Billy, a vignette of yesteryear compared to today: My middle uncle, that I grew up with (about 10 yrs older than me) was one of those class cutups and disturbers looking for attention. Upon receiving a note from his teacher about his unruliness, my grandfather cut up a rubber hose and sent it with my uncle to his teacher, along with a note that told her that she has his permission to use it if necessary, and if she did use it to please send a note home to him because he had a piece just like it and would also use it at home if she needed to use it at the school. Amazing it was, how good a student my uncle became, overnight even.
They learn at a very simple level. "Violent misbehavior = handcuffs and embarrassment, or worse".
We live in a violent age, with few disciplinary actions taken by the schools. Ergo, others must act.
Hell, I got whupped on the back of the legs with a map pointer in class at that age just for not knowing my multiplication tables forwards and backwards.
You can bet I knew them the next day.
Any kid who physically attacks a teacher, is clearly NOT getting discipline at home.
They learn at a very simple level. "Violent misbehavior = handcuffs and embarrassment, or worse".
We live in a violent age, with few disciplinary actions taken by the schools. Ergo, others must act.
Hell, I got whupped on the back of the legs with a map pointer in class at that age just for not knowing my multiplication tables forwards and backwards.
You can bet I knew them the next day.
Or the kids will think it's cool that he was put in handcuffs. Who knows.
I had a government school teacher in second grade, who looked like she was born in the 19th century.
They learn at a very simple level. "Violent misbehavior = handcuffs and embarrassment, or worse".
We live in a violent age, with few disciplinary actions taken by the schools. Ergo, others must act.
Hell, I got whupped on the back of the legs with a map pointer in class at that age just for not knowing my multiplication tables forwards and backwards.
You can bet I knew them the next day.
I had a government school teacher in second grade, who looked like she was born in the 19th century.
They learn at a very simple level. "Violent misbehavior = handcuffs and embarrassment, or worse".
We live in a violent age, with few disciplinary actions taken by the schools. Ergo, others must act.
Hell, I got whupped on the back of the legs with a map pointer in class at that age just for not knowing my multiplication tables forwards and backwards.
You can bet I knew them the next day.
If you acted up, you were called to the front of the class and told to hold out your hands palms up. She then whacked them with a hardwood ruler. I can clearly state that students in her class, rarely acted up. We learned instead.
If a government school teacher did that today, she would likely be imprisoned for child abuse.
I had a government school teacher in second grade, who looked like she was born in the 19th century.
They learn at a very simple level. "Violent misbehavior = handcuffs and embarrassment, or worse".
We live in a violent age, with few disciplinary actions taken by the schools. Ergo, others must act.
Hell, I got whupped on the back of the legs with a map pointer in class at that age just for not knowing my multiplication tables forwards and backwards.
You can bet I knew them the next day.
If you acted up, you were called to the front of the class and told to hold out your hands palms up. She then whacked them with a hardwood ruler. I can clearly state that students in her class, rarely acted up. We learned instead.
If a government school teacher did that today, she would likely be imprisoned for child abuse.
Corporal punishment is illegal now and has been for a very long time, since the time before I even started school.
The thing is parents today are not disciplining their children. Teachers can't do it either. The result is bedlam in many of our government schools, which results in very little learning.
I had a government school teacher in second grade, who looked like she was born in the 19th century.
They learn at a very simple level. "Violent misbehavior = handcuffs and embarrassment, or worse".
We live in a violent age, with few disciplinary actions taken by the schools. Ergo, others must act.
Hell, I got whupped on the back of the legs with a map pointer in class at that age just for not knowing my multiplication tables forwards and backwards.
You can bet I knew them the next day.
If you acted up, you were called to the front of the class and told to hold out your hands palms up. She then whacked them with a hardwood ruler. I can clearly state that students in her class, rarely acted up. We learned instead.
If a government school teacher did that today, she would likely be imprisoned for child abuse.
Corporal punishment is illegal now and has been for a very long time, since the time before I even started school.
And the results of such a boneheaded decision are clear.
BTW, 19 states still permit corporal punishment.
Back in my day, the paddle was still used by the principle. In one of the schools I attended, the principle proudly displayed that paddle in the hallway for all the kids to see. It was large and had holes drilled in it so he could swing it faster. It was a scary reminder to all of us, you better not act up and most of us rarely did. If we did, we didn't do it again.
I can't agree.
