school help: i need to find reasons for my debate next week in school : should kids be punished in school. - Help.com

School Punishment is the result of bad behaviour. When a teacher reacts to an action/comment by a pupil which they feel is not acceptable, the result will usually be a punishment of some sort ie detention or having a privalage taken away suchas sitting with friends in lessons.

thank-you i need some more information because i am only in 6th grade

There are many ways to punish a student: detention as Mother of Peace said; loss of recess time; extra homework; loss of privileges… the list goes on and on.

BUT, I firmly believe in the “affective domain…” The affective domain is a theory that states that education/learning has quite a bit to do with a student’s mood/comfort level. Therefore, if you make sure that students are comfortable in class….not made fun of; not made to feel stupid; able to express themselves….they will then become more excited/happy about school and the whole learning process. Discipline issues will then decline. This is part of a constructivist view of education. Constructivism is another theory that states that children should be allowed to be kids/that they should be able to learn in an environment that is student centered as opposed to teacher centered/ that they should be allowed to learn from experiences.

Having said all that….I guess my answer is, for the most part, that NO…students should not be punished in school.

I will try to answer this question on the “other side” in which I state reasons why children should be punished in school.

PROS FOR PUNISHING CHILDREN IN SCHOOL:
If children are not punished, they will never sit still and listen to the lesson. They will daydream and talk to neighbors. The classroom will get out of control. Once the classroom gets out of control, a teacher has little luck of regaining that control. If children are not punished, they will not find out that there are consequences for bad behavior. In this world, where children are allowed to do as they please as a result of absentee parents who are raising “latchkey” kids, the children, as a result, will grow up to be lazy, shiftless, insolent adults. Since the parents are no longer parenting, the school needs to have the authority to take over…

Hope that helps :)