Corporal punishment: Was it good? Your opinion please
Nowadays, the term 'corporal punishment' is considered terrible and such punishment is sometime a punishable offence. But when we used to study in school, this was considered perfectly normal. Without corporal punishment, the education was not even considered complete.During my school days, I was subjected to beating in school and also by my father. It was perfectly normal for me. Now I find that regular beating at that time was beneficial for me. Not only due to my various extra-curricular activities (which I don't want to mention here), I used to get thrashing particularly by my Maths teacher and my Biology teacher. In our home, I received thrashing from my father mainly for English.
The result was evident. I got very good marks in Mathematics, Biology and English in Board examinations (Xth and XIIth). I firmly believe that regular beating was instrumental to my successes in examinations. I am giving one example. Once, as a student of VIth Standard, I mentioned 'superior than' in front of my father. He thrashed me repeatedly and taught : "Remember: Always use 'to' after Prefer-Refer-Junior-Senior-Inferior-Supirior. Never ever use 'than' after these six words". After that thrashing, even now, I never use 'than' after these six words.
So, I think corporal punishment is good for improving performance of students, although the modern educationists opine otherwise.
What is your opinion about corporal punishment?
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