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96. Second grade I lived in Kentucky

Tue Sep 25, 2012, 12:01 AM

Sep 2012

but we moved to Texas when I was in third grade. I got one more beating (I don't call them "paddlings" because "paddling" seems to sound like just a tap on the bottom. What I got where beatings.) in elementary school in Texas and then one in Jr High. I was actually guilty of the crime in 5th grade but I was blamed for something someone else did in Jr. High. Mr Hart. I hate that fucker too.

Then i went all four years of high school to a private, christian school run by a fundamentalist Baptist church. They thought it was funny to beat the shit out of us. Fuck those assholes too. Although as many beatings as I got in high school, they didn't hold a candle to my step-father. Be glad when that prick is in the ground too.

but I'm over it now - I swear.

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Mom angry that male vice principal spanked child [View all] davidn3600 Sep 2012 OP

Maybe she shouldn't have agreed to allow it. MrSlayer Sep 2012 #1

Beat the balls off this dude? oberliner Sep 2012 #49

Yeah, assault and battery is a crime. MrSlayer Sep 2012 #75

Did you read the article? Paddling students is legal in Texas demwing Sep 2012 #76

What's good for one should be good for the other. MrSlayer Sep 2012 #78

Rage demwing Sep 2012 #81

Haha! MrSlayer Sep 2012 #84

Look out, we got a bad ass over here! Shitty Mitty Sep 2012 #82

It is still assault and battery, humilation, and in this case obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #110

This was not "merely a slight tap on the bottom". rug Sep 2012 #127

It is one of the things that makes the USA look backwards to the outside world CreekDog Sep 2012 #131

Pretty sure he didn't commit any crime oberliner Sep 2012 #132

What century are these people living in? Scairp Sep 2012 #123

I agree oberliner Sep 2012 #133

Minors cannot consent to a beating obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #109

Texas is weird. (no offense to any Texans here, I'm sure you aren't that wierd) n/t Ed Suspicious Sep 2012 #2

Ugh, I remember paddlings... Scootaloo Sep 2012 #3

Proverbs 13:24? caraher Sep 2012 #34

yep heaven05 Sep 2012 #38

Solomon's son didn't turn out so well. Mrs. Ted Nancy Sep 2012 #40

Except the rod refers to a shepherd's crook obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #111

Girls at my school got slapped instead of paddling marshall Sep 2012 #36

Yeah, that sounds about like my highschool too. JoeyT Sep 2012 #46

I was paddled in 3rd grade. Ruby the Liberal Sep 2012 #50

lol, I'm 48 and OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #86

Ms. Cook, Mrs. Orwell, Ms. Sheriff, Mrs Ordner and Mr. Medrano Ash_F Sep 2012 #95

Second grade I lived in Kentucky OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #96

I got a slap on the rear loyalsister Sep 2012 #103

That's terrible. H2O Man Sep 2012 #4

It's very old, an old technique. Trillo Sep 2012 #53

God. I thought that said 'vice president' & I thought, 'oh great, what's Joe done now...' Drunken Irishman Sep 2012 #5

lol grantcart Sep 2012 #30

I'm not touching that one. Jennicut Sep 2012 #94

paddling in HS? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot mate.. JesterCS Sep 2012 #6

Springtown is a rural area in Texas Major Nikon Sep 2012 #9

I can't agree with her reason Major Nikon Sep 2012 #7

Can't america do BETTER than corporal punishment???? alp227 Sep 2012 #8

It's the direct consequence of letting conservatives have control of things Major Nikon Sep 2012 #11

" NO BODY expects the Spanish Inquisition" hockeynut57 Sep 2012 #106

Having it done by someone of the opposite sex makes it sexual and thus makes it worse. freedom fighter jh Sep 2012 #39

It can work either way Major Nikon Sep 2012 #42

She was complaining about the force used 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #56

This --- thare is a reason a female administrator watched the beating obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #114

There is a huge difference in a man spanking a HS female obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #113

I remember my grade school principal... lexw Sep 2012 #10

When I was a kid my folks never made us wear seatbelts Major Nikon Sep 2012 #13

I hear you... lexw Sep 2012 #19

Lawn darts seem like a good idea back then, too. My dad "spanked" us, too - and it was WRONG. marble falls Sep 2012 #33

Slip N Slides are banned too oberliner Sep 2012 #51

For good reasons. They great concepts and bad ideas, ones that came with bad ..... marble falls Sep 2012 #54

Any physical abuse is wrong obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #115

This is HIGH SCHOOL! mykpart Sep 2012 #12

In Texas you may not have a choice Major Nikon Sep 2012 #14

It's actually still legal in 19 states davidn3600 Sep 2012 #16

Here's a general list KansDem Sep 2012 #25

Heavily featured in "the pervert belt" Kolesar Sep 2012 #29

It is illegal in most NC school districts obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #116

My sons attended school in a small town in Texas. mykpart Sep 2012 #18

I don't know which school districts do this Major Nikon Sep 2012 #22

My folks raised me "Dr Spock" the guru, not the Vulcan. Then I'm 16 and my Dad threatens to spank me Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #17

