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angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
111. I was a regular to the ruler..
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 09:42 PM
Feb 2018

but open handed, not knuckles

Once cause I refused to pin up my hair, and once when I put a pin in a boys shirt that looked like it was blown up

I was an evil child

in the 50s...yeah.. the teachers had paddles with holes in them to make it hurt more.. samnsara Feb 2018 #1
Did you actually know someone who was spanked? ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #5
Yes. This person is someone I am very close to. He was 6 years old. pnwmom Feb 2018 #21
There is no reason to beat a six year old! ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #54
It was as much a part of the culture as hunting and fishing. pnwmom Feb 2018 #73
Yes. Many times. It was either the paddle with holes and painted red or weeks of after school retread Feb 2018 #75
Post removed Post removed Feb 2018 #137
Yeah, but they called it lunch jberryhill Feb 2018 #2
That's corporal punishment and against the law. BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #3
No, it's still legal in 19 states, and a Supreme Court decision upheld it -- pnwmom Feb 2018 #6
I thought they only did that in private and religious schools...ouch! BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #7
Actually, it is not against the law in many states. Ms. Toad Feb 2018 #10
It's worth noting most of those states are basically theocracies Major Nikon Feb 2018 #53
It used to be legal in most states. I remember when we moved to a state which was pnwmom Feb 2018 #74
Yeah, the paddle with holes to make it go faster and hit harder! ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #13
Never. No god, no corporal punishment. smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #4
Yup,to the Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #8
No. The delight and relish some people display when talking about hitting children is disturbing. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2018 #9
Yes snowybirdie Feb 2018 #11
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
Holy crap! ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #20
I had a teacher who shook a boy. A Mrs. Stanley. I still remember how the boy's cheeks pnwmom Feb 2018 #27
My First Grade Teacher RobinA Feb 2018 #109
The parochial school I went to certainly did, and it could be brutal Siwsan Feb 2018 #14
Most public schools used to allow it decades ago. Now 19 still do. pnwmom Feb 2018 #33
My 5th grade teacher gave swats for bad grades.... Thomas Hurt Feb 2018 #15
Late 60s elementary school treestar Feb 2018 #16
Not officially, but MountCleaners Feb 2018 #17
That's a point I was thinking of: it backfires ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #32
We had it in grade school. I got the paddle for throwing a snowball at another kid. jalan48 Feb 2018 #18
Born in 80. Nope. Nt moriah Feb 2018 #19
No. Igel Feb 2018 #22
60s MFM008 Feb 2018 #23
Started elementary in the 70s in California eissa Feb 2018 #24
A Department of Defense elementary school in the 1970's. Aristus Feb 2018 #25
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
Was this in the US or Ireland? ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #46
Ireland. Actually it was a lay teacher who gave my class the most in a 45 minute period OnDoutside Feb 2018 #51
Bunch of little gurriers you lot were I bet! ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #58
We were good boys, honest ! ;) Actually that teacher is still teaching in the school 36 years later. OnDoutside Feb 2018 #61
Nope. sakabatou Feb 2018 #29
Yes GrapesOfWrath Feb 2018 #30
Yes that was a favorite trick to intimidate Ohiogal Feb 2018 #87
Yes... targetpractice Feb 2018 #31
I remember names on the board! ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #41
I had an English teacher in 7th grade Ohiogal Feb 2018 #85
Not sure if it was allowed loyalsister Feb 2018 #34
sort of surrealAmerican Feb 2018 #35
Class of 1998-- definitely not crazycatlady Feb 2018 #36
I was spanked once. In the first grade. nolabear Feb 2018 #37
No, they focused on humiliation and shame. Paddling might have been over quicker. n/t TygrBright Feb 2018 #38
Yes. Turbineguy Feb 2018 #39
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
Up through junior high. A paddle. That was in the early 70s. AJT Feb 2018 #43
No way, and I went to school in the 50s Hamlette Feb 2018 #44
in England, yes Skittles Feb 2018 #45
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
For sure. Polly Hennessey Feb 2018 #49
There was a DUer who'd made this issue her mission. I remember a lot of people pnwmom Feb 2018 #50
Mine didn't. But... demmiblue Feb 2018 #52
No, never in my schools in NY City and State, '50s - 60s, elleng Feb 2018 #55
Went to school in the late 60's through the mid-70's Mr. Ected Feb 2018 #56
Here, corporal punishment are absolutely and totally forbidden syringis Feb 2018 #57
Oh yes, we are so civilized in the US! ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #71
Yes - even paddling as a "joke" left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #59
Yes. I watched the principal slam a kid against a wall. davsand Feb 2018 #60
