LONDON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Half of all Britons want to bring back corporal punishment to restore discipline in the classroom, a survey indicates.
The Times Educational Supplement's survey of 2,000 parents and 530 children found 49 percent of parents would like to see the return of spanking or caning, a practice that was banned 25 years ago, for unruly students, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. Not surprisingly, only 19 percent of secondary school students agreed, the British newspaper said.