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In reply to the discussion: DUers, Did Your School Use Corporal Punishment? [View all]ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Like I said, the threat was there, but I never heard of anyone getting paddled, nor did I ever get paddled myself. One thing that might have saved me is that my mother worked from home and we lived only a couple blocks from the school. The principal could call my mom, and she would be down there within ten minutes.
There was one time I remember really wanting some kids to get paddled. We were at recess. I was playing in the dirt, and I felt something on my neck. I turned around and saw two older kids with evil grins. I just smiled back and went on playing. It was a few seconds later that I felt it: they had gathered ants on a stick and put them on my neck. I went to the nurse and go an ice pack. The unfortunate thing was I couldn't remember the faces of the kids who had done it.