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Re: Paddling/Whipping in the early 1900s.
Posted by Let's just wait and let the police do it for us. They'll go on 12/24/07

    upside their heads with a stick and no one will say anything about that.

    On 12/20/07, secondary teacher wrote:
    > 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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