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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Spare the rod?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Some of yesterday’s bloggers hit on Twiggs County reinstating corporal punishment.
The school district decided to return to paddling after noticing that scolding, detention and other disciplinary actions failed to improve student behavior.
I used to write about education in Florida where several school districts, including Jacksonville, allowed paddling. Principals had paddles passed down from their predecessors. And just like in Twiggs County, parents signed permission slips allowing administrators to hit their kids.
Some people thought corporal punishment worked while others said it just made kids more violent.
Would you allow a principal to paddle your child? Do you think this will make students act better?
