Задание № 8 SPARE THE ROD!
by
James Galway
During
Parliament's next session the Government intends introducing legislation to
abolish the cat and the birching of juvenile delinquents. In particular contrast
to this will be the continuance of corporal punishment in our schools. The home
Secretary would do well to make provision in his Bill for the abolition of this
practice.
Although
many teachers abhor the use of the cane, regarding it as a medieval relic,
others believe it to be the only means of maintaining discipline.
Does
the cane secure obedience from schoolchildren? Maybe, but teachers must
constantly use it to display authority. In consequence he gains a reputation as
a martinet and is unable to get the best from his pupils.
Moreover,
its use suggests a convenient method of ensuring order by force, and not by
explanation of right and wrong. Exclusive use of the cane lends to encourage
anti-social behaviour. The most caned boy in my school was regarded as a hero
and many of us sought to emulate him.
Psychologists
claim great harm is done to the sensitive child's mind by corporal punishment.
They contend it retards development and fosters emotions of hate and
hostility.
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Why,
then, must we allow corporal punishment to continue in our schools? The Soviet
Union China, Czechoslovakia, Holland, and, oddly enough, Bavaria, have dispensed
with it. Why
don't
we?
(Daily
Worker,
1947)
