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6. Our teacher is impatient with students who don't
pay attention.
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Answer 1

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For children in many countries, corporal punishment is a regular part of the school experience; it is also a form of child abuse. Corporal punishment is deliberate violence inflicted on children, and it takes place on a gigantic scale. Legal defenses for teachers who hit or beat children still exist in most countries of the world. Corporal punishment, however, has not been shown to be effective, especially in the long-term, and it can cause children shame,  guilt,  anxiety,  aggression,  a  lack  of  independence,  and  a  lack  of  caring for others, and thus greater problems for teachers, caregivers and other children.One of the major reasons why corporal punishment persists is that teachers do  not  understand  that  it  is  different  from  “discipline.”  While  corporal  punishment seeks to stop a child from behaving in a certain way, positive discipline  techniques  can  be  used  to  teach  a  child  learn  new,  correct  behaviours  without  the  fear  of  violence.  Another  major  reason  is  that  teachers are often not taught why children misbehave and how to discipline them positively based on those behaviours. Many times, when a child feels his or her needs are not being met, such as the need for attention, he or she misbehaves. The frustration that a child’s misbehaviour causes, and a lack of skills to handle it, leads some teachers to strike out at their children and use corporal punishment or humiliating forms of emotional punishment. This  guide  for  teachers  and  teacher  educators  enriches  the  UNESCO  publication “Embracing  Diversity:  A  Toolkit  for  Creating  Inclusive,  Learning-Friendly  Environments”  (ILFE  Toolkit).  It  is  a  specialized  booklet intended to help teachers, school administrators, and education officials to effectively manage students in the classroom by giving non-violent ways to deal with behavioural challenges positively and pro-actively. It presents positive discipline tools that are concrete alternatives to such punishment practices as caning, spanking, pinching, threatening, pleading, bribing, yelling, commanding, name-calling, forced labour, and other even more humiliating actions.

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