Rodriguez 1

If we allow teachers to physically harm the students within reason, then students will achieve higher grades.
(choose your best arguments) (legal questions)
Pro Rebuttal
1 Is effective against bad behavior in short 1 Spanking or harm may be
term compliance. It can stop a bad action immediate but it has long
immediately (stuns) bad behavior. Instead of term effects in a student's
a prolonged bad behavior it can be abruptly self esteem. (Clay Jones) It
stopped. (Clay Jones) can make a student feel
humiliated by his peers for
References/Sources: having received the
1 Clay Jones from Science- based Medicine punishment and affect them
negatively.
Redirect
1 It has been shown to have
positive effects on the short term
small issues. It is only bad when a
parent abuses a child. This
includes harm that is caused by
bruising and excessive pain.
(Clay Jones)

Con Rebuttal Redirect

2 Punishment over time becomes stale and
students get acclimated to it. In other words it
makes them hard and unfeeling. This can
cause the student to have a hard heart and a
loss in creativity. It creates students who
become unfeeling. (Intervention Central)
References/Sources
2 intervention central which has information
from The application of behavioral principles
to educational settings by Martens & Meller in
a handbook on psychology.
2 Only constant abuse can
cause students to become
bad in the future. A light snap
into reality never hurt
anyone. (Clay Jones)
2 How can we regulate how hard
to hit students. What if students
are highly sensitive and are
largely affected by even the
smallest physical contact. They
can already be suffering from
home. School should be a safe
place. (NCPC.org)

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/corporal-punishment-in-the-home-parenting-tool-or-parenting-fail/

http://www.interventioncentral.org/behavioral-interventions/challenging-students/what-every-teacher-should-know-
about%E2%80%A6punishment-techni
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Pro Rebuttal Redirect

3 Those who were physically disciplined
performed better than those who werent in a
whole series of categories, including school
grades, an optimistic outlook on life, the
willingness to perform volunteer work, and
the ambition to attend college, Gunnoe found.
And they performed no worse than those who
werent spanked in areas like early sexual
activity, getting into fights, and becoming
depressed. She found little difference
between the sexes or races.
References/Sources:
3 A study entailing 2,600 interviews, including
179 teenagers who were spanked by their
parents. -Pro Spanking Studies by Theodore
Kettle-
3 The crime rate has been 3 This study pertains to the
rising for many other students and children that were
reasons and there is more spanked or put in time out for
students doing better in reasonable amounts of time and
school for other reasons as within reason. The effects that were
well. There is no way that a beneficiary outweighed the
study can prove that a ban negative effects of corporal
of a certain law has directly punishment. The crime rate actually
affected the outcome of went down instead of up.
another. In order to
represent California, there
would have to be more than
179 teenagers interviewed,
such as those who were
abused and not only
spanked.

Con Rebuttal Redirect

4 According to the NCPC, Students spend
more time at school than anywhere else, so
they should be in a secure, positive and
comfortable environment. How can a student
feel safe in the classroom when they are in
constant fear of being punished with harm.
This could potentially be traumatizing to a
student and make them feel unsafe in the
classroom. (NCPC)
References/Sources
4 National Crime Prevention Council on a
topic of school safety
http://www.ncpc.org/topics/by-audience/parents/school-safety
4 The Wellness category in 4 School has to be an escape for
the US News website, a the students. They would want to
renowned website for feel a comfortable environment
having accurate statistics where no harm is inflicted upon
claims that 70 to 90 percent them.
of parents already practice
some form of physical
discipline. Therefore the
students would feel a
similar environment to
home.
(US News)

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2014/04/29/spanking-may-be-more-common-than-parents-admit

http://debatewise.org/debates/547-corporal-punishment-should-be-reintroduced/
http://www.newsmax.com/US/spanking-studies-children-spock/2010/01/07/id/345669/

