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Re: Is this for real?
Posted by Dear Susan on 4/05/08

    Please supply the parents of your class your behavior management method.
    You might want to get an informed consent signed.

    On 4/05/08, To Susan wrote:
    > Please supply the message board with empirical data that shows paddling
    > is beneficial in a school setting. You do what you want with your kids,
    > but if some teacher lays a hand on one of mine, I would file a police
    > report.
    > So just an FYI. Your the parent, but that gives you no right to paddle
    > children in schools. Have you obtained parental consent for paddling
    > children? By the way, my child was nearly killed on a campus, so do not
    > ASSUME, in addition he's been awarded scholarships for his academics....
    > no thanks to government schools. Thank God he is graduating this year
    > with honors. I don't feel the need to brag on my child, but NOBODY in
    > public school helped him when he was assaulted on campus. And then they
    > proceeded to lie about it too. Thankfully, me, the parent, stepped in
    > and did what I needed to do to help my own kid. So please don't say I
    > don't know how to discipline, because my method has served him well.
    > So where is that empirical data, teacher?
    >
    >
    > On 4/04/08, Susan wrote:
    >> Have you ever taught? If not, then you have NO IDEA what teachers deal
    >> with. You don't think we try every method possible? Good kids are
    >> getting cheated out of an education because of parents like you who are
    >> afraid to discipline their kids. Thus, they come to school and are
    >> brats. I have paddled my kids twice. That is all it took to know there
    >> is a line that they shouldn't cross. They are happy, well-adjusted and
    > I
    >> can take them anywhere. You have to balance discipline and love. There
    >> is absolutely no evidence that paddling, when done right in schools,
    >> leads to domestic violence etc. That is plain non-sense.
    >> SUSAN
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> On 4/03/08, To Susan wrote:
    >>> Susan -- I have a couple of questions for you.
    >>>
    >>> 1. Do you have children?
    >>> 2. If so, do you paddle them?
    >>> 3. Do you know any other way than paddling?
    >>> 4. HAve you tried any other behavior management method?
    >>> 5. If not, would you try?
    >>>
    >>> Regards,
    >>> An onlooker that is pretty appalled
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> On 11/22/07, Susan wrote:
    >>>> I guarantee schools that paddle have less classroom problems than
    >>>> ones that don't. It is not fair to good students to have teachers
    >>>> constantly trying to gain control of a rowdy class in a non-
    >>> paddling
    >>>> setting.
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>> On 11/21/07, Yes, some Arkansas schools still paddle and we do
    >>> wrote:
    >>>>> On 11/18/07, Not an Arkansas teacher wrote:
    >>>>>> On 11/14/07, Paddle in the Saddle wrote:
    >>>>>>> If you hang a paddle on the wall in your classroom with a
    >>>>>>> list of infractions and the number of corresponding whacks
    >>>>>>> to go with each, and use it, you will find very few
    >>>>>>> disciplinary problems.
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>> On 11/13/07, Susan wrote:
    >>>>>>>> Hi, I am thinking of doing a discipline chart for classroom
    >>>>>>>> management. I will first give a warning to a student to
    >>>>>>>> correct behavior. If they disobey again, they get an X on
    >>>>>>>> their chart...3 Xs equals one swat with the paddle, 6 Xs
    >>>>>>>> equals 2 swats. They can earn Xs by not doing homework,
    >>>>>>>> talking too much, swearing, etc etc...
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> I am convinced now that paddling is extremely effective. I
    >>>>>>>> have watched it work with other teachers as I was reluctant
    >>>>>>>> to use it much. Thoughts?
    >>>>>
    >>>>> not, for the most part, have the major problems other states
    >>>>> have. At least I don't think we do. At my school the paddle
    >>>>> cannot be left out in sight.

     
     

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