This document discusses corporal punishment, which is the deliberate infliction of pain on a person as a form of punishment. It notes that corporal punishment is commonly used in judicial, domestic, and educational settings by methodically striking the offender with an implement. The document lists some potential advantages of corporal punishment, such as instant effects and intimidation, but also many disadvantages, such as harm to physical and mental health, negative teacher-student relations, and hindering learning. It concludes by recommending avoiding corporal punishment and instead cultivating an environment of love, tolerance, democratic discipline, and forgiveness to encourage positive development in children.

1. Corporal
Punishment
Tingting Chen
04.16.2013

2. What is corporal Punishment
• Corporal punishment is a form of physical punishment that
involves the deliberate infliction of pain as retribution for an
offence, or for the purpose of disciplining or reforming a
wrongdoer, or to deter attitudes or behavior deemed
unacceptable. The term usually refers to methodically striking
the offender with an implement, whether in judicial,
domestic, or educational settings.

3. Legality of corporal punishment in
American Schools

4. Advantage of corporal punishment
• (1) Instant effect
• (2) Effect of intimidation
• (3) Punishing someone as a warning to others

5. Disadvantage of corporal
punishment
• (1) Giving harm to students’ physical and mental health
• (2) Having negative effects upon the relations between
teacher and students
• (3) Improper demonstration
• (4) Leading students to the negative development for their
personality
• (5) unwilling to investigate into the real causes of students’
improper behaviors
• (6) Stimulating students’ extreme behaviors
• (7) Giving rise to resistance
• (8) Having negative influence on students’ learning
atmosphere

6. Avoid corporal punishment
• In this situation, we need to avoid corporal punishment as much as
we can.
• Children who grow in an environment with love will learn to show
gratitude in the future;
• children grow in an environment with tolerance will learn to show
tolerance in the future;
• children who grow in an environment with practice of democratic
disciplines will learn liberalism in the future;
• children who grow in an environment with forgiveness will learn to
show compassion in the future.

7. Thank you