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Originally Posted by wyndslash
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and that's really messed up, stitch o_o here, the kid will get a good thrashing by the parents and at least a suspension from school |
If someone doesn't learn, at an early age, that they are responsible for their actions, as they grow up and their actions impact others more forcefully, the results can be quite dramatic and create a lot of tears for a lot of people.
Little Hannako never learns that turning tricks to make spare case might have a negative impact on her adult life. Little Yoshi has been shoplifting candy for years, gets older and bigger and starts rolling drunks staggering home from the station, and can't understand why the policeman doesn't just accept his apology when the drunk refuses to hand over his wallet and Yoshi stabs him.
I don't advocate corporal punishment in schools if handled by the individual school, but I can appreciate what a tribunal can decide for a child regarding corporal punishment. There is very little juvenile delinquency in Singapore, with its caning rules... You do NOT want to shop lift, break window, or draw graffiti in Singapore. That 'cane' is a five-foot long, one inch thick rattan bat!
In America, if a student stabs a teacher, the police take the student away and lock him up. No detention for that. Not even suspension. Suspension is for fighting with another student (without weapons) and smoking in the bathrooms is good for a week of detention. If course, parents are called into the school for these too. I spent many a week grounded, denied TV, required to stay in my room (no computer games or X-box in those days. If a one-eyed razorback barbarian warrior was chasing you with an ax, you just
had to hope you could outrun him.) There were plenty of times when I couldn't sit down so comfortably... Eventually I learned to behave responsibly. Almost.
In Japan, many parents think it's the schools responsibility to teach their children how to behave in public, which is why the parents of the boy who stabbed the teacher want to sue the school and the teacher. They don't discipline their children at home, and the kids run amok! Now, this is not ALL parents. Unfortunately, it is the majority in some areas...
Stitchawl