Sometimes parental acceptance is required (and most parents do accept), and in some, the children are given the option between suspension and paddling (one swat for each day). Many children chose paddling as punishment. In 2001 there was even a judicial paddling in Texas. A judge made a father give 3 swats with a paddle on the buttocks to his son for truancy. It was afterward decided that the judge had not the authority to impose such a punishment, and it was considered illegal. The paddle was so common a punishment that the tourist’s souvenir shops sold paddles with inscriptions as “The Board of Education”, “Heat for the Seat”, “Applied Psychology” and the like. As a curiosity, a guy named Joel Salvati, from New Kensington, Pennsylvania, USA, received in mid-2002 a call, and his mission on this Earth was giving off paddles for punishing children.
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A Trip to the Head1
Frank “Hey, Bark — you gonna get the stick?” I glared resentfully at fair-haired older boy approaching to torment...
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Catholic School in New England25
My mother’s hand was cool as she pressed it against my aching bottom. She said, “Your bum is hot,...
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CP discrimination1
I wonder if anyone here ever experienced unfair discrimination at their school when it came to corporal punishment. I...
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Pupils in a Class of their Own for Bad Behaviour55
The boys are now birched instead of being sent to gaol, with the result that juvenile crime is diminishing...
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School Punishment Book37
I can only state on the position in England at this time. Most Schools and Education Bodies had rules...
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School and home 1
I was 16 years old, late in my sophomore year of high school. It was the early 1990s. I...
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Why Mikey Likes Eating At Home1
After two and a half hours of looking at clothes for the girls Mikey’s mother spent 15 minutes picking...
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School Corporal Punishment History84
Sir James Darling, Headmaster: “After receiving gifts from the school and thanking them with his usual wit and power,...