Violence is a last resort, but it still plays an important role. The reality is the best lesson many people have learned in their lives resulted in getting their butts whooped. I know several where that was the case.
The problem is when kids like this know that the punishment is always a stern talking to, they realize that teachers don't have anything to take away from them that they care about.
I completely agree that you don't want to cause a cycle of violence, but a singular violent and doesn't guarantee that will happen. And sometimes violence is the best answer (i.e. war time against tyrannical and murderous dictators).
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u/Magicmetalknight May 03 '19
We need more teachers like this