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Corporal punishment is damaging to IQOn the long term psychological outcome
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The author is a third year student of mathematical sciences at KAIST, Korea’s top science and engineering institution.

In Jeju society, corporal punishment has long been regarded as an important means of establishing a structured and disciplined educational environment. As statistics from a 2004 parliamentary inspection show, the island is well known for the number of schools with a high incidence of corporal punishment.

Though the level has been decreasing since the report, Jeju still largely supports corporal punishment in its schools. That's because many people believe it to be an effective and immediate method of controlling students' undesirable behavior. However many argue that its application can lead to serious repercussions for the victim — ranging from eardrum ruptures to suicide.

Violence at school can be a pattern imitated by impressionable children which can ultimately lead to a path of crime or criminal behavior. An early environment which harbors aggressive and violent behavior may alter and later influence an individual’s attitude in dealing with stressful situations.

Notably, there have been studies indicating violence is a learnt behavior condition. One supporting evidential claim stems from reports stating “violence watched on TV can initiate copycat behavior within a persons psyche.” Similar reports regarding adult aggression and violence state this behavior can originate from an abusive childhood.

Evidence shows that children who have been exposed to violence through punishment will only comprehend the solution in the same way. Last year, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said the level of violence between students in Jeju was the second-highest in the country. It found that corporal punishment in school was still widely accepted by students, teachers and even parents.

An interesting report from an university in the US states, “adrenalin output increases sharply after physical exertion or punishment is prolonged, the hormone balance breaks, and then the victim becomes prone to spontaneous violent outbursts.” Proven results showed 95 percent of juvenile delinquents were associated with having severe or extreme physical punishment when young. Corporal punishment at school or at home, whether it is trivial or not, should be stopped immediately. Stress factors such as violence can incite psychotic breaks in individuals of all ages resulting in erratic behavioral reactions and decisions.

Some research states physical punishment lowers IQ. An article written in the Science Daily argues that IQs of children ages 2 to 4 who were not spanked were 5 points higher four years later than the IQs of those who were spanked. The same results were found in the same studies implemented in numerous other countries who did not permit physical punishments.

One of the many purposes of education is to develop a child's mental abilities. From this point of view, If teachers or parents choose to exercise the sanction of corporal punishment, their behavior contradicts the purpose for and of education.

The Canadian Medical Association Journal, wrote “corporal punishment is closely related to development of adult diseases. Children who are sometimes or often spanked are likely to suffer from roughly twice more anxiety, major depression, alcohol abuse and more than one disease when they are adults compared with children never or rarely spanked.” I acknowledge the difficultly for some to grasp the association between childhood spanking and subsequent health problems but repeated research and evidence constantly presented conclusively argues for the elimination of physical and mental violence against children in what ever form it is delivered.

Violence does not solve problems. It simply ignites it. Children need to have role models they respect not fear from adults. Children often repeat the behavior of adults whether it be negative or positive. Adults need to teach a child to think using their heart and head, not to exercise violence.


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