Ayla
16-09-2008, 11:03 AM
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24353299-29277,00.html
One Nation: Bring back the school cane
September 16, 2008 08:36am
Article from: AAP
A QUEENSLAND parliamentarian has called for the cane to be reintroduced into schools as an effective form of "short, sharp" punishment.
Queensland's sole One Nation MP, Rosa Lee Long, says corporal punishment is needed as the "go-soft" approach has failed and children are running amok in gangs.
A "short, sharp" canning would be more effective than sending disruptive children to see a psychologist, she said.
"Schools should have corporal punishment brought back in even as a deterrent and in extreme cases it should be used as necessary," Ms Lee Long told the Nine Network.
"It's a great deterrent. We've already looked at the go-soft approach, I don't believe it's working."
The former grazier, public servant and a small business owner, who was elected to the Queensland parliament in 2001, says governments should trust teachers to discipline children.
"We've got to trust our teachers and trust them to discipline our children," Ms Lee Long said.
"I know they would only discipline them when they had to discipline them."
The Tablelands MP said only repeat offenders who had no respect for authority would be caned.
There was "a great lot of support" for her proposal within the community, she said.
One Nation: Bring back the school cane
September 16, 2008 08:36am
Article from: AAP
A QUEENSLAND parliamentarian has called for the cane to be reintroduced into schools as an effective form of "short, sharp" punishment.
Queensland's sole One Nation MP, Rosa Lee Long, says corporal punishment is needed as the "go-soft" approach has failed and children are running amok in gangs.
A "short, sharp" canning would be more effective than sending disruptive children to see a psychologist, she said.
"Schools should have corporal punishment brought back in even as a deterrent and in extreme cases it should be used as necessary," Ms Lee Long told the Nine Network.
"It's a great deterrent. We've already looked at the go-soft approach, I don't believe it's working."
The former grazier, public servant and a small business owner, who was elected to the Queensland parliament in 2001, says governments should trust teachers to discipline children.
"We've got to trust our teachers and trust them to discipline our children," Ms Lee Long said.
"I know they would only discipline them when they had to discipline them."
The Tablelands MP said only repeat offenders who had no respect for authority would be caned.
There was "a great lot of support" for her proposal within the community, she said.