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nathanrutledge · Joined: 01 May 2008 Location: Marakesh

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2929996

TheUrbanMyth · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired

ThingsComeAround · Joined: 07 Nov 2008

jvalmer · Joined: 06 Jun 2003

Next election I hope the guys running the MOE in Gyeonggi and Seoul will be booted out. They can't just throw corporal punishment completely out without of thinking viable alternative and a transition period. It's like they saw a documentary on some elite American private school and figured all schools are like that and decided to emulate it.

Anyways, I find it rich that people argue for kids rights. A smack to the butt is not going to harm anyone. We don't give children full rights anyways like voting, travelling, drinking and smoking.

balzor · Joined: 14 Feb 2009

balzor · Joined: 14 Feb 2009

"The final step is to order the student to a so-called �introspection room,� where an education consultant is available for advice, or where the student can read or study."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA HA

chris_J2 · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Location: From Brisbane, Au.

The article also states that the ban on corporal punishment will be implemented nationally.

jvalmer · Joined: 06 Jun 2003

SparkleKorea · Joined: 05 Dec 2010

Corporal punishment in schools is the foundational fabric of the Korean character. I would be infuriated to see it go.

Captain Corea · Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Location: Seoul

BoholDiver · Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Location: Canada

Me too. I'll be so infuriated, I'll start beatg my students down.

Oops, I can't do that anymore.

mmstyle · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Location: wherever

Yep, at my school, there is a new counselor, where the teachers are supposed to send the students rather than punish them. She is trained in psychology and counseling.

That said, there is no system set up, there seems to be little direction for what to do, my school has no idea what to do with her, and the teachers don't know how to transition the students to her, although they will sometimes pressure her to do things how they think she ought to.

This set up is temporary, as apparently the district has not decided if this will be a permanent program (her position is currently temporary), which it seems, all comes down to funding. Apparently, there is some discussion as to whether the only room available in the school (the computer room was gutted last week, which will disappoint many of my students) will be a counseling room or the new English Zone.

It's weird for me to have more security than someone else at my school, and for me to be the one advising her about the school culture. I think this is a test to see whether or not they can suddenly come up with a way to deal with the lack of punishment options.