每日外刊 | 0126-在美國19個州,在學校體罰學生仍然是合法的

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第一次違反著裝規定、公開示愛、多次遲到或九周內三次未交作業,都會使孩子們有資格受到體罰。Corporal punishment in public schools is legal in 19 American states;

背景知識

很多人認為,體罰早已從美國的公立學校中消失。然而這並非事實。

據《今日美國》(USA Today)近日報導稱,在新學年中,用戒尺打屁股——這樣一種對不守紀律學生的懲罰方式分別在佛羅里達州的三個縣和北卡萊羅那州的兩個縣中禁止。

不過,這也就意味著,體罰在美國19個州的上百所學校中依然合法。


正文閱讀

It is still legal to hit children in school in 19 American states

在美國19個州,在學校體罰學生仍然是合法的

According to this year’s student handbook, wearing 「sagging pants」 or being too touchy with a crush in the hallway is enough to get a teenager paddled by the school principal in Union County, Mississippi. A first-time dress code infraction, public display of affection, repeated tardiness or failure to hand in homework three times in nine weeks makes children eligible for corporal punishment.

根據今年的學生手冊,在密西西比州聯合縣,穿著「下垂的褲子」或在走廊上與暗戀的人過於親熱,就足以讓一個青少年被校長抽打。第一次違反著裝規定、公開示愛、多次遲到或九周內三次未交作業,都會使孩子們有資格受到體罰。

Beatings in the state’s schools are not uncommon. In 2018, the year for which the latest numbers are available, 69,000 American children were hit by public-school staff—30% of them in Mississippi. Though intentionally wounding a pet cat is punishable by six months in prison, teachers in Mississippi can legally strike kindergarteners with wooden paddles for speaking out of turn.

在該州的學校里,毆打的情況並不少見。在2018年,也就是有最新數據的那一年,有6.9萬名美國兒童被公立學校的工作人員打了,其中有30%在密西西比州。儘管故意傷害一隻寵物貓可被判處六個月的監禁,但密西西比州的教師可以合法地用木板打亂說話的幼兒園學生。

Corporal punishment in public schools is legal in 19 American states; in private school it is permitted in all but two. For a wealthy country that is unusual. In Britain the practice was banned in 1986. Canada did away with it in 2004. In all of Europe and most of South America and East Asia it is outlawed. But since there is no federal prohibition on the books, American students, mostly in the South, can still be hit. Though others disregard it, America is the only country not to have ratified the United Nations』 treaty to protect the rights of children, which prohibits the practice.

公立學校的體罰在美國19個州是合法的;在私立學校,除兩個州外,所有州都允許體罰。對於一個富裕的國家來說,這是不尋常的。在英國,這種做法在1986年被禁止。加拿大在2004年取消了這種做法。在整個歐洲和南美及東亞的大部分地區,這種做法都是非法的。但是,由於書上沒有聯邦禁令,美國學生,主要是南方的學生,仍然可以被打。雖然其他國家無視它,但美國是唯一沒有批准聯合國保護兒童權利條約的國家,該條約禁止這種做法。


今日單詞

  • sagging pants 下垂的褲子;松垮的褲子;
  • touchy /ˈtʌtʃi/ adj. 易怒的; 棘手的;
  • crush /krʌʃ/ n. 擁擠的人群;熱戀;
  • paddle /ˈpæd(ə)l/ vt. 用槳劃;在水中擺動;掌摑;
  • principal /ˈprɪnsəp(ə)l/ n. 校長;
  • dress code 著裝守則;著裝要求;
  • infraction /ɪnˈfrækʃ(ə)n/ n. 違法;
  • affection /əˈfekʃ(ə)n/ n. 喜愛;愛情;
  • tardiness /ˈtɑːrdinəs/ n. 拖拉;
  • eligible /ˈelɪdʒəb(ə)l/ adj. 有資格的;
  • corporal punishment 體罰;
  • strike /straɪk/ vt. 擊打;
  • paddle /ˈpæd(ə)l/ n.(小船的)短槳,槳;槳狀工具,槳狀物;划槳;<美>(桌球的)球拍;<美,非正式>扁條刑杖;
  • out of turn 不按順序地;不合時宜地;魯莽地;
  • do away with 廢除,去掉;
  • outlaw/ˈaʊtlɔː/ vt. 使非法,禁止,取締;
  • disregard/ˌdɪsrɪˈɡɑːrd/ vt. 忽視,輕視,不尊重;
  • ratify/ˈrætɪfaɪ/ vt. 批准,正式簽署;


素材來源

文本選自:The Economist(經濟學人)

作者:Unknown

原文發布時間:22 Jan. 2023


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