Pro
5- 6000 teachers were questioned. One in
five believed that classroom behaviour had
deteriorated since the abolition of corporal
punishment and they believed the education
system would improve with the reintroduction
of corporal punishment. The teachers need a
way to control the classroom other than just
words. The children must be disciplined so
that they know what is wrong and what is
right. Clearly there is a connection with the
banning of corporal punishment and the
increase in bad classroom behavior.
References/Sources:
5 Survey completed by the Times Educational
supplement.
Con
6 Corporal Punishment has now been
completely banned in 42 countries, such as
Germany and Spain. Furthermore, there are
numerous countries which are on their way to
banning it such as Italy and Nepal, who have
forbidden it by the courts but not by law as of
yet. Corporal punishment is becoming widely
discussed all over the world and the
consideration to completely ban it is
becoming a frequent topic. Therefore,
corporal punishment should not be
reintroduced as evidently the fact that so
many countries are against it portrays the
negativity it brings and the banning of it in so
many countries must be for a good reason.
This is why the US took action in 1981 by
banning it in some states because they saw
the negative impact it was having on children.
We should continue on this path and remove
it completely.
References/Sources
6 UN Tribune by Denis Fitzgerald
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/education/3123827/Teachers-Bring-back-the-cane-to-restore-
order-in-schools.html
http://www.pediatrics.emory.edu/divisions/neonatology/dpc/alternat.html
Rebuttal
5 One in five teachers?
This is the also the figure
then of how many teachers
need more training! The
only reason why a minority
of teachers want to see a
reintroduction of corporal
punishment is because
they do not have any
effective discipline methods
under their belts. The
answer? More training, not
resorting to corporal
punishment. Also
remember that school is for
learning and it is the
teacher's job if the students
are doing poorly. Corporate
Punishment is just and
excuse for teachers to whip
and hurt people
Rebuttal
6 Many countries outlawed
homosexuality, female
workers and abortions, but
this does not mean that all
of those countries were
correct to do so. It only
means that these countries
were in agreement against
something, it does not
mean that what they were
all advocating was logical
or reasonable.If countries
claim that they do not want
corporal punishment then
they need to bring other
alternatives to it.
Rodriguez 3
Redirect
5 Teachers go through a strict
training program that entitles that
they are certified to reach a
student. As lomng as they are hired
correctly and have their credentials
then they should be doing their job
right. Students could be becoming
more badly behaved because of
the removal of corporal punishment
such as (Times Educational
Supplement).
Redirect
6 There are many other alternatives
to corporal punishment that are
obvious and far more effective than
harm. (Emory University School of
Medicine by Sheena Carter)
Change your approach from one of
reacting to undesirable behavior to
one of planning for appropriate
behavior. Look for ways to
encourage your child to succeed at
positive behavior, and promptly
reward his or her attempts. There
are other punishments as well that
are not physical such as a simple
timeout or taking away something
for short periods of time.

Pro
7 Students learn from punishment to
differentiate what is right and what is wrong.
The quick action lets the student know when
they are doing something that is wrong. This
then gives them motivation to do what is right
instead. Learning to appreciate the intangible
rewards also leads to a mature level of moral
development and an internal sense of right
and wrong. The child who has internal self-
disciple will behave well whether the parent is
around or not and will gain self-satisfaction.
President Lincoln once said: When I do good
I feel good. When I do bad I feel bad. Thats
my religion. In other words, they learn to
become their own moral compass.
References/Sources:
7 Claire Newton, a renowned physcologists
who writes books and studies children
behavior.
Con
8 Corporal Punishment continues a cycle of
abuse. In (evidence) speaks of an instance
where a mother had to see her children get
spanked by their father and their teachers. At
the time she believed it was the right thing to
do as she believed it would make her children
better behaved. However, in the future she
regrets having them spanked because two of
her children ended up being very violent and
the other two depressed. The children look
back at how they were abused and the
mother now tries to convince her daughters to
not spank their children anymore and use
other methods. Children who are spanked by
their parents and teachers grow up with hate
and it can negatively impact their futures.
References/Sources
8 A letter written by Cheryl Adams, who
suffered abuse from her husband and
witnessed her children and how they were
affected by spanking. This letter was from a
research study on a Project against spanking
called NoSpank.
http://www.nospank.net/adams.htm
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/family-health-12/how-to-child-discipline
Rebuttal
7 The power of physical
punishment to teach a child
the difference between right
and wrong is doubtful. A
young child may learn that
the adult is displeased, but
not why. Spanking will
cause a state of extreme
distress and confusion
which makes it less likely
they will analyze their
behaviour with clarity. In
older children disciplined at
school, a physical
punishment is likely to
provoke resentment and
provoke more
misbehaviour.
Rebuttal
8 This letter is just one
example of physical abuse
that went to far and had no
boundaries. There must be
boundaries and a right way
to punish children. With the
right punishments there can
be a positive outcome to
the student. Such as
immediately punishing a
students bad behavior and
telling them what is right.
(WebMD that covers
research on how to
positively punish a child for
bad behavior). There
should be clear rules on
what is right and what is
wrong.
Rodriguez 4
Redirect
7 As long as the teacher has the
right morals and wishes to pass
them down to the children, they can
do so by invoking punishment and
reward. The punishment of course,
should always be within reason and
never cause any permanent or long
lasting harm on the student's body.
The student would then want to do
the right thing and develop their
morality as they mature into adults.
Redirect
8 There is no way that there can be
regulation on how hard the
teachers punish the students.
There will always be teachers who
take it too far and by allowing them
to physically harm students, then
they have more reasons to take the
punishments too far and causing
permanent negative impacts on a
students life.These impacts can
never be taken back and will once
again continue the never ending
cycle of abuse and neglect towards
children, ultimately causing crime
rates to go up and other issues.