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Study: Majority of school children believe in hitting back
By Or Kashti, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: schools, violence, Israel

Some 80 percent of boys and 40 percent of girls say they would respond violently if attacked at school, according to a new study that looked at student and parental attitudes toward retaliation.

"There is a system-wide difficulty with stopping the practice of 'hitting back.' The school system has limited deterrence in this matter," said Dr. Amos Fleishman of Achva Academic College, which conducted the study. "Given the level of violence common today, hitting back is boys' preferred way to defend themselves against further attack, and their preferred way to maintain their social standing."

The study, which encompassed 736 pupils, from first through twelfth grades, and their parents, revealed how prevalent violent responses are in schools. For example, 82 percent of the boys and 73 percent of the girls answered affirmatively when asked whether they would take a beating in a fight they themselves started. Many of those polled even took a positive view of violent responses: Some 50 percent of the parents, 63 percent of the boys and 42 percent of the girls claimed that teachers "have to understand" the need for hitting back. About half of the parents even objected to punishment for such behavior.
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A majority of respondents noted that their school has a clear policy forbidding pupils to hit back.

The study also found almost no correlation between the positions of parents and those of their sons on hitting back. However, a relatively high correlation was found between the positions of mothers and daughters
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  1.   Hitting back is understandable 06:33  |  Simon 07/09/07
  2.   Hitting back 06:48  |  Ruth Broch 07/09/07
  3.   Majority of Schoolkids believe in hitting back 06:49  |  Roxy 07/09/07
  4.   Good! 07:14  |  David G 07/09/07
  5.   this is the result of being an occupier 07:44  |  Ittay 07/09/07
  6.   discipline 08:05  |  Ethan 07/09/07
  7.   Hitting Back 08:15  |  Tamar 07/09/07
  8.   Hitting back: So the arabs sensing the dilemma in Israel 08:26  |  dov 07/09/07
  9.   A stroll down metaphor lane 08:38  |  Natallie Durson 07/09/07
  10.   Hitting Back is the JEWISH Response 09:04  |  Yaakov Ish Tam 07/09/07
  11.   Schoolkids hitting back 09:20  |  Millie 07/09/07
  12.   self-defence is a legal right 10:49  |  Nathan 07/09/07
  13.   We`re a society of kibutz galuyot 10:55  |  Wolf 07/09/07
  14.   of course, hitting back 10:57  |  Tina 07/09/07
  15.   Is it just Israel? 10:58  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 07/09/07
  16.   Natalie #9 Purchase a Life, please 11:02  |  FOX 07/09/07
  17.   This is why we are leaving 11:03  |  B 07/09/07
  18.   Majority of school children..... ! 11:14  |  Henk 07/09/07
  19.   Discipline 11:17  |  Franky 07/09/07
  20.   Ittay 11:27  |  eva 07/09/07
  21.   the Failure of secular Schools 12:10  |  Jewboy 07/09/07
  22.   #5 So the arabs are responsible for our society breaking down? 12:13  |  Joanna 07/09/07
  23.   A wonderful metaphor for societal choices 12:13  |  thru-other-eyes 07/09/07
  24.   Hitting vs. Hitting Back 12:35  |  eddie 07/09/07
  25.   HItting back, that how we deal with all our problems 12:51  |  Laurent 07/09/07
  26.   Simon and Henk 13:35  |  Nik Miller 07/09/07
  27.   Failure @ 21 13:57  |  David 07/09/07
  28.   Nik Miller - You are spot on! 14:31  |  Jason Green 07/09/07
  29.   nat dur-son - give kids tools 14:38  |  ka 07/09/07
  30.   You SHOULD defend yourself. OF COURSE! 14:52  |  Lisha 07/09/07
  31.   #9 15:18  |  Moshe 07/09/07
  32.   violence in schools, and an answer to #21 15:19  |  SHOSHANA CRESHKOFF-I 07/09/07
  33.   Hitting back 15:48  |  Eli 07/09/07
  34.   Well, what should you teach childen? 16:00  |  Mark B. 07/09/07
  35.   The galus-yid mentality, enshrined as social science 16:07  |  DJStahl 07/09/07
  36.   What Israeli Society Teaches 17:01  |  pop 07/09/07
  37.   Corporal punishment..... 18:06  |  Vernon Marriott 07/09/07
  38.   yaakov 10 18:24  |  realism 08/09/07
  39.   Not only in Israel... 20:01  |  Aaron 08/09/07
  40.   #37 Vernon - get real man ! 20:06  |  Aaron 08/09/07
  41.   David #27your ignorance is mached by your sarcasm 23:04  |  Another Jew 08/09/07
  42.   #26 Nik 13:50  |  Simon 09/09/07
  43.   djstahl 35 18:16  |  realism 09/09/07
  44.   Realistic realist and the proffessor 22:28  |  Joe Jew 09/09/07
  45.   Children must be allowed to hit back 20:10  |  govenor 10/12/08
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