My 9th-grade science teacher's blackboard couldn't be used. The periodic table chart was pulled tblue37 Feb 2018 #121
Was called licks thbobby Feb 2018 #62
Never saw it - Minnesota in the '50s/early'60s. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #63
Got paddled in 6th grade for passing a note to another classmate that had sexual content. Chipper Chat Feb 2018 #64
Yes. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #65
Yes bluecollar2 Feb 2018 #66
Yes. And one didn't tell parents about it 'cause you'll get it worse for causing trouble in school. Kaleva Feb 2018 #67
Ruler rapping zentrum Feb 2018 #68
5th grade teacher used a ping pong paddle zeusdogmom Feb 2018 #69
That reminds of a time I got in trouble teaching 5th graders ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #76
Chicago Public Schools, 1953-1966: N0! raging moderate Feb 2018 #70
Well, it was legal in Illinois then, so you were lucky. pnwmom Feb 2018 #78
I got it many times d_r Feb 2018 #72
Oh hell yeah. A lot. Codeine Feb 2018 #77
I've read your posts ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #120
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Feb 2018 #79
OMG how humiliating Ohiogal Feb 2018 #95
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When I Look Back RobinA Feb 2018 #113
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Feb 2018 #139
You know what I bet? ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #122
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Feb 2018 #138
Yep. And if it happened to me at school, rateyes Feb 2018 #80
Never. Graduated HS 1957, Missouri. nt IphengeniaBlumgarten Feb 2018 #81
Early 60's. Pledge of Allegiance, prayer, paddled unruly boys. Made us "good" citizens! retread Feb 2018 #82
1980s rownesheck Feb 2018 #83
Ruler whacks on knuckles Generic Brad Feb 2018 #84
Depends on where I was living... regnaD kciN Feb 2018 #86
More often than not GaryCnf Feb 2018 #88
Yes. 1965 HS grad here. The vice principal had Hekate Feb 2018 #89
Yes until 1960. sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #90
Yep. Itchinjim Feb 2018 #91
Not in my schools in small town CA MineralMan Feb 2018 #92
You didn't move to Missiouri... reACTIONary Feb 2018 #97
No... MineralMan Feb 2018 #100
Well, not to dis my friends and relatives who live there, but... reACTIONary Feb 2018 #102
But if those kids don't stay off your lawn....watch out! ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #134
That is a two sided coin nolabels Feb 2018 #140
My home town was a good place to grow up, for sure. MineralMan Feb 2018 #145
I was in elementary school in the 1950's. Spanking was common. I only got one, for talking Glorfindel Feb 2018 #93
Catholic school, yes. Public school, not after 3rd grade. Tatiana Feb 2018 #94
In California, No... in Missouri... reACTIONary Feb 2018 #96
Nope, and I went to Catholic school in the 1960s thru mid-70s. GoCubsGo Feb 2018 #98
I was a regular to the ruler.. angstlessk Feb 2018 #111
My school didn't, but it was still legal in UK schools until 1986 LeftishBrit Feb 2018 #99
If only those kids had gone to church Nevernose Feb 2018 #101
Thoughts and prayers ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #123
My father was arrested after my sixth grade vice principal used the paddle on me. MrsCoffee Feb 2018 #103
There was paddling in our school Texasgal Feb 2018 #104
I'm going to have to remember to ask my parents about consent ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #125
There were lots of threats and one teacher had a paddle hanging right next to the Sophia4 Feb 2018 #105
Got swats as we called it several times in middle school BannonsLiver Feb 2018 #106
Public elementary school in Indiana. Late sixties. Kindergarten. Crunchy Frog Feb 2018 #107
Yes. newblewtoo Feb 2018 #108
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
yep....1950's & 60's spanone Feb 2018 #117
Yes! Rural ohio, early 70s to early 80s, had my fair share of paddling Marengo Feb 2018 #118
Yes Daphne08 Feb 2018 #119
One of my earliest school memories Desert grandma Feb 2018 #124
After reading these comments ... Ohiogal Feb 2018 #126
The Greatest Generation had it worse. Kaleva Feb 2018 #130
I'll never forget one old witch I had in second grade in Texas- callous taoboy Feb 2018 #142
One High School I went to had it, One didn't Wolf Frankula Feb 2018 #127
This goes back to the "corporal punishment causes rebellion" theme ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #132
I knew the 8th grader Wolf Frankula Feb 2018 #135
If I had been the principal, I would have been embarrassed, too ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #146
No....went to mostly DOD schools - 1960s LeftInTX Feb 2018 #128
Sure did in the 50s and 60s and we liked it doc03 Feb 2018 #129
Yes and lots of them DVRacer Feb 2018 #131
No but my son's school does. I actually had to sign an opt-out form! Luciferous Feb 2018 #133
Oh yeah, in 60s. Hoyt Feb 2018 #136
Myt brothers grew up in Texas in the 60s and 70s: callous taoboy Feb 2018 #141
In Catholic School until very recently this was done. My Mom made it clear that no one touched us Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #143
I Saw It, Yes ProfessorGAC Feb 2018 #144
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