Sir Frank Peters

Five-day school week can do wonders

There can never be enough emphasis given to the importance of education. It’s a well-known fact that children who learn to read, write, add, and subtract provide a much better future for themselves, but even the superlative medicines are best served in adequate beneficial dosages.

5y ago

A society free from corporal punishment

In Tanzania, teacher Respicius Patrick Mutazangira (51) has been sentenced to death by hanging for murdering pupil Sperius Eradius (14) through the “malicious and zealous” use of corporal punishment.

5y ago

Corporal punishment was outlawed in 2011, but it still prevails

It's amazing how unhinged society can become if you don't pay attention to the smaller details and address them appropriately. Take for example violence in society. The majority of inhabitants of society detest and abhor violence.

5y ago

A damaged child becomes a broken adult

Seemingly, it's hard for some school “teachers” to imagine or appreciate that children have rights. Too often when the topic of human rights is raised, it's interpreted to refer exclusively to adults; and children only become entitled to these rights when they become adults.

6y ago

Cruelty unabated in the classroom

One bright spark once said: “truth is stranger than fiction”. I think it was Mark Twain who uttered the immortal words, but I personally didn't hear him, so I can't be sure. But whoever said them knew what he was talking about.

7y ago

An evil that mustn't triumph

Comments by an American pastor on the evils of corporal punishment have set the social media ablaze. Reverend Thomas E.

7y ago

Stop the senseless cruelty against children

It pains the hearts of many, no doubt, to read an editorial headlined “Another Minor Tortured”, as was published in The Daily Star on November 13 this year.

8y ago

THE POPE IS UNDER FIRE WORLDWIDE

“Is the Holy See now doing what it claimed not to be doing a year ago, namely actively and internationally promoting the corporal punishment of children?” – Former Irish President Mary McAleese

9y ago
June 25, 2019
June 25, 2019

Five-day school week can do wonders

There can never be enough emphasis given to the importance of education. It’s a well-known fact that children who learn to read, write, add, and subtract provide a much better future for themselves, but even the superlative medicines are best served in adequate beneficial dosages.

April 7, 2019
April 7, 2019

A society free from corporal punishment

In Tanzania, teacher Respicius Patrick Mutazangira (51) has been sentenced to death by hanging for murdering pupil Sperius Eradius (14) through the “malicious and zealous” use of corporal punishment.

January 10, 2019
January 10, 2019

Corporal punishment was outlawed in 2011, but it still prevails

It's amazing how unhinged society can become if you don't pay attention to the smaller details and address them appropriately. Take for example violence in society. The majority of inhabitants of society detest and abhor violence.

December 30, 2017
December 30, 2017

A damaged child becomes a broken adult

Seemingly, it's hard for some school “teachers” to imagine or appreciate that children have rights. Too often when the topic of human rights is raised, it's interpreted to refer exclusively to adults; and children only become entitled to these rights when they become adults.

August 28, 2017
August 28, 2017

Cruelty unabated in the classroom

One bright spark once said: “truth is stranger than fiction”. I think it was Mark Twain who uttered the immortal words, but I personally didn't hear him, so I can't be sure. But whoever said them knew what he was talking about.

April 23, 2017
April 23, 2017

An evil that mustn't triumph

Comments by an American pastor on the evils of corporal punishment have set the social media ablaze. Reverend Thomas E.

December 21, 2015
December 21, 2015

Stop the senseless cruelty against children

It pains the hearts of many, no doubt, to read an editorial headlined “Another Minor Tortured”, as was published in The Daily Star on November 13 this year.

February 20, 2015
February 20, 2015

THE POPE IS UNDER FIRE WORLDWIDE

“Is the Holy See now doing what it claimed not to be doing a year ago, namely actively and internationally promoting the corporal punishment of children?” – Former Irish President Mary McAleese