10/9/2010
Sharing the Book Report
Ex-36 Spare the Rod
(Kar) I wonder whether corporal punishment is a good way to teach naughty children. However, many parents believe that it makes a naughty child into a good one, yet physical punishment is no guarantee of the result. In fact, most naughty children do not improve their behaviour after they have been beaten. On the other hand, some of them are ashamed of scars of the cane on their skins and cover them with sleeves or knee high socks. It makes them to be less confident of the social life.
I remember that when I was in primary 3. The naughty boy, Tom, my classmate, was often tricked with others. He was beaten by our class teacher with a thick ruler after he had done wrong and was sometime punished to stand outside alone during class. Nevertheless, he had not learnt his lesson and kept tricking with others. He even bullied small boys. Therefore, he could not make friends in the class. But he had not improved his behaviour until was in primary 5. He met Miss Lee, his class teacher, who was kind to him with great patience and often explained what he was wrong. As a result, Tom had changed since then. He kindly treated others and never bullied small boys. Eventually, he had many good friends at school and often studied after school together.
I personally believe that training a child with great patience, love and encouragement is very important. Also, it is necessary that adults should not practise corporal punishment on naughty children, and should gently explain that how wrong for them to do instead. I think it is good for them to make the child good.
