Re: That's VERY WRONG

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There is a definite benefit for everyone to get the punishment over with and
not drag things out.

When I was in 11th grade, I skipped off campus at lunch with a few friends and
we got caught. None of us were bad students or in trouble much, but this was
technically truancy and could have gotten us suspended for a week. This would
have meant missing class, tests, extra-curricular activites and more.

I was happy to have the option of a paddling, as wer the other students. We
got 5 swats that hurt a lot at the time, but that got it done with and
everyone could move on. I didn't skip again and neither did my friends.

I currently teach history in high school, and do give students the option of
swats before sending them to the office. Almoost all choose it, and it seems
to work out to stop behavior like tardies without harming other activities.

On 9/22/09, fatcoach wrote:
> if that's the case then what is the best alternative to corporal
> punishment?......
>
> you can make 'em write sentences......then that makes 'em hate
> writing....or even better they don't do it, just like they don't do their
> homework.....then you gotta write 'em up for open defiance......
>
> you can keep 'em in for breaks or recess or after school......then the
> teacher is punished because somebody has to watch 'em or take 'em home.....
>
> you can suspend 'em......then they miss the most important thing....class
> time......
>
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> i know that corporal punishment worked for me........i feared my football
> coach at first then learned to respect him.....fear kept me out of
> trouble.......fear kept me in line.....
>
> if you do away with the punishments that are quick......the only thing
> remaining is suspension.......and i promise you that is exactly what kids
> want......a vacation.......they don't give a rip about your test scores,
> and if they are suspended for any extended period of time, they have almost
> no chance at making a respectable score.......
>
> i'm not responding to diminish your idea....i'm just saying what is the
> answer then? what else allows them to pay for the disruption and get back
> to class within about fifteen seconds......
>
>
> if you come up with a good answer then write a book......you could make
> millions......
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> On 9/20/09, Mary wrote:
>> You obviously never read the bible: Spare Thy Rod, Spoil Thy Child.
>>
>> --God
>>
>>
>> And what about the other students trying to learn who cannot because the
>> disruptions?
>>
>> I got paddled in 11th grade for smoking. Those 5 licks of the paddle
>> taught me more than anything alse ever could have, even a year of
>> Saturday detention. I'm in college now and every time I smell cigarette
>> smoke, my butt aches. I'll never smoke again I'm sure--that paddling
>> may have roasted my back side, but saved my lungs and life!
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/20/09, ga wrote:
>>> Mary - if you are an educator - you make me sick with such a comment -
>>> It takes brains to discipline a child effectively without hitting.
>>> Hitting children with paddles is abusive IMHO>
 

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