The advantage that brought by public caning is to deters student from bad behavior. It is hard to deny the fact that corporal punishment is a form of punishment that a recipient will find unpleasant, both younger and older children alike. Though this may not sound like an advantage, it is a punishment that will deter children from bad behavior to avoid receiving it. Punishments such as going to the principal's office often do not deter a child from bad behavior, whereas the knowledge he will receive a painful punishment will. Due to its unpleasant nature, many students that observe this punishment will also refrain from the behavior in fear of receiving it themselves.
In addition, corporal punishment is actually teaches discipline to the youths. Some children come from families that are too permissive. The child acts out in classrooms and exhibits bad behavior because he does not know any better or he doesn't understand that there are consequences to certain actions. Corporal punishment in schools is a firm type of discipline that teaches children right from wrong and that there are consequences to bad behavior.
"SPARE the rod and spoil the child" may be a common refrain for previous generations. For today's youngsters, however, the stereotypical image of the cane-wielding school teacher may well be on its way to history. In nowadays, destructive punishment do not seems effective in improving students'