Comments on: Return From Austin/SXSW: Marc Ecko’s Mixed Message on Corporal Punishment

By: criolle johnny

criolle johnny — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:46:35 +0000

There should not be a balance of power between a teacher in a class and a 13 year old student. The teacher IS in charge.
I not sure spanking is the answer, but there seem to be no penalties whatsoever for misbehavior or failure. A student cannot be failed! We have 8th grade students who cannot read. We have 8th grade students who are parents.
A student is flippant, arrives late, turns in incomplete or late work. Then when the student starts his/her first job that student promptly gets fired and everyone blames the school teachers.
The problem is system wide. When someone tries to correct any part of the problem even as Mark’s device, the attacks are predictable.
What frustrates me is that I HAVE taught in a better system and I HAVE seen the better results. I know what works, I also convinced that it’s politically unachievable.
Happy St Pat’s.

By: Geek Porn Girl

Geek Porn Girl — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:00:49 +0000

While I can’t say I agree with the marketing technique, there is a certain psychology at work here. However, it doesn’t sound like it was well presented. Adults get a charge out of spanking because it is an act of humiliation, an exchange of power, and it hurts. These are exactly the reasons spanking is inappropriate for children. Spanking between adults (especially in a trade show booth) is consensual play. Spanking a child is neither consensual nor play. When an adult spanks a child, there is no balance of power – just very real pain and humiliation.

By: criolle johnny

criolle johnny — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:24:10 +0000

I wonder how much time Mark has spent teaching middle school.