I don't necessarily agree with the notion "A Child who grows up being hit, learns it's ok to hit,...". i got my fair share of whoopings and punishments when i was a kid, from parents as well as teachers (yeah it's legal then and there, but there's rules for that too). but i don't feel a need to hit anyone and i don't find it acceptable for others to even attempt to hit me. my parents always taught me the difference between "punishment" and "unnecessary violence". and when they did punish me, they always told me why and it was never without reason. But even then, i had a case once in kindergarden where my teacher felt it was necessary to punish me and the punishment was over the edge. i came home crying with a bruise on my forehead and chalk on my face and lips. my parents were so mad they cleaned me up and took me to my grandparents while they went to school immediately to chew out the teacher and principal. they picked up my things and took me out of that school that day and found me another school the following week.
With that being said, although i may discipline my children with physical punishment, i don't find it acceptable for adults at school to give physical punishment to my children without my permission (and i wouldn't give permission for something like that). my kid would be taken outta that school immediately and everyone from the mayor, the school district superintendents, principal, teacher, would get a nasty gram from me.
i've been spent summer school sessions in sketchy neighborhoods and have seen fights break out between adults and high school/jr high school kids in the lunchroom. but even then, the adults' responsibility was to restraint, not to hit back. |