Although you’re getting hit across the hand rather hard, you must be feeling humiliated to see that the whole class’s attention is on you or even hearing the slightest snigger, and all you have managed to do is answer a question wrong. The point is that this couldn’t be good for anyone’s confidence, especially if they’re rather shy.
Corporal punishment also isn’t the answer to discipline, as yes… it does deal with the matter there and then but it has many long term effects, such as shyness or aggression.
Although cases are rare, some teachers may take advantage of their position in power and may punish children for pleasure, and this law also might attract the wrong type of person to a teaching career.
Many pupils will be scared to ask a question, cough, sneeze, or even volunteer for a certain task. This will have a dramatic effect on the pupils’ confidence and as tests have shown the pupils’ education. The pupil affected may also become more violent and find it harder to trust someone in later life. Some cases of corporal punishment have even been violent and some children are known to have got injured, suffered huge mental stress and in extreme cases a very small number have committed suicide. Many children will skive school at the fact of being heavily humiliated in the classroom. Research also even claims that it often does the opposite of what it is there for: Obedience. So after all the consequences and costly factors it doesn’t even do what its there for. That’s ridiculous.
So I conclude, why should schools inflict pain upon their pupils for little benefits and contain many downsides. And why should we risk something so huge when it has minimum beneficial outcomes?
Society has to pay dearly for something that doesn’t even work, has dangerous effects, and has no gain at all. Why bring it back? The answer is keep our modern day society the way it is and don’t bring back unworthy changes such as corporal punishment.
