Low respect for school teachers

My heart sinks to a low whenever I read about corporal punishment to children. The feeling was no different, recently, when I read the report by Sir Frank Peters about many dangers of hitting our children.
The danger is not just to them, but society as a whole. We can't keep kicking a dog and assume it will never turn on us and bite back. Similarly we cannot keep hitting our children and assume they will not retaliate at some point in their life.
Bangladesh society, we know, is not one to make us proud. It has so many shortcomings. One wonders where to begin listing those. As Sir Frank has observed, there is a lot of aggressions that bring no glory except shame to the nation. Even our universities are filled with aggression. I sometimes feel like weeping because I see no light at the end of the tunnel.
Sir Frank argues that corporal punishment teaches our children to become violent. For them violence is the quick and easy solution to all problems (inside and outside the classroom). There are hundreds of studies worldwide in his support but we're ignoring their sound advice. I, once, had great hope for Bangladesh but not the Bangladesh today. Corporal punishment needs to end if we expect a better society to blossom.
Nancy Muid
Uttara, Dhaka
nancymuid@mail.com