The consequence to teaching your kids to think for themselves is they will do so Major Nikon Sep 2012 #21

Yeah, ain't it the truth. Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #99

i dunno PaulaFarrell Sep 2012 #24

I went to school. Got good grades. I went to church. I helped at Sunday school.... Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #98

The vulcan was never a doctor SemperEadem Sep 2012 #31

Right, but you say, "Spock" and most people see Leonard Nimoy's face. Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #100

you may do that, however, I don't. SemperEadem Sep 2012 #104

me too obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #119

I think that it is a little weird they are using it in high school too Nikia Sep 2012 #65

I always think of it this way: SheilaT Sep 2012 #15

"But having a teacher strike a child? That is absolutely unacceptable." lexw Sep 2012 #20

We don't have hall passes at work 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #57

Well, actually, you can. "Expulsion". n/t PavePusher Sep 2012 #60

They're never actually removed from school 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #61

Supposedly teachers and other union SheilaT Sep 2012 #62

Teachers can be fired 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #63

Gee, the Republican union haters say all the time SheilaT Sep 2012 #67

Yes and they're wrong 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #68

Are defending spanking SheilaT Sep 2012 #73

I'm defending it in this case 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #90

I posted that in thsi thread, too! obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #120

K&R DeSwiss Sep 2012 #23

Which Asimov modified from... garthranzz Sep 2012 #26

So, the mother was ok with corporal punishment... Did I Just Type This Sep 2012 #27

Yeah the choice of punishment doesnt seem to be the issue of concern to the mother davidn3600 Sep 2012 #28

I read it as she really wans't okay with it obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #121

both sides are in the wrong SemperEadem Sep 2012 #32

So the mom didn't mind if a woman spanked her? But not a man? proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 #35

So it's ok for boys to get a hard paddling, but girls should get a gentle one? obxhead Sep 2012 #37

I don't think it has to do with the intensity of the paddling crim son Sep 2012 #41

That was exactly the problem. obxhead Sep 2012 #52

The exact quote: 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #58

Honestly, I still don't buy it. crim son Sep 2012 #69

I agree with you davidn3600 Sep 2012 #70

The implication is obvious 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #89

Texastan... QUALITYCONTRoll Sep 2012 #43

Should have stuck to two days suspension then. LisaL Sep 2012 #44

Mom agreed to it and, yes, it turns everyone's ass fire engine red, not just her daughter's. Poll_Blind Sep 2012 #45

What is wrong with that mother Heather MC Sep 2012 #47

What is wrong with that mother Heather MC Sep 2012 #48

She agreed to it, the kid agreed to it there was a female in the room 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #55

Minors cannot consent to a beating obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #122

The mom is a minor? 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #129

Being hit with a board, paddle or whatever you want to call it is not "spanking" 1monster Sep 2012 #59

I wonder if race was also an issue marshall Sep 2012 #64

no one should be paddling or being paddled Liberal_in_LA Sep 2012 #66

If the mom had left marks on her child like that, the school would have called CPS TxBluebonnetDem Sep 2012 #71

Hey HI TBD and welcome to DU... Tikki Sep 2012 #74

oh the irony handmade34 Sep 2012 #77

No one should ever strike a student..EVER... Tikki Sep 2012 #72

No one was struck Shitty Mitty Sep 2012 #83

If her bottom still looked bad by the time she got home Nikia Sep 2012 #92

Doing that to an adult is assault and battery obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #118

You keep saying that, but this still was assault and battery` obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #124

it is a handmade34 Sep 2012 #79

In 7th grade, Oklahoma.. defacto7 Sep 2012 #80

I know some may not think it's a big deal Catherine Vincent Sep 2012 #85

Violence against children is bullying. When adults do it, it's unforgivable. This man should be truthisfreedom Sep 2012 #87

Are you suggesting that everyone that spanks their kid should be in prison? davidn3600 Sep 2012 #88

I think everyone who spanks their kid should get one warning obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #125

I really don't understand the outrage of paddling. bamacrat Sep 2012 #91

Very interesting obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #126

Corporal punishment is illegal in Connecticut. And all of New England. Jennicut Sep 2012 #93

What the hell? I teach in a NY high school and we would NEVER allow this! adigal Sep 2012 #97

Is Texas living in the 19th century or what? Paddling? REALLY???? valerief Sep 2012 #101

I am SO glad I don't live in a State that's governed by psychopathy. 2ndAmForComputers Sep 2012 #102

Given that grades are so important to this student... Blasphemer Sep 2012 #105

The student volunteered to be paddled instead of 2 day suspension. LisaL Sep 2012 #107

That would have been a punishment that would have made a difference. Jamastiene Sep 2012 #130

If he did this to a coworker or to a neighborhood child, he would be arrested obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #108

Unreal that people still think Le Taz Hot Sep 2012 #112

If doing it to an adult would get you arrested obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #117

Glad it wasn't any of my kids... Kalidurga Sep 2012 #128

what the hell kind of school policy is this? grrrrrr wordpix Sep 2012 #134