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sorefeet

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7. Fuckers beat me with a board

Reply to d_r (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 10:59 AM

Nov 2013

in the third grade, 8 years old. Pulled me up in front of the whole class, hit my ass 3 times with a big flat board and it hurt bad. Traumatized me for life I realize that now. I was innocent of what I was accused, a few kids just pointed to me and the teacher beat my ass. I remember mom was going to go to school and raise hell but my dad wouldn't let her. I quit in the 12th grade after my teacher told me to go to the office. They were going to beat me again because I broke a rule. I took my money out of the bank early for a car and wasn't allowed to until the school season was over. Soooooo, I went straight to my locker, got my shit out of it, left and never looked back. The study makes sense to me, I was scared daily of school. Of course lots of shame in quitting also. So lets make alcohol our best friend for 40 goddamned years. DU is now a safe haven for me to draw sanity, logic and education from.

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Study makes a case against paddling, finds link between corporal punishment, failure to graduat [View all] d_r Nov 2013 OP

At every opportunity they get pushed back by the system. Baitball Blogger Nov 2013 #1

As a former teacher, I'm not at all surprised by this. NaturalHigh Nov 2013 #2

Knock me down with a feather n/t the_sly_pig Nov 2013 #3

racism is systemic heaven05 Nov 2013 #4

Positive reinforcement works much better. bemildred Nov 2013 #5

It was child abuse when I saw my third grade classmates paddled mountain grammy Nov 2013 #6

Fuckers beat me with a board sorefeet Nov 2013 #7

The problem is the immaturity of children when they start school. JDPriestly Nov 2013 #16

Sorry to hear about that. AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #23

Sadist who likes to hurt children Kolesar Nov 2013 #26

How about we just give up our children at birth to those who think they can do it better? Android3.14 Nov 2013 #8

this is school-based corporal puishment d_r Nov 2013 #9

This article is about paddling children *by school officials, in school* antigone382 Nov 2013 #10

Awww, look. They wrote a whole book about people with ideas such as those. jtuck004 Nov 2013 #12

Gee, ya think? TBF Nov 2013 #11

The question is causation. Does the corporal punishment CAUSE the failure of the child in school. JDPriestly Nov 2013 #13

best post in this thread n/t Psephos Nov 2013 #14

it doesn't directly answer your question d_r Nov 2013 #15

How common is corporal punishment in the schools? JDPriestly Nov 2013 #17

CA: apple, Alabama: orange. Gormy Cuss Nov 2013 #18

Did the study or article explain why California is apples and Alabama oranges? JDPriestly Nov 2013 #20

You just explained it upthread. California doesn't allow corporal punishment. Gormy Cuss Nov 2013 #21

19 states allow corporal punishment d_r Nov 2013 #19

Studies prove the point Duppers Nov 2013 #22

Yeah, sadly, that is true. AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #24

Akin to beatings in southern prisons, IMHO eom Kolesar Nov 2013 #27

Or on quite a few antebellum plantations. nt AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #31

And to think it only took getting to the 21st century for us to figure this out. DeSwiss Nov 2013 #25

always better to appeal to their minds and not their behinds. olddad56 Nov 2013 #28

Here is a youtube video d_r Nov 2013 #29

I had no idea they still paddled in schools Marrah_G Nov 2013 #30