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KKxyz3,59957
The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?
AW, we have discussed the “board of education” before, in 2015, on this page above:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/198833/t … 7340349/29
“Boards of education” were established early and paddles of diverse types abounded in the early days which make searhing for metaphoric “boards” tedious with many false hits.
HH found and reported the following:
1897 http://www.network54.com/Forum/198833/m … 1359395875
1902 http://www.network54.com/Forum/198833/m … 1359396444
1910 http://www.network54.com/Forum/198833/m … 1359396707
I would guess the term was coined in the early days of compulsory education soon after education boards began to be established to manage schools.
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2015holyfamilypenguin4,32069
The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?
KK First, we should find out when schools referred to their governing bodies as school boards. It would be a reasonable surmise that with straightforward humor one would make a connection between the wooden board and a school board of education. It would probably be mentioned in the printed word before any photograph could be tracked down.. American Way
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KKxyz3,59957
The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?
Google has scanned a lot of books and documents and compiled a list of all the words and phrases within to produce a “corpus”. This allows changes in the relative frequency of usage of words and phrases to be plotted over time.
The term “board of education” entered the written language before 1860. Its usage peaked about 1930 and then declined. The vast majority of the uses do not refer to punishment paddles, off course.
The first hyperlink in my previous post was meant to link to page 29 of this thread but does not, sorry.
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2015holyfamilypenguin4,32069
The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?
This is not say the first connection made was in 1879 but this became a popular joke spread throughout the USA newspapers in the Fall of 1879.
The Board of Education – A Schoolmaster’s Shingle. Free Press via Alpena Weekly Argus. (Alpena, Mich.), October 8, 1879
The joke became as old as the hills.
The Star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) June 20, 1906
The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?
KK are you aware of this posting? Scroll to bottom. American Way
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Another_Lurker10K289
The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?
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KKxyz3,59957
The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?
I compiled and posted the above image on page 18 above, on January 31, 2013. I subsequently modified the diagram and reposted it.
It is not the only image that has been borrowed from this thread by the blogger.
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2015holyfamilypenguin4,32069
The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?
KK Would it only be female teachers wielding the paddle or did they just use it before male teachers? American Way
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KKxyz3,59957
The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?
AW,
In the early days of compulsory education cost was a major concern to the local communities who had to pay for schools. Women could be paid less than men so were preferentially employed and dominated the teaching profession. My conjecture is that women might have brought the spanking practices they used at home to school, for younger children at least. I have no definite evidence this was the case.
The school paddle was and is the most popular in the states that were slow to introduce compulsory education. Pupils are likely to behave less well at school when their parents do not value schooling. Such parents are also likely to be far less supportive of SCP and its resulting marks.
Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to enact a compulsory education law in 1852.
Mississippi was the last state to pass a law requiring school attendance in 1917.
The paddle seems to be very much the preferred implement in USA schools. When did it first come into widespread use? I am particularly interested in early mentions of the school paddle in dated factual or fictional literature, and in official documents.Have other cultures used the paddle in schools?
I suggested above (June 22, page 34) that striking the buttocks with a heavy paddle might cause cumulative brain damage, most especially to the parts of the brain involved with innovation and progressive thought. That is, I suggested severe paddling might make recipients more conservative, even reactionary, and more pro-paddling. The response to this bold suggestion has been disappointing, so far, tempting me to suggest a further, possibly less radical theory.
It seems that social attitudes and political beliefs are at least partially inherited. Magnetic resonance brain imaging shows US Democrats and Republicans differ. If so, genetic and not just social conditioning may be involved in the production of paddle supporters. Google if you wish to explore further.
Winnowing affects conservative communities more than liberal, possibly resulting in more inbreeding and polarization of such communities.
Conservatives are less likely to travel far from home for education, work, or vacation and, if they do travel, are more likely to go to conservative areas than liberal. This means they are less exposed to diversity and new ideas than might otherwise be the case.
The more liberal members of conservative communities are less likely to return home than the more conservative members of that community.
Liberals are unlikely to move to conservative communities and become socially involved there.
Pro-paddling conservatives are more likely to meet and marry those of similar social and political beliefs. They are likely to begat conservative pro-paddling children.
Early pro-paddling propensities in conservative southern states may have been strengthened by inbreeding and isolation.