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Writing Lines As A Punishment Should Be Illegal

Closed 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Writing lines as a punishment should be made illegal. Its a physical way of teaching children to do things and also causes strain on the hand. Instead a diffrent approach should be taken. Such as a course like lesson should be delivered and notes should be taken instead.
In detention many students may be given lines to write out and this is a physical way of punishing a child. Physical punishment should be illegal. Also it may be given as homework and this is time wasting as the child could be getting in with actual work that could benifit them.

Timeline

22 Mar 2019 Petition opened for signatures
22 Sep 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Closed
Opened 22 Mar 2019
Closed 22 Sep 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.