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Re: Is this for real?
Posted by Sue- High School Teacher on 1/25/08

    If parents did a good job of parenting, I doubt their kids would be getting in
    trouble and thus, paddled. A stinging butt is a great deterrent and allows me
    to teach the kids that want to learn.


    On 1/20/08, Gosh, Singapore paddles adults. As I said before, wrote:
    > On 1/12/08, Paddline causing more violence (read inside) wrote:
    >> On 11/24/07, Paddling is common in my district, and if the parent wrote:
    >>> On 11/24/07, Not an Arkansas teacher wrote:
    >>>> I'm not trying to flame or be disagreeable; I'm really curious about
    >>>> this. Paddling is technically still allowed in my state (Texas), but
    >>>> I don't know of any place that still does it. I guess some of the
    >>>> very small, rural districts may still swat. I haven't seen a paddle
    >>>> in a school in over 20 years.
    >>>>
    >>>> Is it common in most Arkansas school districts? How often is a swat
    >>>> actually given? Is the possibility of one enough for most kids?
    >>>> No parents have tried to sue over it? The "Nospank.org" people
    >>>> haven't been picketing?
    >>>
    >>> doesn't want their kid paddled, they can take their sweet, little
    >>> darlings home with them. No suits that I know of. No picketing by
    >>> anyone. maybe they should picket to make parents do their job of
    >>> PARENTING.
    >>
    >>
    >> Information contained in Figure 1 was taken from The National School
    >> Safety Center’s Report on School Associated Violent Deaths (1992-2007).
    >> This report defines a school-associated violent death as any homicide,
    >> suicide, or weapons-related violent death in the United States in which a
    >> fatal injury occurred. For this chart, the number of shooting deaths
    >> occurring on school property and where the assailant was a student was
    >> tabulated. The incidents were then categorized into those which occurred
    >> in states where school paddling is permitted and those where it is not
    >> permitted. Student shootings were more likely to occur in states where
    >> school corporal punishment is permitted.
    >>
    >> A study by Doreen Arcus (2002) found that there were significantly more
    >> fatal school shootings in states that permit corporal punishment in
    >> schools than those that don’t.
    >>
    >> Arcus, Doreen (2002). School Shooting Fatalities and School Corporal
    >> Punishment: A look at the states. Aggressive Behavior, 28, pp. 173-183.
    >> National School Safety Center. (2007). School Associated Violent Deaths.
    >> Westlake Village, CA: Dr. Ronald D. Stephens.
    >
    > parents can come get their sweet little darlings and take them home.

     
     

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