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September 15, 2012

THE PEOPLE SPEAK – Pupils need discipline to correct behavior

I am a worried grandfather who believes that the lack of discipline in our schools is a sorry state. When teachers have no way to discipline a child, even to the point of standing them in a corner or a swat on the bottom side, how can we not have more and more bad children?

Bring the punishment that is needed so a teacher can control their class and teach the children, not just baby-sit them.

I do not believe in harming the child, but sitting in a corner, a swat on the butt or putting their name on the board will do more good than harm. If these things do not work then the parents should be fined on a weekly basis until the child corrects their behavior.

Let’s hold together and stop pushing uneducated delinquents into society.

CARMINE F. PERROTTA JR.

Muskogee

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