Two wrongs do not make a right :
Without any fear of contradiction, corporal punishment is child abuse and is wrong.
As a schoolteacher of 24-years experience, I agree entirely with the strong sentiment of noble gentleman Sir Frank Peters who has been calling a spade a spade and screaming his wisdom from Bangladeshi rooftops for years (New Nation16/04/2018).
To describe corporal punishment as anything else is a lie and as Sir Frank says, ‘a cover-up for people’s own failings and weaknesses’.
Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who abhorred corporal punishment and viewed it as an inhuman act, tried teaching people it was wrong and that it had no relationship whatsoever with discipline. He so wisely said discipline means to teach, not to punish.
I was saddened when I read the list of cruel actions perpetrated upon the children in the name of discipline. In the majority of cases it is the teachers who need to be disciplined. I feel like adding to this, give them a taste of their own medicine, a whack or two round the ears, but like Tagore, I also abhor corporal punishment and two wrongs do not make a right.
I suggest that teachers who bring dishonor and disgrace to the profession should be sacked and prohibited from working in the noble profession. Jail them if necessary to bring an end to the vile practice. Corporal punishment to children must stop.
Sincerely,
Aasha Babery
Gazipur.
Without any fear of contradiction, corporal punishment is child abuse and is wrong.
As a schoolteacher of 24-years experience, I agree entirely with the strong sentiment of noble gentleman Sir Frank Peters who has been calling a spade a spade and screaming his wisdom from Bangladeshi rooftops for years (New Nation16/04/2018).
To describe corporal punishment as anything else is a lie and as Sir Frank says, ‘a cover-up for people’s own failings and weaknesses’.
Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who abhorred corporal punishment and viewed it as an inhuman act, tried teaching people it was wrong and that it had no relationship whatsoever with discipline. He so wisely said discipline means to teach, not to punish.
I was saddened when I read the list of cruel actions perpetrated upon the children in the name of discipline. In the majority of cases it is the teachers who need to be disciplined. I feel like adding to this, give them a taste of their own medicine, a whack or two round the ears, but like Tagore, I also abhor corporal punishment and two wrongs do not make a right.
I suggest that teachers who bring dishonor and disgrace to the profession should be sacked and prohibited from working in the noble profession. Jail them if necessary to bring an end to the vile practice. Corporal punishment to children must stop.
Sincerely,
Aasha Babery
Gazipur.
