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Re: Is this for real?
Posted by It's more common in TEXAS than you think! on 11/26/07

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.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 11/13/07, by Susan.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 11/14/07, by Paddle in the Saddle.
• Re: Is this for real?, 11/18/07, by Not an Arkansas teacher.
• Re: Is this for real?, 11/21/07, by Yes, some Arkansas schools still paddle and we do .
• Re: Is this for real?, 11/22/07, by Susan.
• Re: Is this for real?, 11/24/07, by Not an Arkansas teacher.
• Re: Is this for real?, 11/24/07, by Paddling is common in my district, and if the parent.
• Re: Is this for real?, 11/26/07, by It's more common in TEXAS than you think!.
• Re: Is this for real?, 11/26/07, by Ryan D..
• Re: This is just sad..., 12/04/07, by JJS.
• Re: This is just sad..., 12/08/07, by Paddle them now, or in a couple years.
• Re: This is just sad..., 12/09/07, by Liz.
• Re: This is just sad..., 12/10/07, by Dr. Spock (sp?) is alive & well on this board!.
• Re: This is just sad...But, 12/10/07, by johnv.
• Re: This is just sad...But, 12/10/07, by Do you really think moving a football on a board will cause.
• Re: This is just sad..., 12/13/07, by No wonder America is labeled 'STUPID IN AMERICA'.
• Re: This is just sad..., 12/13/07, by Maybe if Jonesboro had had a lovely positive incentive .
• Re: Jonesboro, 12/16/07, by JSS.
• Re: This is just sad..., 12/19/07, by Sandra.
• Re: Is this for real?, 12/19/07, by Sandra.
• Re: Paddling/Whipping in the early 1900s., 12/19/07, by Sandra.
• Re: Paddling/Whipping in the early 1900s., 12/20/07, by secondary teacher.
• Re: Well, guess what...., 12/21/07, by JSS.
• Re: Jonesboro, 12/24/07, by Nut, who said all schools in Arkanas paddle?.
• Re: Paddling/Whipping in the early 1900s., 12/24/07, by Let's just wait and let the police do it for us. They'll go.
• Re: Well, guess what...., 12/24/07, by Maybe you'll be the next one they'll kill. Lovely, huh?.
• Re: This is just sad..., 1/08/08, by children learn by example.
• Re: Is this for real?, 1/12/08, by Paddline causing more violence (read inside).
• Re: Is this for real?, 1/20/08, by Gosh, Singapore paddles adults. As I said before,.
• Re: Is this for real?, 1/25/08, by Sue- High School Teacher.
• Re: Is this for real?, 1/26/08, by We have 10-year-old females.
• Re: Is this for real?, 1/27/08, by Sue.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 3/26/08, by Amy.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/03/08, by OPPOSED TO PADDLING.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/03/08, by To Susan.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 4/03/08, by ooops -- the secrets out in Arkansa.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/04/08, by johnv.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/04/08, by to johnv.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/04/08, by Susan.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/05/08, by To Susan.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/05/08, by Dear Susan.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/06/08, by sharon.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/06/08, by Laura.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/07/08, by Why?.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/07/08, by It is called ignorance.
• Re: To Laura, 4/07/08, by Chuck E.
• Re: To Laura, 4/07/08, by some just don't get it.
• Re: To Laura, 4/07/08, by Laura.
• Re: To Laura, 4/07/08, by What doesn't Laura get?.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/07/08, by You did WHAT!!!.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/07/08, by You asked your superior for a paddling??!!.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/07/08, by susan.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/07/08, by susan.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/07/08, by Chuck E.
• Re: To Laura, 4/08/08, by IF this is true, which I doubt.
• Re: Is this for real?, 4/08/08, by A Typical non answer.
• Re: To Laura, 4/08/08, by Chuck E.
• Re: Sickos in Ark., 4/08/08, by Sane Displaced Person.
• Re: Sickos in Ark., 4/08/08, by AMAZING!!.
• Re: Sickos in Ark., 4/08/08, by Chuck E.
