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Re: Well, guess what....
Posted by Maybe you'll be the next one they'll kill. Lovely, huh? on 12/24/07

    On 12/21/07, JSS wrote:
    > 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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