the suggestion that any child in any school where corporal punishment is available lives in constant fear of such punishment makes just about as much sense as the suggestion that any person in any place where imprisonment is available, lives in constant fear of being imprisoned, or that any person who lives in any place […]

You said, “we can paddle you anytime for anything we want and you dont have to break a rule, we can paddle you anyway.” What planet are you from, Bob? Ever read a “student handbook? A student TODAY has to really cross the line repeatedly before c.p. is considered. You said, “son or daughter comes […]

You said, “people in concentration camps and POW camps during WWII” Are you joking? That sounds like a certain “Rev.” to me. Bob, you are better than that! You said, “Schools that use CP are an oppressive regime. Instead of machine guns and guard dogs they carry a paddle. It is still rule by threat […]

It’s not hard to find accounts of people who feel they’d been brutalised by sadistic teachers in school. However I believe they’re vastly outnumbered by people who realised they’d been appropriately punished for wrongdoing and don’t bear a grudge. Go to any poll or discussion which seems to reflect the account of ordinary people and […]

In both cases, CP to terrorise and humiliate was going on in SOME of our schools at least into the 1980’s, state and private. I agree with you-the potential to run a school on the balance of terror principle is always there with CP. Unfortunately, pupils don’t have an adequate response-a true balance of terror […]

Between the ages of 7 and 11 (1957 to 1961) I attended a mixed primary school where all the teachers used CP in one form or another, as did the headmistress. Between the ages of 11 and 17 (1961 to 1967) I attended a boys-only grammar school where about half the teachers used CP, as […]

This is easy enough to do, especially with the moms who want to believe teachers walk on water and can do no wrong. After all it is the teacher who makes it possible to go shopping alone or to the hair salon or just some peace and quiet. So, until their son or daughter comes […]

If nobody breaks a known rule they will use one of the dreaded catch all rules like disruptive behavior which translates into we can paddle you anytime for anything we want and you dont have to break a rule, we can paddle you anyway. Yet let a parent come to school and voice some concern […]

It is this atmosphere of oppression and intimidation that causes negative feelings about school and contributes to drop outs. It also becomes a magnet for abusers and sadists. They generally go for the coaches or P.E. teachers job. Also every school that I attended that used cp had a Principal or VP with a scary […]