• Re: Sickos in Ark., 4/08/08, by Try Atlanta on for size.
• Re: Paddling, 4/09/08, by susan.
• Re: Paddling, 4/10/08, by Not Buying It.
• Re: Paddling, 4/10/08, by Regular Poster.
• Re: Sickos in Ark., 4/11/08, by An Apologist for the Bare Butt Teacher!?lol.
• Re: Sickos in Ark., 4/11/08, by Chuck E.
• Re: Sample Paddling, 4/12/08, by Arkansa Education is a Public Embarassment.
• Re: Sickos in Ark., 4/12/08, by dj.
• Re: Paddling, 4/12/08, by Susan.
• Re: Little Rock- No Paddling, 4/20/08, by Little Rock Teacher.
• Re: Little Rock- No Paddling, 4/20/08, by Pulaski County Teacher.
• Re: Little Rock- No Paddling, 4/20/08, by Pulaski County Teacher.
• Re: Sickos in Ark., 4/20/08, by You totally missed his point you silly goose!.
• Re: Little Rock- No Paddling, 4/22/08, by anon.
• Re: Paddling, 4/28/08, by Gumby.
• Re: Paddling, 4/28/08, by susan.
• Re: Paddling, 4/30/08, by Bubba Budda.
• Re: Paddling, 5/01/08, by Right Wing Christian Conservative with an opinion.
• Re: Paddling, 5/01/08, by Only in Ark. would we be having this big debate!.
• Re: Paddling, 5/01/08, by Six months ago it was ISS. Talk about not working!.
• Re: Paddling, 5/01/08, by Bubba Budda.
• Re: Paddling, 5/01/08, by Bubba Budda.
• Re: Paddling, 5/01/08, by yeah right!!!.
• Re: Paddling, 5/01/08, by Somebody needs to read the New Testament.
• Re: Paddling, 5/01/08, by a frequent reader and a Christian, proud of it.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 5/08/08, by Jennifer.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 5/10/08, by anon.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 5/10/08, by anonymous.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 5/10/08, by Don't bother coming to Georgia.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 5/11/08, by Jacqui Hawkins.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 5/12/08, by PCH.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 5/16/08, by Seattle Dad & counselor.
• Re: Is this for real?, 5/21/08, by John.
• Re: Is this for real?, 5/22/08, by anon.
• Re: Is this for real?, 5/23/08, by Brittany.
• Re: Is this for real?, 5/23/08, by Ashamed in AR.
• Re: Is this for real?, 5/26/08, by conservative christian.
• Re: Is this for real?, 5/26/08, by time to leave the south.
• Re: Is this for real?, 5/26/08, by it can't be for real.
• Re: Is this for real?, 5/27/08, by Pick the Interstate with an uneven number!.
• Re: Is this for real?, 5/27/08, by conservative christian.
• Re: Is this for real?, 7/02/08, by Keith.
• Re: Is this for real?, 7/21/08, by dean.
• Re: To Laura, 7/21/08, by dean.
• Re: Paddling/Whipping in the early 1900s., 7/21/08, by dean.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 7/30/08, by Sandra.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 7/31/08, by rick.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 7/31/08, by dean.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/13/08, by Kelly.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/13/08, by DEAN.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/13/08, by Why Dean?.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/15/08, by Stephanie Ar.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/15/08, by dean.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/19/08, by dEbra AP167.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/19/08, by dean.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/20/08, by dEbra AP167 .
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/20/08, by dean.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/21/08, by What do you want to discus, Dean?.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/21/08, by Are you Rick? or Dean?.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/21/08, by Laura.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/21/08, by dean.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/21/08, by Laura.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 8/21/08, by dean.
• Re: What do you want to talk about, Dean?, 8/21/08, by or is it Rick?.
• Re: What do you want to talk about, Dean?, 8/23/08, by Dean.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 11/12/08, by Bob AP.
• Re: Discipline Chart for Classroom Management, 11/12/08, by tom.