The front-page headline of the Daily News on September 28 stating that “corporal punishment breeds violence” is flagrant nonsense. Society was not beset by violence when corporal punishment was standard practice in schools. On the contrary...
The remarks by Nokwanda Khuzwayo concerning pupils’ culture at schools (Mercury, November 23) provide insight into the decline of discipline in schools. Khuzwayo argues that teachers have no right to “disrespect” what a...
The disintegration of discipline in schools and in society is neither new nor surprising (Mercury, 25 October). The Ancients were aware of it and advised on how to avoid it. Plato, who lived 350 years before the Christ – or the Common Era...
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