EP2-Corporal Punishment & its irrelevance

The speaker discusses how they believe certain punishments, particularly corporal punishment, are unnecessary and ineffective in improving students' academic performance. They argue that instead of caning or whipping students, teachers should focus on helping them understand how to improve their marks through different studying and revision strategies. The speaker shares a personal experience of a teacher who assigned extra work to improve their understanding of a subject, which ultimately led to better grades. They also mention a 2001 act banning corporal punishment in schools, but note that it is still being practiced. The speaker suggests finding alternative ways to discipline students that do not involve physical harm. They also question the logic of using corporal punishment in jails, as it does not contribute to the rehabilitation of prisoners. The speaker concludes by emphasizing the negative impact of corporal punishment on young students and calls for the enforcement of the ba Hi guys, welcome to another episode of Totally Random Things. Today's episode will focus on how some punishments were really unnecessary or rather they're still very unnecessary. Let's go back to primary school and how we were whipped so badly. I wonder to look at it now if you go like that and you were just so young. I feel like being subjected to such caning was not right, especially for us. Because we were white below 14 years, so I feel like it was too much. And the fact that you were not caned because you were indisciplined or because of any other indiscipline issue, but it was because you failed a certain question in class, you did not hit the pass mark, such things. And seriously, I think that is the most illogical way of punishing students. Because at the end of the day, what you want is for the student to improve their marks. Beating them doesn't guarantee that, because yes, there are those who will be scared of being caned the next time, so they will maybe work hard, but if you don't show them how else they could improve their marks, then the caning won't even help. I think helping someone understand that if you try this, this and that, then maybe you could improve next time. If you try this studying strategy, if you try this revision strategy, then it will work out for you. Unlike caning them, because first of all, why are you using your energy to cane someone who will give you the same grade over and over and over again? And you still insist on caning them. That doesn't make much sense. I used to have this CRE teacher around class 7 and 8. This teacher, if you failed, okay, personally, if I got to get marks that weren't as pleasant in CRE, he would subject me to doing so much extra work. He would make me look for the work I was going to do, research on it, because I had to get everything right. I mean, I've been given all the time and resources to do this work, so I've got to ace it. And that really helped me, because now coming to exams, I'd be like, ah, I'm familiar with this concept, or I came across this while doing my math. I read through this just like three days ago, and that actually changed my attitude towards CRE. And moving forward, even in high school, I didn't struggle with it. I had changed my attitude, and now my grades are better. This is something that really, like, motivated me, because at the end of the day, as you see, as much as it's a lot of work, I'm a pre-candidate or a candidate, I have a lot of work. I also have weekly exams, so much going on, and I'm still being subjected to this extra work. I was like, at the end of the day, I'm a pre-candidate, because coming to the exams, I don't have to struggle much. I don't have to then throw a question two, three, four times. I am sure what I'm doing, it even increases your confidence in how you handle things, yeah? But now those who will whip you over and over again, you're still giving them the same marks. You're still missing certain questions, and they still continue. And you know what's even funny is the fact that you do have to be, I think, the last two days for you to be getting pained. Even if you were the first, and you still missed two questions, you'd still get whipped. I mean, I don't know what is the whole logic behind this, but maybe it works for some people, by the way, but not for everyone. You know, it's just the way at home you don't punish children or kids or younger siblings by pinning them every time. You weigh the mistakes they've done. There are things you sit them down and talk to them. There are times when, yeah, you pinch this person. You look at the situation before choosing what kind of punishment to, you know, use. And looking at high school, the experience was a little bit different. There wasn't much pinning because of grades, which was really nice because people still performed, and people performed really well in high school. You were maybe punished because of other industry issues, and there wasn't much pinning. So that means I don't think you have to wholly rely on pinning someone for them to give you good grades. You can look for other ways. We're trying to help this person improve their grades. We're not trying to inflict pain on them and make them feel bad about it. So if the teachers really want to help students improve and get the marks that they desire they had, then I think they should change and maybe try to relate that teacher who subjected me to a lot of extra work. And also the fact that in 2001 there was an act that was banning corporal punishments in schools. But it's funny how that was passed, but pinning is still going on. It only becomes a concern when someone has been beaten really badly and it's gotten out of hand. Maybe the student has ended up being hospitalized and all that. And that is when someone decides to take a step. But I think this rule or this act should be followed to the letter. Let there be someone to actually make sure that it's not happening at all. We can find creative ways to punish the students. It doesn't have to involve them being chained. And also in jails in Kenya, I don't get why there is corporal punishment. Because first of all, you've already put this person in jail. And the other thing you're supposed to be doing is help them reform so that by the time they are walking out of that prison they are changed people. So how does corporal punishment help with that? I also don't see the logic when it comes to that. But my point is people should look for alternative ways that are actually helpful to the person. Because if a person is beating you up, he's not trying to make you benefit from it. He's doing it as he wants from you. But now we people, we have sane minds and we're choosing to beat someone and not look at how they're going to benefit from that. If anything, we will leave them traumatized by all the pain, the wounds. You can imagine being beaten early in the morning when it's cold. You're left with bruises on your hands or wherever you're chained. That is too much. And the fact that it's done to the young people, like primary students, majority is so bad because they are too young for that. Even at home, we don't punish younger kids. It's the same way we would punish someone who's older than them. Then I don't get why the primary students complain so much and then high school, very minimal. And then uni is zero. You see, it doesn't make sense. If someone in high school and uni can't be punished through corporal punishment, then neither should the primary students. That will be it for this episode. See you on the next one.