fear from the child, a fear of adults in general, most obviously the adults who minister the punishment, it creates a sense of resentment towards these adults which goes in hand with the next point. Two, A research conducted by Elizabeth Gershoff found that over the years children who had been spanked or received corporal punishment for an extended period of their childhood turn out worse during teen years. The research also found that children who received spanking are less likely to do what they are told and turned out to be more aggressive, antisocial and were more “more likely to have mental health problems, problematic relationships with their parents and lower cognitive ability”, Gershoff. Not only is corporal punishment damaging to the child physically but it severely hurts them mentally as well. These problems can range from anything as a mental block in a subject to changing their personality completely;, making them more prone to violent outbreaks, reworking the way they think which is very dangerous for them later on in life. The basis for pro-corporal punishment is that it disciplines the child. It corrects their behavior and makes them better kids. In doing so you take a gamble as to how your child will react to it, a gamble that is not worth