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Re: Is this for real?
Posted by OPPOSED TO PADDLING on 4/03/08

    Hey Teachers

    Guess what teachers, I went to Catholic School when I was young. I got paddled
    too. It never worked for me. In fact I got my hands whacked over and over
    again because I am left handed. I also was put in the closet when i was bad
    and locked in there. So when I cam out and asked a question on a lesson I
    wouldn't know the answer (why? because I was in the closet and couldn't see
    the board !) So it became a self-fulfilling prophecy of failure for many
    years. You know why- all because I was left handed and Evil according to the
    nuns. All it made me was afraid and gave me anxiety and do poorly in class.
    Some kids do not do well with this at all. I still relive it adn I didn't
    learn a damn thing from it. There are much better ways to do discipline. Why
    don't you learn them. I was a pediatric nurse specialist for many years, and
    the American Medical Association has well documented evidence that paddling
    can cause violence later in life. There are well documented scientific
    studies.
    Violence begets violence. Positive reinforcement, team building, esteem
    building and rules with consequences evenly and consistently applied works. Oh
    I know its harder bu Try it sometime. Try telling the kids they will go to
    Saturday School if they don't do the work (remember the breakfast club?)


    signed,

    by an adult abused by catholic corporal punishment as a child.

    On 1/25/08, Sue- High School Teacher wrote:
    > If parents did a good job of parenting, I doubt their kids would be getting
    in
    > trouble and thus, paddled. A stinging butt is a great deterrent and allows me
    > to teach the kids that want to learn.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > On 1/20/08, Gosh, Singapore paddles adults. As I said before, wrote:
    >> On 1/12/08, Paddline causing more violence (read inside) wrote:
    >>> 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.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> Information contained in Figure 1 was taken from The National School
    >>> Safety Center’s Report on School Associated Violent Deaths (1992-2007).
    >>> This report defines a school-associated violent death as any homicide,
    >>> suicide, or weapons-related violent death in the United States in which a
    >>> fatal injury occurred. For this chart, the number of shooting deaths
    >>> occurring on school property and where the assailant was a student was
    >>> tabulated. The incidents were then categorized into those which occurred
    >>> in states where school paddling is permitted and those where it is not
    >>> permitted. Student shootings were more likely to occur in states where
    >>> school corporal punishment is permitted.
    >>>
    >>> A study by Doreen Arcus (2002) found that there were significantly more
    >>> fatal school shootings in states that permit corporal punishment in
    >>> schools than those that don’t.
    >>>
    >>> Arcus, Doreen (2002). School Shooting Fatalities and School Corporal
    >>> Punishment: A look at the states. Aggressive Behavior, 28, pp. 173-183.
    >>> National School Safety Center. (2007). School Associated Violent Deaths.
    >>> Westlake Village, CA: Dr. Ronald D. Stephens.
    >>
    >> parents can come get their sweet little darlings and take them home.

     
     

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