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Re: Well, guess what....
Posted by JSS on 12/21/07

    I teach 8th grade and I have paddled them zero times this year. However, I
    have managed to maintain a very disciplined environment. I just don't think
    some teachers want to be bothered to learn how to control their classrooms
    without resorting to hitting.

    How sad that you somehow equate Christianity with hitting children.
    Interesting...using the Prince of Peace's name to promote violence. It
    sounds like people who want to hit children are the anti-Christian ones.


    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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