1 CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS IN SOUTH ASIA Submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Day of General Discussion on Violence Against Children 28 September 2001 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 I. INTRODUCTION 4 II. HOW CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED BY CORPORAL 5 PUNISHMENT 2.1 Risk for the Child’s Physical and Psychological Health 5 2.2 Impact on Retention and Learning Achievements 6 III. LEGAL FRAMEWORK 7 3.1 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) opposes the use of corporal punishment in schools and supports removal of legal sanctions for its use. Further‚ NASP resolves to educate the public about the effects of corporal punishment and to provide alternatives to its use‚ and will encourage research and the dissemination of information about corporal punishment effects and alternatives. Corporal punishment of students is the intentional infliction of pain
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Money Does Not Grow On Trees by Ngoi Hui Chien In this modern society‚ what is the most important thing that people depend on to survive? Needless to say‚ it is money. Undeniably‚ money is needed for almost everything that we want. We need money to buy food‚ to have a place to live in‚ to go to school‚ to sit on the bus or even to go to a public toilet. There is an idiom which goes: “Money does not grow on trees”. It
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form of corporal punishment‚ to discourage their children for misbehaving. Corporal punishments do not do anything to ensure that children will no longer misbehave. Whether it be spanking‚ hitting‚ or paddling a child‚ the only aspect that this form of punishment reinforces in children is fear. This fear will in turn be associated with pain‚ rather than the difference between right and wrong. Less painful and more effective means should be taken into consideration while choosing punishments. Choosing
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“SOMETIMES WE NEED CHANGE IN ORDER TO GROW” Although often complicated‚ it is clear that sometimes all humans must accept and tackle change and adjustments in order to grow resilience and to ensure that a sense of belonging can be established and built on. This is seen in everyday life events such as death and moving on‚ individual ageing‚ the act of living life itself and also in the play “The Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll” written by Ray Lawler where one character in particular is very reluctant
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these teachers discipline them? Students expect good quality education and not a good smack in the face. Corporal Punishment is a popular act in schools which serves as punishment for students that misbehave and cause trouble to the teacher. I believe that Corporal punishment is a practice that should not be used on children whether it is for discipline or personal purposes. Even if Corporal punishment has been banned from public schools all over the Philippines‚ teachers still perform this act‚ physically
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the cause for which they died forgotten. There was no other way by which the desired object could be accomplished‚ and the future taught to honor the soldier for his deeds‚ regardless of his motive." --Albion Tourgee‚ May 30‚ 1885 "Americans . . . have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions‚ or public discussion of such contradictions‚ into a proud decoration‚ such as are given for heroism on
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Corporal Punishment Argument Essay Corporal Punishment should not be enforced to teach children from misbehaving. To spank and to hit children in todays society Is considered morally wrong but often unpracticed. There is a fine line between abusive hitting and spanking your child on the caboose. Parents who hit their children wither at home or in public leave mental and physical scars that could untimely influence violent behavior in children. Children who are physically
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take sides with the latter. Corporal punishment is an infringement of children ’s rights. It should be forbidden in families and schools. Parents and teachers are engineers of children ’s souls therefore we should always love children‚ be patient to them and try our best to help them to develop in a correct direction. Corporal punishment has been practiced in many schools and families for quite a long time. In recent years‚ people ’s attitudes towards this practice have undergone drastic changes.
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Whitney Philpot November 23‚ 2012 Composition 1 rough draft Stephens-Cools Controversy behind Child Spanking For many years‚ spanking has been a controversial issue. On one side of the debate are people who believe spanking is a necessary component of parenting in this day in age. On the contrary side is people who think spanking your child is destructive. However‚ in the middle are people who believe spanking is legitimate only when used correctly. Part of the reason for these debates is
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