Author Topic: Japan schools to rethink beating (Read 4310 times)

ggliff · « **on:** January 24, 2007, 06:16:17 PM »

Japan schools to rethink beating
Japanese schools should rethink their decades-old ban on corporal punishment, a government-appointed panel has urged.

Guchi_Jnr · « **Reply #1 on:** January 24, 2007, 06:27:35 PM »

Hope they bring that in while I'm still teaching!!

Mikan · « **Reply #2 on:** January 24, 2007, 07:04:24 PM »

yeh i think beatings should be brought back in all over the world..

ggliff · « **Reply #3 on:** January 24, 2007, 07:43:06 PM »

chera · « **Reply #4 on:** January 24, 2007, 07:52:58 PM »

Teachers should be able to beat up bullies, just like on GTO....

Kira-sama · « **Reply #5 on:** January 24, 2007, 08:42:52 PM »

smack those bullies!

Jsmurf · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2007, 12:23:16 AM »

that'd be a kewl job

official student/bully beater

Masabi · « **Reply #7 on:** January 25, 2007, 12:27:14 AM »

Glad I don't live in Japan.

RayZero · « **Reply #8 on:** January 25, 2007, 12:32:22 AM »

These bullies are pitiful

Mugen · « **Reply #9 on:** January 25, 2007, 12:55:14 AM »

they still have corporal punishment in southern asia dont they? like China or Malaysia.

Holdypaws · « **Reply #10 on:** January 25, 2007, 01:11:23 AM »

I say give all of the kids tasers so they're on even footing. That would reduce bullying imo.

If a kid is giving you trouble in gym class don't talk to a teacher,just whip out your taser and give him a few good moderate-voltage electrocutions. If it was an unjust attack he'll get it back eventually, probably at a more intense voltage level. Kids are smart, they'd figure it out.

JFC · « **Reply #11 on:** January 25, 2007, 01:36:54 AM »

^ That's not a good idea, as the bullies would just randomly taser the weaker kids when they're not looking and what not. If anyone's gonna do any beating of kids to knock some sense into them, it should be their parents.

kaminokami2086 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 25, 2007, 06:27:19 AM »

Corporal Punishment is a good idea, I don't care what some advocates say, beating your child helps more than giving detention or grounding them.

arun.yothin · « **Reply #13 on:** January 25, 2007, 06:35:24 AM »

Corporal punishment should be left to the parents, but they teachers should be allowed to hit the kids if they get far out of line. I've heard some pretty fucked up stories about teachers being attacked by students and parents, but they didn't fight back because they said they weren't allowed or if they did, people thought the teacher was wrong for hitting back.

edit: oh wait, this is in Japan. I don't know about what goes on there. Though I'm sure there are kids that are in need of a smack upside the head.:hits with chair:

T-Kimura · « **Reply #14 on:** January 25, 2007, 08:58:44 PM »

dont think they should let the teachers hit em'... let the parents do that.

THUNDERDUCK · « **Reply #15 on:** January 26, 2007, 01:25:39 PM »

The beatings will continue until morale improves!

monkeyman · « **Reply #16 on:** January 26, 2007, 04:18:45 PM »

It seems like, if you give it enough time, people start to forget why corporal punishment was banned in the first place. It was banned nearly world wide because the authority was invariably abused and there is no real way to prevent that. If you give someone the authority to beat other people that person will find ways, sometimes-inappropriate ways, to exercise that authority. Truth is, teachers can be bullies too.

tetsu · « **Reply #17 on:** January 26, 2007, 04:57:26 PM »

In my school days i get canned,lucky younger generation...

arun.yothin · « **Reply #18 on:** January 26, 2007, 05:34:34 PM »

Without the punishment, these little bastards will run wild. And hey, as long as the bullies are getting smacked, that's fine, they deserve it anyway.:MKevil:

Guchi_Jnr · « **Reply #19 on:** January 26, 2007, 05:38:07 PM »

Quote from: T-Kimura;293197

dont think they should let the teachers hit em'... let the parents do that.

Totally disagree with not letting the teachers do that, since the teachers are there when the student was misbehaving, and it sets an example for the other students in the class, which wouldn't happen if it was left to the parents. Also, people are quick to blame parents for "bad parenting", but in reality, most students spend more waking hours in the care of teachers rather than their parents, so to not let teachers discipline them when needed, it's no wonder there are so many bullies.

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Since 1947, anything from punishing children by making them stand out in the hall to physically striking them is banned.

Pretty hard to discipline kids, when they have banned virtually all punishment.