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In reply to the discussion: DUers, Did Your School Use Corporal Punishment? [View all]MFM008
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in the 50s...yeah.. the teachers had paddles with holes in them to make it hurt more..
samnsara
Feb 2018
#1
Yes. Many times. It was either the paddle with holes and painted red or weeks of after school
retread
Feb 2018
#75
It used to be legal in most states. I remember when we moved to a state which was
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#74
No. The delight and relish some people display when talking about hitting children is disturbing.
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2018
#9
Nuns were horrible . Priests at boys HS were worse punch you in the face... although I saw some
lunasun
Feb 2018
#112
I had a first grade teacher who would get behind a child put her hands on their shoulders and
njhoneybadger
Feb 2018
#12
I had a teacher who shook a boy. A Mrs. Stanley. I still remember how the boy's cheeks
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#27
We had it in grade school. I got the paddle for throwing a snowball at another kid.
jalan48
Feb 2018
#18
Nope. Never saw a student hit by any teacher. Never heard tell of it either.
NRaleighLiberal
Feb 2018
#26
Yep, i was in a Christian Brothers school and the weapon of choice was the leather, which
OnDoutside
Feb 2018
#28
Ireland. Actually it was a lay teacher who gave my class the most in a 45 minute period
OnDoutside
Feb 2018
#51
We were good boys, honest ! ;) Actually that teacher is still teaching in the school 36 years later.
OnDoutside
Feb 2018
#61
No, they focused on humiliation and shame. Paddling might have been over quicker. n/t
TygrBright
Feb 2018
#38
The first state I lived in used it. And some of the teachers of older kids did "birthday spankings."
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#40
Yes. "Paddled" to the point of bruising by my 6th grade teacher (a man) in the mid 1970s, California
Mrs. Overall
Feb 2018
#42
According to Children's Defense Fund 2009-10 data, there were 150,000 uses of CP per year.
pnwmom
Feb 2018
#47
Yes, we had nuns in grade school and a crazy vice principal who was known to stuff kids in their
bettyellen
Feb 2018
#48
My 9th-grade science teacher's blackboard couldn't be used. The periodic table chart was pulled
tblue37
Feb 2018
#121
Got paddled in 6th grade for passing a note to another classmate that had sexual content.
Chipper Chat
Feb 2018
#64
Yes. And one didn't tell parents about it 'cause you'll get it worse for causing trouble in school.
Kaleva
Feb 2018
#67
Early 60's. Pledge of Allegiance, prayer, paddled unruly boys. Made us "good" citizens!
retread
Feb 2018
#82
I was in elementary school in the 1950's. Spanking was common. I only got one, for talking
Glorfindel
Feb 2018
#93
My father was arrested after my sixth grade vice principal used the paddle on me.
MrsCoffee
Feb 2018
#103
There were lots of threats and one teacher had a paddle hanging right next to the
Sophia4
Feb 2018
#105
I stopped teaching 11 years ago. Teachers/principals were still paddeling in Alabama.
MelissaB
Feb 2018
#114
In the 70s I got plenty of "swats". It was better than having to stay after school. n.t
USALiberal
Feb 2018
#115
I graduated from high school in 1968. Yes, there was plenty of corporal punishment in
tblue37
Feb 2018
#116
In Catholic School until very recently this was done. My Mom made it clear that no one touched us
Demsrule86
Feb 2018
#143