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mrnoodle · 04-30-2004, 12:12 PM

I can see why spanking is outlawed in schools; there's too much opportunity for real abuse, and it doesn't really solve much if the kid isn't getting any discipline anywhere else. However, my dad had an interesting story from when he was teaching shop class in the 50s...

He was a new teacher at the school, and the class was called "Industrial Sciences" rather than "Shop", but the notion was the same. This particular class was made up solely of football players who, at this school, epitomized the movie cliche of "bad guy jock" - like Biff in Back to the Future. They had run the previous teacher off, and weren't interested in anyone's instruction, especially some glasses-wearing 20-something. They ran amok for about 2 days and dad gave them an ultimatum (something about cleaning up the scrap material after class was over). They decided to ignore him and all left when the bell rang.

The next day, when everyone showed up, he took attendance, then walked over to the door and locked it. He reminded them of his ultimatum of the day prior (my dad's very soft-spoken, I've only heard him yell a handful of times in my life) and told them he was taking charge as of that moment. They formed a line and got their 200-lb linebacker asses whipped with a belt wielded by a 5 ft. 9 in. teacher (albeit one who had just gotten out of the military and could have probably taken any of them one-on-one). No one complained, no parents sued, and the jocks were model students for the rest of the year because they respected the way dad stood up to them. That's just the way things worked in small Texas towns.

If that happened today, there would have been investigations by the FBI, calls for justice from the ACLU, public hangings, and million-dollar lawsuits for emotional distress. That is, if the teacher survived the asswhipping he got from students who knew they could get away with anything as long as they were on the football team. As spoiled as the jocks in my dad's day were, they knew their lives were essentially over if they laid a hand on an authority figure.

Like I said, in today's society spanking is a no-no. But teachers have to be given back the authority to discipline their kids. It's like Lord of the Flies out there.

edited for a missspellling

04-30-2004, 12:12 PM	#35
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	corporal punishment in schools I can see why spanking is outlawed in schools; there's too much opportunity for real abuse, and it doesn't really solve much if the kid isn't getting any discipline anywhere else. However, my dad had an interesting story from when he was teaching shop class in the 50s... He was a new teacher at the school, and the class was called "Industrial Sciences" rather than "Shop", but the notion was the same. This particular class was made up solely of football players who, at this school, epitomized the movie cliche of "bad guy jock" - like Biff in Back to the Future. They had run the previous teacher off, and weren't interested in anyone's instruction, especially some glasses-wearing 20-something. They ran amok for about 2 days and dad gave them an ultimatum (something about cleaning up the scrap material after class was over). They decided to ignore him and all left when the bell rang. The next day, when everyone showed up, he took attendance, then walked over to the door and locked it. He reminded them of his ultimatum of the day prior (my dad's very soft-spoken, I've only heard him yell a handful of times in my life) and told them he was taking charge as of that moment. They formed a line and got their 200-lb linebacker asses whipped with a belt wielded by a 5 ft. 9 in. teacher (albeit one who had just gotten out of the military and could have probably taken any of them one-on-one). No one complained, no parents sued, and the jocks were model students for the rest of the year because they respected the way dad stood up to them. That's just the way things worked in small Texas towns. If that happened today, there would have been investigations by the FBI, calls for justice from the ACLU, public hangings, and million-dollar lawsuits for emotional distress. That is, if the teacher survived the asswhipping he got from students who knew they could get away with anything as long as they were on the football team. As spoiled as the jocks in my dad's day were, they knew their lives were essentially over if they laid a hand on an authority figure. Like I said, in today's society spanking is a no-no. But teachers have to be given back the authority to discipline their kids. It's like Lord of the Flies out there. edited for a missspellling __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh Last edited by mrnoodle; 04-30-2004 at 12:14 PM.