Thread: Domestic violence on the school curriculum?
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Old 27-11-2009, 15:33   #50
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Re: Domestic violence on the school curriculum?
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Originally Posted by Maggy J View Post
Did I imply at any point that children AREN'T taught that violence is wrong.

It's already part of the secondary school ethos that this is the case..Anyone using violence against another will be severely punished usually by internal detention,suspension,exclusion and in the case of the persistent, permanent exclusion.

Can't see how that is not a clear indication to the entire school population that violence is not acceptable already.
Sorry Maggy, after reading what I have written, I do believe you are right. I suppose what I meant to convey was that we shouldn't not ignore that this particular form of violence is singularly abhorrent. It needs to be made as socially unacceptable as other forms of abuse. When I was a kid, we had a mantra,"you don't hit a girl." Perhaps, it should be added that a girl should not hit a boy, but I really do believe that is a subject for another time. What I can't understand is people's attitudes that this advice and proposed teaching, should be ignored, because at the moment it doesn't included female-on-male domestic violence.
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