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Subject: Re: High school paddling Author: Laura [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 12:43:48 10/08/24 Tue In reply to: Cliff (to Laura) 's message, "Re: High school paddling" on 12:16:26 10/08/24 Tue This is a middle school, grades 6-8. I am not aware of refusal happening, but perhaps in upper grades. We also have detention, but it is a lesser punishment. The kids get three or five swats depending on the misbehavior. One thing I have noticed is how it changes attitude, even with the toughest kids. I am not the only teacher or staff who has noticed misbehavior warranting a second round of paddling is almost non-existence (but again, this may have to do with the ages). In our school district corporal punishment is widely supported by parents. Per Texas law, at the beginning of the school year they may opt their child out, but few do. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: High school paddling Author: Cliff [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:58:54 10/08/24 Tue I am very aware Texas is a conservative state and for the most part I support CP in schools. I know school staff seemed to have a handle on discipline back in my day, and we did not have the discipline problems schools do today. My main concern with corporal punishment in schools is the paddles that may be used by someone who is not knowledgable about what they are doing. Some paddles I have seen are basically a piece of lumber and they do have to be in order to be effective. In my opinion, paddles should not be any more than a half an inch thick and if a paddle is swung hard enough to break a 1/2 inch thick piece of hardwood, that is excessive. Also, those authorized to paddle should be given some training in order to safely administer a paddling. Actually, I think a good leather strap would be as effective as a school paddle and safer to use. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: High school paddling Author: Rebecca [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:57:02 10/08/24 Tue I must be about the same age as you, growing up in the fifties/early sixties. I have called it the "golden age of spanking." Almost all parents spanked, all the schools, public and private, paddled. And this was in liberal Western Washington! I went to Catholic schools K-through 12. In primary school all the nuns had paddles. I never got it. Partly because I was something of a goody two shoes, and a girl (boys were, somewhat justifiably more prone to get it) and my parents had a rule, like almost all parents at the time, get spanked at school get another at home --and I knew it would be a real doozy! But on your point, no doubt kids were better behaved then--at school and home. By the way, for better or worse,there is no paddling in schools in Washington now, and no Catholic schools anywhere spank. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: High school paddling Author: Cliff (to Rebecca) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:31:13 10/08/24 Tue I would guess we are close together in age. I turned 69 in August. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: High school paddling Author: Rebecca [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:51:06 10/08/24 Tue Got you beat by a year! Turned 70 in April. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]