Hmmmm.....My kids are homeschooled. If I weighed in and said they got paddled "at school" who would call CPS on me?
I would never give another adult permission to physically punish my kid. That said, I don't remember very many major discipline problems when I was in jr. high and high school. There was almost zero overt disrespect towards the teachers and instruction was rarely disrupted by misbehavior. I've spent a good deal of time in schools over the last 10 years and my experience is that now discipline is a major problem. I'm not saying physical punishment is the answer. I don't think it is, but major changes are needed.
Haha. I was thinking the same thing about Mr. Alexander and Coach Allen. I went to Parkview from '90-'92 in Pasadena, and "pops" were definitely still in effect. I never personally got paddled, but it happened all the time to people I knew.
Wow, I must have just missed out on all this paddling stuff. I started elementary in CFISD at Holbrook in Fall 87. Don't remember anything of paddling though... What a coincidence though, when I was at work yesterday, a parent and I were talking about getting paddled. He apparently got beat all the time.
See, I remember this exact quote from a junior-high football coach. There's something just creepy about these guys with their heinous tight shorts and polo shirts who get off on getting 13 and 14 yr old boys to bend over and take a spanking. If not creepy, it's at least subliminally homoerotic for the coaches. Weird bastards. (no offense, coaches). Anyway, it's no wonder I became a mascot! Go team! My cougar uniform was the best!
I got paddled at Woodland Acres JHS and later at Galena Park High School. Usually we were given a paddling or detention option...and no self respecting male with any sort of pride would go to detention, since everyone (mostly females) would know you had shunned the paddle. In some instances the paddle was not offered as an option, in which case you might be inclined to beg for it, to avoid shame.
I got "pops" every year from pre-school (that was a little harsh) until my sophomore year in high school.... They banned corporal punishment in HISD in the fall of '87.
I never got paddled at school, but my brother did. Once for bringing fireworks made out of shotgun shells to school and once for putting artificial skunk scent into the ventilation system. These days, he'd probably get kicked out of school and would have crap for a future instead of becoming a sales engineer. From what I remember, back in the day almost everybody was more respectful, because they knew that if they weren't someone would open up a can of ass-whuppin' on you. Kids didn't talk back to older kids either - the same rule applied. I agree that parents should have the option to have their kids suspended instead - but something needs to be done so that it isn't just a free pass. Our secondary system of punishment involved writing out dictionary pages symbol for symbol. I'd rather get paddled, myself.
Coach Ray Knoblauch Bellaire High School 1975 A pitcher should never intentionally grab his crotch while being videotaped with the school's new camera. The unsuspecting coach might review the tape at home that night with his family present, including his wife and young daughter. "Coach, the guys said you wanted to see me."
Pops? They were always called "licks" at my school. I got freakin' paddled by a *FEMALE* gym teacher. Talk about humiating. She was totally butch and strong though, and it hurt like hell. Because of obvious legal liability, another gym teacher had to observe. Teacher: "Alright, bend over." *SMACK* Observer: "Good lick."
Used to get smacked almost on a daily basis in school, for something or the other, usually trivial things like not saying "present" when the teacher called your name, or not writing properly in Writing class ... teachers were definitely on a power trip. The worst technique was used by a gym teacher in 5th grade for not running in proper formation ... put a pencil between your fingers, like braid it thru so pinky over the pencil, next finger under, and so on and then take a rule and hit on the hand sideways ... MAN, that used to hurt like HELL!!! Used to feel like ur knuckles were about to pop open.
