Corporal punishment in schools. Is it time to bring back the strap?

I understand sports, I dont understand you wanting to soften sports up? Sports like boxing, rugby, wrestling etc should be left alone. You keep changing the rules may as well cancel the sport, It wont be the same.
Yes I am a parent and a teacher. I dont borrow or have anyones children on loan for a few minutes. A few minutes is hardly 6 hours with them on a daily.
There are parents who have children with behavioural problems that think they have to be the childs best friend. Ask any psychologist.
Thats an extreme case of 7 neurodiverse students in one class and if diagnosed most principals would not allow that many in one class. So no unless its a classroom specifically for that intent, then its unlikely. Its too easy to say oh there might be 7 nd in any one class. Youre only guessing at that point.
Nobody in the thread said they hate children - that is a ridiculous statement to make and at the other end of extreme.
A smack on a toddlers hand to correct the child is not the same as beating the crap out of them til they are in hospital.
And no, physical discipline is not allowed in NZ.

So suspending the students just gives them a holiday from learning. Who is disciplining our young people if the state threatens uplift if the parents smack their children for misbehaving?
End of year and still students are being suspended for fighting and other undesirable behaviour.
Most schools model a framework of positive behaviour but it doesnt work on some students. A mostly female school staff isnt helping either. Boys dont respect their authority. Its pretty disheartening to see how angry these young boys can get. I think schools are too soft on bad behaviour and most principals dont set the best standard for their schools. Some people think its abuse but you can ask the children nicely in a positive tone to correct the behaviour maybe several times or you can get the strap out and this speeds up the correction.

...I would not trust your judgement over matters Narrowpath when you obviously were taken in by Robertt when it was obvious to everyone on CC that he was playing you.

Perhaps you just sounding off because you dont really know how to deal with special needs children/people.

I think the school system is too far gone. Too many teachers can't even tell the difference between right and wrong - I wouldn't want them having the authority to spank kids - they'd probably spank the good children, and leave the bad.

I don't have anything against spanking kids - the bible says this is the Godly way to raise children, and "he who spares the rod hates his son". So all those who say spanking children means parents hate them - God says the opposite - it's those who don't spank that are hating their children. But to give this authority to unbelieving teachers - pagans, heathens and philistines - I wouldn't support it. Perhaps in a Christian society, it would be acceptable (again). But in our society, the teachers and government are likely wrong on matters of morality more often than the children.

Maybe the rod is a metaphor for discipline and doesn't necessarily mean physically striking the child?

So suspending the students just gives them a holiday from learning. Who is disciplining our young people if the state threatens uplift if the parents smack their children for misbehaving?
End of year and still students are being suspended for fighting and other undesirable behaviour.
Most schools model a framework of positive behaviour but it doesnt work on some students. A mostly female school staff isnt helping either. Boys dont respect their authority. Its pretty disheartening to see how angry these young boys can get. I think schools are too soft on bad behaviour and most principals dont set the best standard for their schools. Some people think its abuse but you can ask the children nicely in a positive tone to correct the behaviour maybe several times or you can get the strap out and this speeds up the correction.

Schools can handle misbehavior through more in house counseling sessions, more communication with parents,

That's a REALLY good joke!!!! Tell us another one!!!

Spare the rod spoil the child. Proverbs 13:24 and 22:15. Things have gotten much worse over the past 60 years as we removed teaching the bible in schools and studying the bible chapter by chapter and verse by verse. Evil has slowly crept in to pollute our culture.