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Old 03-10-2008, 16:31   #9
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Re: Punishment in schools.

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Originally Posted by polly View Post
The problem is that respect is learnt at home, long before children start school. This is where the problems begin, at home within the family unit. Teachers merely pick up the pieces of what society has landed us with

Myself, I have never felt the need to use physical violence on a pupil as it would in my opinion diminish my control not improve it.

I have often felt I needed to tell the parent(s) to get their act together and stop blaming everyone else
i can see what yer saying polly n its fine in a perfect world, where ALL parents heed the warning, in the real world some couldn't give a stuff, sad but true, therefore respect n discipline should in my view be brought back into schools, whatever form is debatable, they could start,by "NOT" rewarding bad kids if they are good fer a few days/weeks, that is not acceptable.
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