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Re: Paddling/Whipping in the early 1900s.
Posted by secondary teacher on 12/20/07

    Has anyone thought that while paddling may work with some students, it
    certainly doesn't for all? Speaking as a formerly very mischievous
    elementary student, I can say that when I was giving a choice between
    paddling and an actual consequence such as losing recess or extra work, I
    always chose the paddling. It may have hurt a little, but it only took a
    minute and then I could get back to doing what I wanted. This was true for
    me at school and at home.

    But I do think paddling can be effective in the very early grades, maybe
    through 2cnd. It was in 2cnd grade that I realized it was easier to take a
    paddling and started choosing that option.

    However, while I think older students should have to face actual
    consequences, not just paddling, for misbehavior, I don't think they should
    be rewarded every time they follow common rules of good behavior. That
    leads to the secondary students that I have in class thinking I should give
    them bonus points for just following the rules of an assignment. Or that I
    should let them have a free day because they turned in their work on time.
    In my opinion rewards should come when you do something out of the ordinary,
    not when you just meet the requirements.

    On 12/19/07, Sandra wrote:
    > Did you know that schools used to whip kids with a hickory stick for just
    > about anything back in the early 1900s? Also, more families had guns. Do
    > some research and see how many kids came to school to shoot up the
    > classroom? What? You cannot find any? Why not? I thought this violence
    > would cause mass shootings!! Problem with today's youth is a complete lack
    > of discipline in the home as well as school, in many cases. Luckily, I am
    > in an Arkansas District that still believes in the Board of Education. I
    > cannot imagine working in some ultra anti-Christian school where sparing
    > the rod is the norm. By the way, I have paddled a total of 9 times so far
    > this year. That is it! We need to wake up before kids are ruling the
    > schools. That is what is truly sad.
    >
    >
    >
    > 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.

     
     

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