Hence, well intentioned citizens, such as Mr. They are suffering from severe nostalgia, hoping in vain for a Barbados that no longer exists. Of course there are those who will present many cases of teachers punishing children back in the “good old days”. It is a fine line, in this case, between request and punishment. We should be careful not to come down too hard on the teacher but bear in mind that in this case the child probably saw the request as punishment for something that she was not a party to. We must come to terms with the simple fact that children do have rights and these rights include asking why they are being punished or being asked to do any particular task. The days of the teacher being always right are no longer with us. The public debate, in Barbados, surrounding the refusal of a student to pick up paper, on the instruction of a teacher, is instructive of the changing norms the society is having in several areas. Pauline Benjamin – Principal, Springer Memorial Secondary School
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