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FakeNoose

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12. Wow! I had no idea

Reply to JT45242 (Reply #9)

Tue Jan 10, 2023, 03:03 PM

Jan 2023

When my son attended grade school in the mid-seventies and early-eighties they were still debating whether a teacher had the right to paddle misbehaving students. Eventually it was left for a school principal to decide and carry out such punishment. Nowadays it seems like no corporeal punishment is allowed and teachers have little authority or discretion in that regard.

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In some states, your 6-year-old child can be arrested. Advocates want that changed [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 OP

Then there is the six year old that plugs the teacher. Sneederbunk Jan 2023 #1

Do you REALLY think Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 #2

Yea, really, the six year old needs to be sent to state prison for life without parole! Chainfire Jan 2023 #4

Can the parents be trusted to supervise an attempted murderer? uncle ray Jan 2023 #6

Calling a 6 year old child an "attempted murderer" Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 #7

And the kid shouldn't be arrested Bettie Jan 2023 #11

The system itself is violence. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2023 #3

WTF?! Bayard Jan 2023 #5

Ever since there have been cops in schools Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 #8

This is so much more complicated than most non-teachers know... JT45242 Jan 2023 #9

Wow! I had no idea FakeNoose Jan 2023 #12

My DIL is a special ed teacher, and some of the children Hortensis Jan 2023 #13

In this particular case Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 #10