Leon wrote:


"grappletech" wrote in message
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I attended both Texas and California schools throughout the
1970's/1980's (divorced parents). In Texas, if someone gave the teacher
continual lip/disrespect/talking/disrupting, etc., one of the Vice
Principals would come down and swat their asses out in the hall. Guess
what? It works. I RARELY saw any bad behavior in TX schools.

I went to Texas schools in the 60's and early 70's. I can attest that the
paddle kept every thing in check. The 3' paddle with holes drilled in it
would literally lift you up of your feet and it contacted your behind
side.

My son grafuated from HS here in Houston in 2005 and I can tell you that
for a long time now that the paddle is now a legend.

Very unfortunate.

Let my fingers get away from me on the previous reply.

Constitutes "child abuse" in some jurisdictions. School officials can lose
their jobs over it.

On the other hand, saw a documentary about Jackie Chan, the most famous
actor in Asia (not to mention being a first class producer, director, stunt
man, and fight choreographer), who was paddled regularly (and in Hong Kong
apparently it's a pants down paddling with something that looks like a
cricket bat) and attributes much of his success later in life to those
paddlings.

A problem with contemporary American society is that we confuse "hurt" and
"harm" and "harming" a child is anathema so so is "hurting" one even if
doing so will help avoid him harming himself or others later.

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