A. What is the difference between discipline and punishment? The simplest definition of 'discipline' is 'to teach a child what is the right or wrong path and to choose the right path without fear or coercion'. On the other hand, 'punishment' is 'inflicting pain or embarrassment, or taking away something pleasurable to enforce behavior that is acceptable by the majority'.
http://www.helium.com/items/1265000-the-difference-between-discipline-and-punishment?page=2
Magar, Lokemun. "The difference between discipline and punishment ." Helium 14 Oct 2010: 1-4. Web. 28 May 2011.
By this site, I thought discipline is for education and has the right reason, and corporal punishment isn’t sure whether for education and has the appropriate reason.
Q2. When students get corporal punishment, what will effect on them?
A.Corporal punishments don’t improve student’s behavior or academic performance, and this is proved by the study done by states.
The students who got corporal punishment have reported subsequent problems with depression, fear and anger. These students often withdraw from school activities and disengage academically. And, it was found that victims of corporal punishment frequently have many problems with concentration, bad school achievement, bad behavior, intense dislike of authority, and some of them drop out from school.
More, corporal punishments have bad effects not only on victims but also on those who don’t directly get corporal punishment.
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/04/14/corporal-punishment-schools-and-its-effect-academic-success-joint-hrwaclu-statement
"Corporal Punishment in Schools and It's Effects On Academic Success." HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH 15 Apr 2010: n. pag. Web. 29 May 2011.
I really think that the following question is a bit strange: "What do you think is the difference between corporal punishment and discipline?" This question implies that there is a dichotomy between discipline and corporal punishment. Unless a teacher is a sadist, and some of them surely are, he or she would probably choose to inflict corporal punishment in order to discipline the child, and perhaps to make the child have more SELF-discipline. Corporal punishment that is divorced from discipline is probably only done out of habit or tradition, or due to a teacher's sadistic nature. Do you think there is any value for corporal punishment beyond instilling discipline?
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