I taught English Language in a Secondary school, 2-3years back. My first day in school beyond the disorderly environment was the method of flogging that was ditched out to students, it was an eyesore. One the teachers, from the principal enjoyed doing

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Beating anyone as punishment has never been an option for me, not even from my secondary school days as a senior prefect. From my point of view it can only be done when necessary but not regularly. Beating up a child should never be the first option

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After my first two weeks in school, I enjoyed my good rapport with the students, a few started getting close to ask questions and have a conversation with me before after classes in the staff room. A few weeks later, I was told to handle both Lit-in-English and English language

Both were my favourite subject from my school days even at the university level. During my classes with the SSS3 students, I was always pushed to punish the SSS2 and the SSS1 classes for unnecessary disturbances but most time I revert to calling their compound master

To handle the duty of punishing the students. He was good at beating the students to his satisfaction. The student feared him but it never changed a thing about the students attitudes. On one of my Wednesday class with the students, the normal noise from the students started

This time I was forced to go to the SSS2 and SSS1 classes to manage the situation. The first attempt was a massive failure, it worsened the whole situation, I was forced to consider an option I have never tried in my teaching career
Guess What?

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Went down to both classes again and asked them to bring out a sheet of paper and write an easy on any topic of their choice. Before I was done talking the whole place had become almost silent,so many ran out of the class to junior classes, I didn& #39;t stop them .

The interested ones became very quiet including the SSS1 class too. The principal came around to check like she does regularly and she was amazed by the very quiet environment she met. She wondered what and who kept the student this silent for the first time and a student pointed

At me, she came to me and I explained everything to her and she was amazed. The best essay was rewarded with 500 hundred naira from me and the school changed their form of punishment the following week, after I made some recommendations on method of punishments.

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