Education -> is the cane necessary?

Look at this comment by some readers regarding caning in school

Stop caning
CHINESE primry school pupils are caned for minor mistakes like forgetting to bring books n low marks in spelling. Pupils are terrified! Edu Dept, pls ban caning in chinese schools, not necessary.
STOP caning school kids 4 not doing homework. Don’t presume child was lazy. Ill health may b one cause.
SON age 9 was caned for answering maths question wrongly. Now traumatised n stressed in chinese pri school, afraid 2 make mistakes. How can kids learn? JY

I don't know la....but maybe parents today pamper their child too much.

"stop touching my brat! or i will report u to the MCA! if MCA never do anything i will go to DAP! if not i will write petition to the King to have a royal commission to investigate why u hit my child!" -_-"

Caning with reasonable intention is the most effective method to discipline a child. It can be explained physiologically. In the brain there are areas called reward and punishment centres. It is essential in learning. If a kid do something bad and get a punishment which is painful, he will learn that doing that thing will cause pain and not do it again! Similarly, if he do something good,and gets a reward, he will try to do the same thing over and over again.

All other punishment proposed by parents of pampered children are preposterous. They want counselling la,talk properly la etc. For God's sake, these are children. You talk properly to them,they will say they understand although they dont and do it again! Than he gets counselling again and again until 1 day, he felt bored and desensitized to those words coming through his ear. He then sleep in counselling session. So how? Counsel him that it is wrong to sleep in counselling session?

Kids not doing their homework must be punished or else this habit will carry on till their adult life. Caning is an effective method. Of course the one who cane the children must know his/her limit. Do not cane too hard as children's skin are delicate. Just deliver a message to them that not doing homework is a wrong thing and deserve punishment. Cane them parts that will not hurt that much e.g. palm, buttocks . DO NOT cane at the back of the hands, face, body, legs etc.

Agreed that some kids did not do their homework due to ill health. But isn't it the job of the parents to explain to the teachers about this? Can't they even write a simple letter explaining the situation to the teacher? The teacher will surely understand and excuse the child! But no...as usual, parents expect teachers to know everything about their child! Even if their child is sick at HOME, they expect the teachers to know. Easy ma...just COMPLAIN to MCA or DAP if the child kena cane.

The inappropriate reason for caning is when a child did not do well in exam. Children are prone to make mistakes and should be given chance to rectify their mistake. It is not a big crime deserving caning. However, if a child repeatedly do the same mistake over and over again despite adequate explaination, some form of punishment must be given to ensure the mistakes are not repeated.

However, i heard that in chinese schools, students are caned for not scoring perfect in exams. That means, you must score 100 marks. If not, you will be caned. Even 98 marks is no good, you must have 100. Well, the school may have good intention, wanting to be perfect, but isn't it absurd to cane a student just because he/she make a mistake or two? This is inappropriate...its exactly the life that will put students into a depression. The school must realise that nothing is perfect,not all children have equal ability. However, whatever we said, the caning of children for "low" exam grades are still rampant in chinese-medium schools today.

In my school life, i did not memorise my times table until standard 4! Haha....why did it happen? because in std 1,2 and 3 teachers are too kind to me. In std 4, there come this big "Terminator" who will really hentam anyone who doesn't know his times table. This terminator scare me into memorising! So you see, without Mr Terminator, i would not be what I am today.
I have been caned for various offences in school which I am not proud to disclose, but all those caning, looking back now, makes me a better person.

Therefore, my point is, when you cane a child, he may hate you in short term, he will not do the mistakes he is caned for. But when he grow up, he will remember and grateful to those who punish him! He will not hold grudges if the caning is reasonable.

Reasonable caning? Ok, let me give you one example of UNreasonable one. In my form 3 days i have one hell of a Living skills teacher by the name of Zainuddin. This fella enjoys caning for no reason like i enjoy eating Baskin Robbins ice cream. Without any reason, he will cane and laugh. I remember him...and still wonder why he caned me in almost all Living skill classes. Mind you...his caning really hurts, he's an ex army officer you know.

that's all la......caning appropriate or not, up to you to ponder on.