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In reply to the discussion: DUers, Did Your School Use Corporal Punishment? [View all]LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)99. My school didn't, but it was still legal in UK schools until 1986
Or even later than that, if your parents were prepared to pay for the privilege (legal in private schools till the late 90s).
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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