Emtol01:
I bet u, d day I was asked to crawl on coarse ground because I don't know what is 'Quadrilateral'. Since then I never forget it for a second and its abt twenty three years ago.

TonyeBarcanista
Don't be ashamed bro, I'm reeling my experience and I don't consider it BARBARIC.

There is nothing special about the 21st century, kneeling down is normal and has been working since 1900.

No wonder kids of 19th and 20th century are more disciplined than some of our 21st century kids.

Punctuality is the soul of business/professionalism.

Xerum:


Bros,

I don't buy this your arguement in relating this shameful / inhumam treatment to punctuality.

I have never seen any place in the world where punctuality is rewared, appreciated & held as holy as in the developed world and I am yet to see kids been punished in such manner to teach them lesson on punctuality.

My take on this is, if adults have to go to such length to exercise power / "teach them punctuality", it only goes to exhibit the helplessness / incivility of the adults.

So if after this punishment some students till come late, what will be the next level of punishment? Cut them with razor blades? These kids are not in some military training camp for hell sake!

profolaolu:
Who r U, do U ever have idea of anytin going on in schools because if U understand U wouldnt b saying dis rubbish I am a teacher, SSS teacher for dat matter I knw students dat av given me a lot of warning to deal with me if nt because of GOD n am self confidence,I dont knw what will have happen,if U dont take charge in schs will b nowhere to be find. What r U saying

Ugosample:


I agree 100 % with what you said...

As a kid I was manhandled by anyone who was older than me for the slightest of things, it could be your neighbour or even other relatives.

I know the scars all those things inflicted on me, and woe betides anyone who tries that with my girl, one of us will be visiting the hospital......

That said, it is brutality like this that has desensitized Nigerians too much, so much so that I took a poll, on what people thought about lynching and many, across educational levels saw nothing wrong with it, and you call Nigeria!a country or a farm house

We are all for disciplining our kids, but not to dehumanize them or make them have low self esteem (which by the way, one of the reasons why they can't face their government's is because they have been brutalized to submission)

Discipline should NEVER be compromised, but we should not dehumanize in the guise of discipline.

rapcy:
Easier said than done. When you have a son you will understand better...

TonyeBarcanista:
What is barbaric here? It is discipline my Dear OP. Some of us experienced it while in primary school. For some of us it was kneel down + flogging.


Yes, it made lots of kids understand the importance of punctuality.

TonyeBarcanista:

Discipline is the responsibility of the parents and teacher.

In developed countries parents ensures that their wards are punctual to school. No be so?

To answer you, I tell you that with serious punishment school children will have no choice but respect themselves.

Youngzedd:
This is just small naa to be compared to what they did to us at Ugborimili Primary School, Onitsha.

Ours is after kneeling down till the assembly is over then you will be flogged strokes of cane on your two bare foots together with a very big cane by the teacher.

You won't even see the legs to walk to your classroom, you will just stay there like a crippled person with tears in your eyes, while the female folks will be crying out loud, we the big boys cry inside.


That woman is just wicked. If I see her on the road, the rest will be history.

somcherry:



Lol. I know Ugbormili primary school.

I didn't attend their though but Our house was very close to the school.

I attended another school in the same Estate.

maasoap:

We all passed through what wrote up there but that didn't make it okay. If I have power to punish all those who gave me this type of discipline when I was a kid, I would kill some of them at this moment without blinking an eye. Ranging from teacher that almost blinded me with cane when I was in primary two, to the one that tore my back skin with cane when I was in primary one, to the one called Mr Buhari at Fakunle High school Osogbo, now PS ministry of education that tore my back skin when I was in SS1, He also made me sit on the ground when I was in ss3 after lashing me.
All these types of punishment are not good and it shouldn't be encouraged by any parents.

DropShot:

Tell me you're joking. This your grammar doesn't qualify you as a primary school teacher let alone a teacher for senior classes.

You need to go back to school please. Or look for something else to do.

profolaolu:
I never knw U r dis sick take ur drugs

profolaolu:
ooooooh A dog barking at d moon,I was actually sorry for giving U attention like ur wound bro bye

DropShot:

I'm ashamed of this your post. This is 21st century and there are better ways of instilling discipline than this demeaning and reprehensible method.

I won't accept this punishment or anything close to it for my children from any school.

Modified*
No need to quote me to spew nonsense such as "how old are you?". Or "I'm sure you have no children" and "this is how our children get spoiled without disciplining them".

Just use pestle and planks on yours or throw them in oven all in the name of instilling discipline in them.

End of story.

mikolo80:
give us 3 better ways of instilling discipline

DropShot:

Your argument holds no water. If the school can get away with this corporal punishment, it will surely be able to get away with making this do chores.
This is the worst of all the options available to the school. Why settle for it?

Do you condemn a man who beats his wife for any failure? If you do, what is different in this case?

DropShot:

1. Clearing grass/weeds no grass in that school, just mud
2. Cleaning toilets I doubt that school has toilet and I can tell you most will not mind ,dem no be ajebota chudren
3. Denying them of some hours of play during breaks still on ajebota tinz, but I agree detention works
4. Making them arrange books in the library.
Hahahahaha sorry Hahahahaha.... Sorry ,can't help myself Hahahahaha, library, right
There are many civilized ways (chores) in every school to use as soft punishment for students.

DropShot:

1. Clearing grass/weeds
2. Cleaning toilets
3. Denying them of some hours of play during breaks
4. Making them arrange books in the library.

There are many civilized ways (chores) in every school to use as soft punishment for students.

DropShot:

I'm ashamed of this your post. This is 21st century and there are better ways of instilling discipline than this demeaning and reprehensible method.

I won't accept this punishment or anything close to it for my children from any school.

Modified*
No need to quote me to spew nonsense such as "how old are you?". Or "I'm sure you have no children" and "this is how our children get spoiled without disciplining them".

Just use pestle and planks on yours or throw them in oven all in the name of instilling discipline in them.

End of story.

ATERI:

Some of you are pathetic; raving and ranting for nothing. I was reading a lady`s book the other day who was found of advising Nigerian parents in London to take them back to Nigeria to complete their secondary education, once she concluded they were no more redeemable in London schools. Her point was that she had seen first-hand the type of transformation that happened to those that did in the past. You lot want to turn Africa to the land of indiscipline where everything goes, right? My advice remains the same as before: take your hopeless and ill-mannered children to London or Washington for their education and leave barbaric Africa alone.

I have just had the misfortune of visiting the thread of the idiot that was slapped by her lecturer. How I wish I could get to that hospital bed so as to tell her to get a grip.
But why are our people in Cameroon wasting time? What happens to the good old lashes that deliver potent messages to all late comers in double quick time? Most of the people `in mourning` here were useless in their school days. 21st century? Yea, discuss that with the Chinese!

DropShot:

I'm ashamed of this your post. This is 21st century and there are better ways of instilling discipline than this demeaning and reprehensible method.

I won't accept this punishment or anything close to it for my children from any school.

Modified*
No need to quote me to spew nonsense such as "how old are you?". Or "I'm sure you have no children" and "this is how our children get spoiled without disciplining them".

Just use pestle and planks on yours or throw them in oven all in the name of instilling discipline in them.

End of story.