Do you think it's right for teachers to shout at pupils

[RandomManJay]

When its really young children then no, since they may not understand what they've done wrong. But when they're older, like maybe junior school and into secondary and sixth form etc. yes, since they understand by this age how to behave in lessons and have the maturity to know when they've done wrong.

Also many students/pupils are becoming more disobient with their superiors. Like when I was in sixth form, this kid randomly grabbed me and screamed at me in the face (which made me lol). When I was his age I wouldn't even look at a sixth former, much less speak to them in anyway cause we knew that they were seniors and deserved to be treated as such. Most students I see now just do bog all and think they don't deserve a telling off when they've done something wrong.

[HotelUser]

I think teachers should reserve the right to raise their voice in direction to a specific pupil when the circumstance is appropriate.

In the past I have seen teachers lose their temper very easily and go off at a student where the situation didn't require it and the teacher was going overboard.

Having said that I've also seen many students who simply could not care. Not caring about your education is one thing, but showing and going out of your way to show disrespect towards a teacher is beyond ridiculous and I believe in a circumstance like this where the student has shown a significant and complete disregard for those around him/her that some level of verbal discipline whether it's by means of harsh words, or an angry/loud tone is appropriate.

Also keep in mind teachers are human too, and I know if I was stuck in a classroom with 30 students for 7 hours a day for 18 years I'd probably want to raise my voice sometimes too

[-:Undertaker:-]

I support corporal punishment also, we've seen a decline since the war in teaching standards and the standards we all deem acceptable. The cane would install good behaviour back into schools and we'd all know not to push the boundaries let alone be outrighly bad-behaved.

Don't like the idea of the cane? - then don't misbehave in the first place.

[alexxxxx]

of course it is. especially when they won't listen. but they still have to be fair. i had some teachers who overreacted.

[Callum.]

Yeh it's fine, but obviously only when it's correct to do so. I hate them shouting when they're blatently wrong and that. I do like a good arguement though, with me being right all the time and that.

[alexxxxx]

oh and to the cane - no. you get some weirdo teachers.

[Caution]

I also support corporal punishment, so shouting is fine to me. A good teacher doesn't have to anyway.

[Oleh]

One way a french teacher got most of the class to shut up was to throw the whiteboard rubber at the wall. in rage

[dbgtz]

Theres different types of shouting imo
theres the angry shout, which should be used in older people as for the reasons people have listed already
theres the shouting which makes you more active in lessons which should always be used.

also whoever said they should bring back the cane, I agree.

also this is kinda going off topic but I think discipline should relate to r/l more tbh. For example if I was to borrow money off the school and I didnt pay within a certain amount of time, they had the ability to seize my bag until I pay. This would teach that actions have consequences and people will not generally take pity for something which is your own fault.

[Inseriousity.]

I also support corporal punishment, so shouting is fine to me. A good teacher doesn't have to anyway.

lol i agree with the latter half of this. A good teacher doesn't have to shout, they can get their message across without raising their voice. I had an English teacher that had 'the look'. If you got this look, you knew you had to stop whatever you were doing straight away!

Which is why I disagree with your first statement, you don't need a cane to punish pupils.