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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?
Last line refers to the re-establishment of the shingle in Brooklyn. Many seem fed up with teaching under abolishment of corporal punishment regime.
Herald Democrat, February 3, 1904
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?
Circa 1905 stage paddling. Classroom management was difficult because of the varying ages and sizes she would encounter. The quality oif the picture is exceptional!
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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?
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?
The reason for the widespread adoption of the paddle by schools in the USA remains uncertain but under investigation.
Rigid wooden paddles are far from ideal implements for administering corporal punishment, as has been explained in a number of threads in this forum, e.g.
Is the paddle suitable for school cp? (September 2012).
US parents had and have more influence on school CP practice than professional educators and teachers. In the USA, schools are organised and funded by local communities with relatively little state or federal input although there are differences between states in the amount of state influence. Small rural communities with limited resources tend to be conservative, somewhat insular, and often idiosyncratic. Schools that purport to be Christian seem to be especially keen on CP. (I have found no reports of Jesus using paddles although “rods” are mentioned in the Old Testament.)
The excellent Corpun.com website contains many useful hyperlinks to school handbooks. The great mass of material, the diversity of terminology used by different school districts, and the non-standardized layout and formatting of the handbooks makes digestion of the information within difficult but also demonstrates the likely lack of a common origin.
School districts vary in their understanding of the preferred age of CP recipients and their rating of the severity of CP relative to other punishments. Many seem to believe athletes should be paddled more than non-athletes. A disturbing number require administrators to avoid harm (highly desirable) but without offering any guidance as to how this is to be achieved.
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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 here are a few reflections. In the earlier days the frontier schools often used “cane shaped” instruments of correction (often switches) as plentiful as trees. They required little or no refinement. Classroom decisions to use corporal became subjected by written rules and not just the teacher’s will at some point. These rules were written by a group of people. Many of these groups were given the name “board” and the play on words became common. KK about would you have detected that nomenclature to be first used? The “cane shaped” instruments were refined in time and the same may be said of the paddle.
It is amazing that even today the implements are made in school by the students learning to work with wood. I would love to have been asked to make paddles designed for the female anatomy as one entrepreneur did for a sorority that I previously linked. Fiberglass paddles are probably outsourced. The alternative to making paddles in school is to give financial support to adult sites that would be unfamiliar for they always keep themselves in the safe search mode or so they would want us to believe.
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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?
<div style=”width:100%;background-image:url(“/realm/A_L_123/A_L_trg.gif”);”>Hello KK,
You wrote above:
Allegedly Jesus favoured a scourge [whip] made of small cords.
John 2:13 through 2:15, King James Version:
<div style=”padding-left:40px;padding-right:40px;color:#0000ff;font-weight:200;”>13 And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;</div>
I guess the nearest equivalent for SCP purposes would be the French martinet, but that does have the disadvantage that, like the scholastic birch, it was apparently only really effective on areas either unprotected or covered by a single light close fitting layer, and was generally so used in both schools and homes.</div>
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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?
EAL,
Please, was it just the sheep and cattle who were whipped or were the money lenders also whipped?
Is a whip of small cords effective on wooly sheep?
On what part of the anatomy did the whip land or was aimed at? Were there any eye injuries?
What was the size of the cords (length, diameter, weight). What fibre were they made from and how tightly were they twisted? Were the cords knotted or their tips sealed or whipped with fine thread to avoid unravelling? How many cords?
Were the cords on sale along with the other merchandise? What was the cord’s intended use?
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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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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hcsj441,211
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?
Another_Lurker and maybe some others will understand the reasons why I do not usually comment on Biblical matters in this forum, but the discussion on John 2 is interesting.
The whip was probably improvised quickly from cords that had been used to bring the animals in to the Temple and had been discarded on the floor. Jesus only used the whip to drive out the animals, not on any people. This was no doubt an angry confrontation, but I do not believe it was a scene of violence.