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Jul 04, 2008 Letters
DEAR EDITOR,
I do jump, nay, leap for joy, every time a country abolishes all forms of corporal punishment, as Mr. Leon Jameson Suseran noted in his letter, “Let corporal punishment remain in school” (Kaieteur News, July 3, 2008).
Whenever this happens, the sun of a violence-free and abuse-free childhood rises ever more brightly and inevitably.
I will use every convenient means at hand to help in some small way to advance the coming of that day, and to inform the general public that it is coming.
It might be easier to stop tomorrow than to stop the total worldwide ban on corporal punishment. Whether or not it happens in my lifetime, I am certain it will happen. Already, in the USA, “none of the 174 Catholic dioceses which run schools permits corporal punishment” (Catholic Standard, January 19, 2007).
One day, the Earthly Father will speak the words that will liberate all of the Heavenly Father’s little ones from the scourge of corporal punishment.
Will Mr. Suseran be totally against his church’s non-belief in the use of corporal punishment?
Mr. Suseran juxtaposed Trinidad’s high murder rates with the ban on school corporal punishment in that country. I can do the same with Jamaica’s even higher murder rates and that country’s continual use of all forms of corporal punishment.
His recommendation that corporal punishment be administered to “lackadaisical learners” is not in accordance with the MOE’s Manual which says that children should not be corporally punished for learning difficulties.
Should a student be beaten for not learning how to solve his equations, or for failing his mathematics examination?
However, I must commend Mr. Suseran for not picking up the whip in nearly two years.
The longest journey begins with the first step. His is a step in the right direction. Sir, thou art not far from the Kingdom of God.
He is finally abiding by the Education Code regulations and the laws of Guyana, as any professional teacher and law-abiding citizen should.
I further commend him for using alternative methods of discipline. He said he does not whip children at the moment. May that moment last for eternity.
Finally, I enjoin Mr. Suseran to tone down his shrill language as it does nothing to advance his pro-corporal punishment rhetoric. However, being shrill – among our many human foibles – is one of our inalienable human rights.
M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett
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