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paddling
By jennie

I agree with the few teachers who posted in favor of paddling. It is just like parenting, you have to have the common sense to know when to or when not to discipline a child. If you are really mad at a child-of course you
are not going to spank him/her because that would be dangerous but if this child has no fear of rewards, positive/negative reinforcement, lack of recess, extra assignments......then we should be able to use the last option of punishment. Often it is just what the child needs! I do not agree with spanking children on a daily basis or repeatedly spanking the same child but at some point

the behavior has to STOP so we can TEACH other students. I had a difficult 1st grader last year who slammed doors, cussed, hit, kicked,.....it was so bad that several of the students were terrified of her and the parents complained. The child told me repeatedly, "You can't do anything to me!" This child was NOT abused at home-as a matter of fact if anything she needed her ass busted! Look at it this way, years ago before corporal punishment was even an issue we didn't have all the trouble with guns, knives, sex, teen pregnancy and drugs in the school-because the students feared and respected the "BOARD OF EDUCATION". Now even the threat of a paddling has been taken away and the kids-yes, even the 5 year olds know it and respond to it. No, we do not paddle at my school. Yes, if it were acceptable to paddle I would as a last resort. It is simply the only form of punishment that some children respond to. I have a 6 year old myself who I occassionaly spank. If he were to talk to his teacher the way some students talk to me or behave the way some students in my class do-I would DEMAND that his teacher paddle him!!