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A school board member in FL wants to bring back the practice of paddling kids who misbehave. When I first read the headline I thought no way in hell. The ACLU and God knows who else would gin up the lawsuits pronto.
But then in the article I read where parents would have the right to opt out of the disciplinary tool if they wanted to. So if that would be the case, what's wrong with paddling kids whose parents are okay with it?
At my high school - A Jesuit Preparatory School for Men, as it read out front - all parents knew when they enrolled their sons that corporal punishment via paddling was practiced when necessary, and no opting out. If you didn't like it, send your kid elsewhere.
And I knew no one, including myself, who ever put himself in the position of being paddled a second time. And thus there were very few discipline problems because, well, kids aren't stupid. Paddling is no fun.
Mine was a private school and this is about a public school, but, again, if the parents are okay with paddling should the school adopt the procedure?
I had an eighth grade teacher who paddled us.
We addressed him as Yes, sir.. No, Sir... I never worked harder in school.
I only got paddled once.
I had an eighth grade teacher who paddled us.
We addressed him as Yes, sir.. No, Sir... I never worked harder in school.
I only got paddled once.
Just think how hard you would have worked had he used a cattle prod and a scourge!
I had an eighth grade teacher who paddled us.
We addressed him as Yes, sir.. No, Sir... I never worked harder in school.
I only got paddled once.
Just think how hard you would have worked had he used a cattle prod and a scourge!
I had an eighth grade teacher who paddled us.
We addressed him as Yes, sir.. No, Sir... I never worked harder in school.
I only got paddled once.
Just think how hard you would have worked had he used a cattle prod and a scourge!
I had a teacher who used a metal edged wood ruler across the backs of our hands. I have 2" scars on the backs of my hands from not learning to keep my hands in my lap. But she wouldn't allow that either. She was vicious and hated kids.
I think I also worked hard. I didn't want to be noticed or called on.
If someone had ever hit my child, I very likely would have killed him/her. I don't believe hitting kids does anything good and I KNOW it does a lot of harm.
Your message here made me think of how kids these days already have a reason to fear for their life when they are at school thanks to those who bring weapons with them. That is another reason why I am against physical discipline. To me, if kids are paddled one day, they could always retaliate in any way on the next day if their parents aren't driven to doing that themselves. I still think that grounding your kid is the better way to go because that kind of punishment can last any amount of time when a paddling only takes a few seconds and then of course there are so many things that a kid can be grounded from: no TV, no phone use, no video games, no radio, no seeing friends, no driving, etc. and if the kid doesn't straighten up, the longer that they will go without them privileges, so if they want them back, there is only one thing left for them to do.I had a teacher who used a metal edged wood ruler across the backs of our hands. I have 2" scars on the backs of my hands from not learning to keep my hands in my lap. But she wouldn't allow that either. She was vicious and hated kids.
I think I also worked hard. I didn't want to be noticed or called on.
If someone had ever hit my child, I very likely would have killed him/her. I don't believe hitting kids does anything good and I KNOW it does a lot of harm.
Amen to that!!!We're too busy teaching them about homosexuality and handing out condoms to teach them how to behave and learn their ABC's.
I had an eighth grade teacher who paddled us.
We addressed him as Yes, sir.. No, Sir... I never worked harder in school.
I only got paddled once.
Just think how hard you would have worked had he used a cattle prod and a scourge!
I had a teacher who used a metal edged wood ruler across the backs of our hands. I have 2" scars on the backs of my hands from not learning to keep my hands in my lap. But she wouldn't allow that either. She was vicious and hated kids.
I think I also worked hard. I didn't want to be noticed or called on.
If someone had ever hit my child, I very likely would have killed him/her. I don't believe hitting kids does anything good and I KNOW it does a lot of harm.
I had an eighth grade teacher who paddled us.
We addressed him as Yes, sir.. No, Sir... I never worked harder in school.
I only got paddled once.
Just think how hard you would have worked had he used a cattle prod and a scourge!
I had a teacher who used a metal edged wood ruler across the backs of our hands. I have 2" scars on the backs of my hands from not learning to keep my hands in my lap. But she wouldn't allow that either. She was vicious and hated kids.
I think I also worked hard. I didn't want to be noticed or called on.
If someone had ever hit my child, I very likely would have killed him/her. I don't believe hitting kids does anything good and I KNOW it does a lot of harm.
Just think how hard you would have worked had he used a cattle prod and a scourge!
I had a teacher who used a metal edged wood ruler across the backs of our hands. I have 2" scars on the backs of my hands from not learning to keep my hands in my lap. But she wouldn't allow that either. She was vicious and hated kids.
I think I also worked hard. I didn't want to be noticed or called on.
If someone had ever hit my child, I very likely would have killed him/her. I don't believe hitting kids does anything good and I KNOW it does a lot of harm.
You had a horrid experience. That's why you feel the way you do. The poster above was not treated harshly.
My son was paddled by being with the wrong kids in the wrong place at the wrong time. He wasn't the culprit who did the act, but he learned a lesson that day. And it stayed with him.
A school board member in FL wants to bring back the practice of paddling kids who misbehave. When I first read the headline I thought no way in hell. The ACLU and God knows who else would gin up the lawsuits pronto.
But then in the article I read where parents would have the right to opt out of the disciplinary tool if they wanted to. So if that would be the case, what's wrong with paddling kids whose parents are okay with it?
At my high school - A Jesuit Preparatory School for Men, as it read out front - all parents knew when they enrolled their sons that corporal punishment via paddling was practiced when necessary, and no opting out. If you didn't like it, send your kid elsewhere.
And I knew no one, including myself, who ever put himself in the position of being paddled a second time. And thus there were very few discipline problems because, well, kids aren't stupid. Paddling is no fun.
Mine was a private school and this is about a public school, but, again, if the parents are okay with paddling should the school adopt the procedure?
I was in elementary school in the late 50's early 60's....we had corporal punishment. I never had to experience it, but many did. But they usually only did it maybe ONCE and learned their lesson. My parent used to spank me when i mouthed back, or didn't come home when i was told to from the neighbors house....that did happen often! When i went to school we were allowed prayer too. Between the corporal punishment and prayer...we did pretty well! Now being a teacher in our schools, they need to be martial arts experts and have a hard heart. The kids will walk all over the teachers, and get away with it. I hate the thought of my grandkids growing up in this society.
If SOME kids in a school are being punished by corporal punishment because their parents say its ok...but others are getting away with the same thing with no punishment...what is that teaching ANYONE??? It not fair to any of the kids.....they should all be treated equally.
I had an eighth grade teacher who paddled us.
We addressed him as Yes, sir.. No, Sir... I never worked harder in school.
I only got paddled once.
Just think how hard you would have worked had he used a cattle prod and a scourge!