It helps plant the illusion in the minds of all children that certain people are inferior, that they deserve to be beaten and when they drop out of school, it's their own fault. Corporal punishment is a powerful reinforcer of bigotry, class discrimination and collective hatred. Corporal punishment is a degrading and humiliating treatment. Some children, upon seeing an adult in authority behave this way toward a child, interpret it as a license for them to do the same. For this reason, the use of corporal punishment promotes bullying, cruelty and scapegoating among children.
Schools are role models for their communities.
They should set the highest possible standard. When teacher violence is condoned, abusive parents and other abusive adults feel exonerated. Corporal punishment in the schools promotes child abuse in the general community. La abrumadora mayor a de los maestros no pegan a sus alumnos. Las personas educadas desde su ni ez a reaccionar por miedo al castigo es raro que aprendan a formar su propia conducta como no sea por miedo al mismo.