The question posed is, should corporal punishment be used in public schools? I believe that I have a better feel for this issue then most, because I have attended both private and public schools. The private school that I attended was allowed to punish students by spanking them with a paddle. That method of punishment, in my eyes, seemed to be semi-effective. During high school I began to attend a public school which was not allowed to physically punish students in any way. I believe with all the changes taking place in our world today, it is not realistic to think that the idea of corporal punishment would ever take hold again in schools. I think that most children would respond negatively to a change like this and that this change would only create more of a problem in the long run.

After reading several articles on corporal...