Jeff Charles (2000) examined much research on the effects of corporal punishment and its effect on school items. Charles reported that in the "top 10" paddling states, no positive outcomes could be found. The "top 10" included: Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, South Carolina, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Oklahoma. Seven of these states have below average graduation rates. The SAT scores and the crime statistics in t

The article I have read basically declares that twenty-seven states have banned corporal punishment in schools, and many more that can do it, chooses not to. The article lists seven major reasons why corporal punishment does not work. The seven major reasons are 1. Corporal punishment is ineffective, 2. Corporal punishment can lead to abuse, 3. Corporal punishment can unintentionally cause serious harm and damage to students, 4. Corporal punishment trains a child to use violence, 5. Slapping or any kind of physical force on the buttocks is considered sexual violations, 6. Spanking can lower a child’s IQ, and 7. Is that spanking instills fear within the child.

Herrnstein, 1986; Vockell, 1991). Research also shows that paddlings are given more regularly to male students and to minority students.

I think that by reading this article, I was able to have a change of mind. At first I was saying to myself and others, that

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