Darwen teachers vote to strike over 'unruly' pupils (From Lancashire Telegraph)

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  Graham Hartley wrote:
  MJT, Dai et alia... . I find your support of corporal punishment quite odd. It is the minds of the unruly, not their bodies, which deserve censure. . Until I found a place to learn where pupils were punished only for unwillingness, it was for inability that I was so often punished. I was schooled by the slap and cane; and though it is rough justice for teachers at Darwen Vale, they had it coming.

  Any kind of punishment for inability alone is wrong, whether it be physical or verbal. I realise that in times past teachers did dispense punishment for inability, and again, this was very wrong. However, I would use corporal punishment as a deterent for disruption of the classroom. The point is, if employees in a workplace behaved as some pupils do, they would be dismissed immediately and escorted off the premises by the police if necessary. Since it is extremely difficult to expel pupils nowadays, some other deterrent is necessary. If no effective deterrents exist, we are sending the message to kids that they can do exactly what they want, without having to fear any consequences."
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