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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Where Corporal Punishment Is Still Used, Its Roots Go Deep

Robbinsville High School sits in a small gap in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Green slopes dotted with cattle hug in around the school before they rise into a thick cover of pine trees.

David Matheson is the principal here. And he's the only high school principal in the state who still performs corporal punishment. At Robbinsville, corporal punishment takes the form of paddling - a few licks on the backside Matheson delivers with a long wooden paddle.

North Carolina state law describes corporal punishment, as "The intentional infliction of physical pain upon the body of a student as a disciplinary measure."

Robbinsville High School's policy allows students to request a paddling in place of in-school-suspension, or ISS. Last year, 22 students chose it.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

You wanted choices? Here you go.

Anonymous said...

They need to use this at Bennett - both Middle and High

Rebel Without a Clue said...

I love it!! I remember when Tommy Tucker would paddle kids in Jr. High! The "Board of Education" he called it.

Anonymous said...

Back in the early '60s John Tatem at Pocomoke Elementary had a red ping pong paddle with holes drilled in it. I know this from experience!

Anonymous said...

There are some children that you could beat half to death and it would not change their behavior. I think some children LIKE to be spanked because it verifies that they are the dip sh*t that they are told at home. The studies on corporal punishment are on the mark accurate.

Anonymous said...

Basic educational rule: Children learn by watching adults. If they watch us solve problems with hitting, they will grow to solve their problems with hitting.

Anonymous said...

Blogger Rebel Without a Clue said...
I love it!! I remember when Tommy Tucker would paddle kids in Jr. High! The "Board of Education" he called it.

April 13, 2017 at 2:14 PM

Did it work on you? lol

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Basic educational rule: Children learn by watching adults. If they watch us solve problems with hitting, they will grow to solve their problems with hitting.

April 14, 2017 at 7:39 AM

Oh horseshit. It's thinking like that that resulted in the way kids act nowadays.