Why the physical punishment of pupils in school? Do students need to be caned, slapped, pinched, and mentally tormented to make the study? Or could it be just because some teachers are not patient enough and are easily irritated when handling children?
Basically, it is the lack of self-control and the unexpressed anger that leads to this form of physical outrage. Some students no doubt, are delinquent. Others are just innocent but weak in their studies. There are many pupils who are ignorant of what education means to them because of their poor family background. If teachers are harsh and do not empathies with their pupils, they would soon realize that students would distance themselves from them.
When children are constantly punished and cannot express their true feeling of frustration under any circumstances, they would only end up with a low sense of worth. They will grow up to be skeptical and indignant. They live to become introverts and grow up to become more disruptive.
A healthy school environment is where high standards of emotional intelligence are present in teachers. With emotional maturity, teachers would be more sympathetic. Teacher should learn to acknowledge, understand, and value feelings in their students before meting out any form of punishment. Teacher should first try to understand their own personal qualities and that of their students before any punishment is meted out as any wrong move would irreparably harm the students' sense of worth. Communicate with the students patiently
Try to inspire and motivate and empathies with them. Win their hearts with a lots of tolerance and punish them only through suble means.
Refraining from any form of physical punishment is still the best option for teachers.
