The argument often comes down to whether is it worse to receive a stinging non-bruising moderate paddling infrequently and judiciously employed or to be given a vacation to the students not eager to learn or lose learning time for those who are eager. Since suspensions are recorded and paddling is not on transcripts colleges are no wiser to the student’s misbehavior. Severe infractions that may merit arrests are also foregone by a paddling saving a child a record and forever indenting the student to the paddling teacher for a successful career.