Why India's Teachers Do Not Spare the Rod


	Why India's Teachers Do Not Spare the Rod

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5-3-2009 3:23 PM

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The death of an 11-year old girl re-opens the controversy over corporal punishment in India's immense and unmanageable school system

picture: Father Khayum Khan, center, and relatives of 11 year old girl Shanno, wait for her body outside a city hospital mortuary in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 17, 2009. An 11 year old school girl died in a hospital in the Indian capital on Friday, a day after she was punished by her teacher, police and news reports said.

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5-4-2009 2:57 PM

tanyamm

I believe in discipline but not to the point where you leave a mark on the child or in extreme cases kill them.

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