spare the rod and spoil the child. i prefer the old school fashion of caning when the kids do something wrong. thats how most of us and our parents were brought up and i'll say its rather effective.
i beg to differ...even though caning inflicts pain n shame, the pain dun last very long...but the pain inflicted from tis teacher's punishments last very long usually for the rest of the day. tis is more effective as the student will be reminded nt to repeat the offence.
anyway, the teacher has become the school's DM le. from wad i noe, she doesnt realli believe in caning...she stil trust more in the prolonged, painful n tiring punishments she often mete out in class. of cuz caning hasnt been abolished...juz tat its nt so frequently used anymore wif those harsh punishments as substitutes.
n those punishments have proven effective. students who played truant, caught smoking n caught fighting in sch have been dealt wif so severely tat hardly any in sch dared to do such things. there was an incident of 2 boys caught smoking outside sch. they were marched into the DM office. tis teacher made them kneel on marbles outside her office n carry their bags above their heads. on top of tat, they each had to hold 5 unlit cigarettes btw their lips thru out the punishment! guess how long they were punished??? for HALF A MORNING!!! from the time assembly ended at abt 745am until recess time at ard 10am! u can imagine the pain n suffering those 2 boys went thru...worse than being caned...
in fact, the teacher even made special arrangements tat day for all her classes during that punishment period to be held outside her office. so for tat 2 hrs or so, u could see classes going to the DM office to have their lessons outside. she did tis so tat she could keep an eye on the 2 boys. according to my frend, those 2 boys were nt given any rest at all. when his class had their lessons tat morning, those 2 boys were seen crying thru out. the onli thing the teacher did to ease their agony was to allow them to shift their arms occasionally. from lifting their bags abvoe their heads, she would change it to putting their bags on top of their outstretched arms. she would do tis every half hr. however, they were kept kneeling on the marbles thru out wif legs bent at 90 degrees....so isnt it true tat tis punishment acts as a better deterrent than caning?