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In reply to the discussion: Georgia school to bring back paddling [View all]pnwmom
(108,977 posts)64. Lots of teens get paddled, all over the country (mostly the south). Every day.
https://schoolswats.wordpress.com/2018/05/13/1530/
Last March an Arkansas mother posted that her 17 year old son was spanked by his principal for walking out of class to protest gun violence. Her son, along with two other students, were given the choice of getting struck with a wooden paddle or two days of in-school-suspension, and they all chose the first option. This sparked outrage on social media, given that most people do not know that paddling still exists in USA schools.
While corporal punishment is banned at schools in 128 countries, 19 USA states and over 4,000 schools still allow school administrators to assault students with wooden paddles, and the practice is so much more widespread than one may think. Each year tens of thousands American students are given the choice of getting struck with a paddle in lieu of another type of punishment such as detention or in-school-suspension, but there are plenty of schools that do not give students an alternative option to a paddling.
Each year tens of thousands of students are given the choice of taking licks or swats with a wooden paddle in lieu of detention or another type of punishment, as was the case for this high school student.
Corporal punishment usually consists of three swats or licks with a wooden paddle but it is not uncommon for schools to give anywhere between 3-10 swats, as stated in these 2018-19 high school student handbooks. Students are usually required to bend over a desk or grab their ankles so the principal or teacher can inflict pain on their backsides with a large piece of wood. Students are frequently left sore in addition to sometimes being bruised and marked afterwards. Often times the paddle swats do not happen right away so students sometimes have to wait days for their corporal punishment to be carried out.
Last March an Arkansas mother posted that her 17 year old son was spanked by his principal for walking out of class to protest gun violence. Her son, along with two other students, were given the choice of getting struck with a wooden paddle or two days of in-school-suspension, and they all chose the first option. This sparked outrage on social media, given that most people do not know that paddling still exists in USA schools.
While corporal punishment is banned at schools in 128 countries, 19 USA states and over 4,000 schools still allow school administrators to assault students with wooden paddles, and the practice is so much more widespread than one may think. Each year tens of thousands American students are given the choice of getting struck with a paddle in lieu of another type of punishment such as detention or in-school-suspension, but there are plenty of schools that do not give students an alternative option to a paddling.
Each year tens of thousands of students are given the choice of taking licks or swats with a wooden paddle in lieu of detention or another type of punishment, as was the case for this high school student.
Corporal punishment usually consists of three swats or licks with a wooden paddle but it is not uncommon for schools to give anywhere between 3-10 swats, as stated in these 2018-19 high school student handbooks. Students are usually required to bend over a desk or grab their ankles so the principal or teacher can inflict pain on their backsides with a large piece of wood. Students are frequently left sore in addition to sometimes being bruised and marked afterwards. Often times the paddle swats do not happen right away so students sometimes have to wait days for their corporal punishment to be carried out.
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"I was paddled in school. Never did me any harm. In fact, it did me some good."
Different Drummer
Sep 2018
#24
I was teaching in the 'eighties and it was emphasized repeatedly to NEVER touch a child.
hunter
Sep 2018
#76
My own kids paid it forward and my dear mom laughs whenever I whine to her about it.
hunter
Sep 2018
#78
That's astonishing. I had no idea anyone would even think of doing that. It's assault.
Vinca
Sep 2018
#5
If it is illegal to do it to an adult, it should be illegal to do it to a minor
obamanut2012
Sep 2018
#11
Most common punishments would be more serious crimes if done to an adult.
MarvinGardens
Sep 2018
#58
When my daughter was in high school her boyfriend got paddled for swearing in class- and this was
Luciferous
Sep 2018
#32
That's what you think. I went to two schools with different policies during the same time period,
pnwmom
Sep 2018
#21
Can you show causation between corporal punishment and respect by children?
LanternWaste
Sep 2018
#28
That's crazy and wrong on every level. Pain, fear and humiliation are the seeds of sado/masochists
BeckyDem
Sep 2018
#33
What do you think about an 18 year old senior being paddled to the point of bleeding
pnwmom
Sep 2018
#43
Well, as I said, the Supreme Court recognizes no distinction between what happened with her
pnwmom
Sep 2018
#63
School officials often make "wrong choices" about paddling. Like paddling students who walked out
pnwmom
Sep 2018
#65
Shaming and pain don't teach respect; they teach fear. And that's a shitty idea.
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2018
#59
I understand that one school recently implemented had behavior problems NOSE DIVE.
LBM20
Sep 2018
#85
When we lived in Mississippi we had to sign an opt out form every school year, so this doesn't
Luciferous
Sep 2018
#31
I haven't seen any evidence that they're more likely to use corporal punishment. n/t
pnwmom
Sep 2018
#90
Notice it's a charter school - time to take your kids back to traditional school!
Coventina
Sep 2018
#51