I heard through the mess media that physical punishment was forbidden by the law in our high schools and middle
schools. I don't think it is the right time to forbid corporal punishment in our schools. To the best of my knowledge, there have been laws passed which prohibit teachers from hitting students for educational purposes several times. Nevertheless, none of them have been successful until now. What has our government missed before making the laws?
　　　 First of all, if we want corporal punishment to be eliminated from our schools, our government should invest a lot of money to improve the educational environment by building more schools and employing more teaching staff. In fact, our country has a poor educational environment in which one teacher takes care of about fifty students. So, the ways in which instructors can control their students are limited.
　　　 If someone just scolds misbehaving students, they may not try to correct their wrong behavior. So, the students continue to cause trouble, but teachers can't stop them from doing wrong owing to being afraid of violating the law. In that situation, a few students may cause even worse problems.
　　　 When I was in high school, there were six delinquent students in my school. They usually stole money from students who were weaker than they and beat the children without reason. The teacher who took a charge of our class scolded them several times, but they didn't try to correct their wrong behavior. One day, one students who had been hit by them stabbed one of them with a knife. Finally, bad students, including the student who stabbed them, expelled from school.
　　　 Certainly, teachers' bodily punishment without proper principles and fairness can make students have a hostile attitude toward the people around them and make students think that teachers impair their human dignity. However, in our educational system, corporal punishment is an indispensable means not only to encourage the students to steadily accomplish their academic goals but also to correct misbehaving students. Frankly, bodily punishment causes a lot of negative effects for students because there have been no finite principles regarding when teachers should hit students. Teachers should distinguish between violence and physical punishment for educational purposes.
　　　 In conclusion, we should regard teenagers as human beings. They have dignity as people. However, we can't solve the problems caused by corporal punishment by making laws forbidding it. Until now, we have placed the responsibility of students' education on teachers. At this time, we have to keep in mind that parents as well as teachers are responsible for educating students. Therefore, teachers, parents and students, should all consider how to get over these problems and make the opportunity to debate. If teachers can't control their students without corporal punishment, there should be
guidelines for hitting students and check how many students were paddled each month and why those are hit by teachers. For example, if some students commit immoral conduct, teachers ought to put themselves in the students' shoes and listen to what problems they have, and give advice to them. Unless students try to correct their behavior, teachers should be allowed to hit students with a paddle, but not give violent whippings mixed with individual emotion.