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In reply to the discussion: Georgia school to bring back paddling [View all]SomethingNew
(279 posts)Ignoring for the moment the many other serious problems with hitting children, it's not even an effective punishment for schools.
I know this is anecdotal but my grandmother was a rural teacher 60 years ago when paddling/slapping students was allowed. She talks about how the she never had any trouble with students in part because she instead made them stay after school as punishment, forcing their parents to come get the students and alerting them to the bad behavior. She also believes that most teachers chose paddling instead because then they didn't have ti stay after school with the students.
Similarly, my dad also went to a small town school where students were given the option of paddling or detention. He says every student chose paddling because then you'd just go on with your day after.