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Boy stabbed at Brisbane school | St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe
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People are saying bring back the cane in schools, introduce metal detectors, ban knives everywhere... last time I checked, kids weren't allowed to bring knives to school. I think for the discipline problems that bringing back the cane could solve, there would be different problems surfacing. Psychological problems, for instance. I think the onus should be on parents, not schools, to teach kids that violence is not ok, and to monitor their child if they know they are prone to violence or have any disorders that might cause them to be violent.
I remember a kid pulled a knife when I was in year 8 or 9. I don't think he threatened anyone, just waved it around and stuff. The principle suspended him I think. But I went to primary school with him also, and he was a bit of a weird kid. His mum didn't seem to help. I mean as far as she was concerned, her son was an angel, and whenever any teacher spoke to her about school issues (he got into trouble a bit), she would find excuses for the behaviour and insist they were discriminating against her son.
My boyfriend went to a private school and I was surprised when he said if parents gave permission, the teachers there were allowed to give him the cane whenever they saw fit. And he was ADHD, so he got it a lot. But he insists that it had no psychological effect on him and it was a good way of keeping him in line. He is intelligent and got good grades in high school, and seems pretty sane to me. But who knows. Something could surface later on in life.
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Check out the comments! Particularly one from 'pete':
Very sad and tragic. I think kids just dont seem to understand real life consequences. They watch movies, music clips, video games where they can crash a car or stab someone and they just dust themselves off. That you can punch and kick someone with no real damage. Yet in real life people die when they are punched especially if they hit their head on the ground when they fall, people get aids, STD and pregnant from sex, people die when they crash their cars. And innocent people get hurt when countries are invavded. The US way of solving problems is not the only way. Sadly people will escalate the situation by arming themselves in case it happens to them which is what we see with young men carrying knives in public. This is also partly because our justice system is spineless and puts the perps but on the street for us to fear. Make an example of some of these crims and I can promise people will think twice - not "oh well I just get a 2 year propationary and a fine." Human life is valuable. Time for courts to stop devlauing it.
Bring on the star chamber societies!
It is a very sad news item. The victmis family will suffer and I hope the murderer suffers too in guilt and remorse and in punishment - life is not a computer game - people do not come back.
And I agree with the other comments - the govt. need to give parents and teachers their powers back - not to opress or abuse but to help kids be accountable, learn about consequences and act accordingly in society. Parents should also be held accountable.
Bring on the star chamber societies!
It is a very sad news item. The victmis family will suffer and I hope the murderer suffers too in guilt and remorse and in punishment - life is not a computer game - people do not come back.
And I agree with the other comments - the govt. need to give parents and teachers their powers back - not to opress or abuse but to help kids be accountable, learn about consequences and act accordingly in society. Parents should also be held accountable.
I remember a kid pulled a knife when I was in year 8 or 9. I don't think he threatened anyone, just waved it around and stuff. The principle suspended him I think. But I went to primary school with him also, and he was a bit of a weird kid. His mum didn't seem to help. I mean as far as she was concerned, her son was an angel, and whenever any teacher spoke to her about school issues (he got into trouble a bit), she would find excuses for the behaviour and insist they were discriminating against her son.
My boyfriend went to a private school and I was surprised when he said if parents gave permission, the teachers there were allowed to give him the cane whenever they saw fit. And he was ADHD, so he got it a lot. But he insists that it had no psychological effect on him and it was a good way of keeping him in line. He is intelligent and got good grades in high school, and seems pretty sane to me. But who knows. Something could surface later on in life.
Thoughts?
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