Should caning be reintroduced into schools?

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One in five teachers is in favour of bringing back the cane to punish badly-behaved pupils, a survey says. Is it a good idea?

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Should caning be reintroduced into schools?

Written by Mustafa Yorumcu, london on Fri Oct 03 14:39:05 UTC 2008. 5 recommendations.

"Heaven help any one of those glorified baby sitters who lays a finger on my kid. They wouldn't know what hit them.

Jim, Manchester "

They are teachers. We don't train them and pay them so that they "babysit" your ininvited offsprings.

I had wonderful teachers when I was a kid. Yes, some of them hit me.
Heaven help you if you lay a finger on one of my teachers.
Your kids would not recognise your face in the morning.

BBC. If you can publish Jim's comment, publish mine too !!

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Should caning be reintroduced into schools?

Written by Andrew, Norwich on Fri Oct 03 18:30:32 UTC 2008. 2 recommendations.

"Violence against children is clearly unacceptable and illegal."

So violence against teachers isn't??

[SketchyBFC], Derby, United Kingdom

Just because one is against violence towards children does not imply approval of violence towards teachers. Can I recommend a course in rudimentary logic before your next post? Also, "??" has no meaning; a statement is either a question or it isn't - there are no degrees of question.

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Should caning be reintroduced into schools?

Written by Adolf Hitler on Fri Oct 03 21:04:22 UTC 2008. 1 recommendations.

I received corporal punishment every day. Did me the world of good.

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