Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihuxb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihuxb!mcal From: mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford) Newsgroups: net.kids,net.abortion,net.philosophy Subject: Re: Corporal Punishment vs. ridicule Message-ID: <946@ihuxb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 08:42:42 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxb.946 Posted: Fri Mar 1 08:42:42 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Mar-85 03:00:52 EST References: <322@cadre.ARPA><137@unc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 22 Xref: watmath net.kids:1036 net.abortion:1311 net.philosophy:1488 > In article dts@gitpyr.UUCP (Danny Sharpe) writes: > >In article <322@cadre.ARPA> jay@cadre.ARPA (Jay Ramanathan) writes: > >> I understand that, in countries like Sweden, it is a crime even to ridicule > >>a student in front of his/her peers, let alone hit him/her. I frankly am > >>surprised that, in a country like America, so many people subscribe to such > >>ancient forms of "disciplining" their pupils. > > > >Ridicule is a very, very bad thing to do to a child. I wouldn't be at all > >surprised if someone could authoritatively say it is far worse than > >spanking in its psychological effects. > > > > What's even worse is when the students gang up on one student > and ridicule him/her. Is there a law in Sweden against this? > > Frank Silbermann > University of North Carolina Frank, I think you forgot the smiley face ':-)' after your last sentence. Mike Clifford