Comments on: 200,000 Kids Physically Punished In School

CBS Evening News: Disproportionate Number Of Corporal Punishment Victims Are Minorities

[jordanriak]

Apparently, the prospect of whacking a child''s pelvic area with a board is so enthralling to some teachers that they totally lose the ability to reflect critically on what they are doing. Ask any paddler if he or she can cite any professional field other than prostitution, pornography, or teaching school in which buttocks beating is part of the job description, and all you''ll get is a blank stare. Ask the paddler if he or she learned paddling technique in teachers'' college. Another blank stare.

One school principal with a fondness for the sounds of crying and pleading culminating with the sound of wood striking flesh recently announced at a school board meeting where the subject was being debated that he wants students he paddles to see his face when they go to bed at night. One wonders what part of their anatomy he sees when he goes to bed at night.

[jordanriak]

Apparently, the prospect of whacking a child''s pelvic area with a board is so enthralling to some teachers that they totally lose the ability to reflect critically on what they are doing. Ask any paddler if he or she can cite any professional field other than prostitution, pornography, or teaching school in which buttocks beating is part of the job description, and all you''ll get is a blank stare. Ask the paddler if he or she learned paddling technique in teachers'' college. Another blank stare.

One school principal with a fondness for the sounds of crying and pleading culminating with the sound of wood striking flesh recently announced at a school board meeting where the subject was being debated that he wants students he paddles to see his face when they go to bed at night. One wonders what part of their anatomy he sees when he goes to bed at night.

[jankebenz]

Apparently officials are considering arming teachers in the classrooms to keep law and order. Says alot about the consequences of the liberal soft shoe approach to disiplining and raising children. The liberalized ideology of modern society has proven to be a dismal failure.

[nolalou]

The headline should read "ONLY 200,000 Kids Physically Punished In School."
Posted by stupidrules3

Or maybe the headline should be "stupidrules3 tested for insanity for wanting more kids physically punished!

I''''m quite confident that intelligent people can think of ways to motivate children with something other than fear and pain. Indeed, those who must resort to fear and pain must also concede that they are simply at a loss to think of any other way, i.e., not quite as intelligent as we''''d like them to be.

Posted by Voltaire777 at 11:43 PM : Aug 20, 2008

Amen. We should be intelligent enough as a society to find better ways (especially in today''s age) to punish children and better yet, to inspire them to act in a more acceptable manner. Only the ignorant and unimaginative resort to spanking, because that''s the only thing that they can think of.

[jordanriak]

There is one factor in the school corporal punishment debate that has been overlooked or avoided -- the sexual factor. I believe it warrants inclusion. Parents should ask themselves: "Do I know who''s spanking my child?" The following anecdote, based on actual events, is illustrative.

MALE TEACHER: You know the rules. The dress code is clear. Girls'' skirt hemlines may not be higher than midway on the kneecap. If I can see more than half a kneecap, you''re in violation. And I can see more than half a kneecap. So, you have a choice. It''s either a three-day in-school suspension -- that means zeros on all tests, class work and homework during those three days -- or I can just close the office door and you can bend over and take three quick swats with the paddle. The choice is yours. Will it be swats or suspension? Come on. Make up your mind. Don''t keep me waiting all day.

FEMALE STUDENT: Yessir.

[erasmus81]

"I think that a little spank on the butt will hurt, as long as that is all it is." Posted by erasmus81 at 11:38 PM : Aug 20, 2008

That should read, "WON''T hurt".

[erasmus81]

"I don''t, I don''t even spank him at home."

Well, there ya go. That''s why they had to spank him at school. He was probably out of control. He probably has two useless parents that give no discipline at home.

I actually do not believe in spanking a child unless you have tried other methods of discipline and they don''t work. The problem is that most parents today don''t even bother to discipline their kids. I think that a little spank on the butt will hurt, as long as that is all it is. I raised my kids without spanking them, but if they had needed it, they would have gotten it.

if it''s legal to beat kids when they''re unruly, why can''t employers do the same? Shouldn''t husbands be able to do that for wives who are not being submissive?!?! Or maybe wives for cr@ppy husbands!!!

Oh, yeah, I remember why... IT''S ILLEGAL!!! IT''S CALLED ASSAULT AND BATTERY!!!!

[stupidrules3]

The headline should read "ONLY 200,000 Kids Physically Punished In School."

[libsluv2spit]

Physical punishment does NOT work. It has NEVER worked. Only ign.orant fo.ols think otherwise.

Posted by IDNNSG at 10:46 PM : Aug 20, 2008
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i really really really really doubt that these hords of liberal educated UNEDUCATED students and not to mention generations of morons who grew up under liberal style education were waterboarded, quartered or whipped..

"hugging kids" when do bad DOES NOT WORK..EVER WORKED OR WILL WORK..
simple punishment worked before..remember those times when high school student means a student that CAN READ..

[stupidrules3]

Teaching the uncivilized has always been difficult. If you can''''t paddle ''''em, kick ''''em out of school. Let ''''THEIR VILLAGE'''' educate them.


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Posted by haoli25 at 08:21 PM : Aug 20, 2008


Good one haoli. If the schools can''t do anything with them let, the parents handle it.

[idnnsg]

"He who spareth the rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him correcteth him betimes" (Proverbs 13:24) -- (ret.arded)jeff92706

This verse is about EDUCATING your children, not about beating them! The "rod" was an educational tool, a measuring device, etc. It was NOT a stick used to beat children.

Sick, evil, deluded, and totally ig.norant are the best words to describe "Christians" who beat their children.

Thorough scientific research has conclusively established that physical punishment creates fear, aversion, hatred, and disrespect for the person administering the punishment. If it is not applied rationally, such punishment leads to serious mental problems, including more violence, in those who were punished.

Physical punishment does NOT work. It has NEVER worked. Only ign.orant fo.ols think otherwise.

[dmhphils]

First, it''s same sxx marriages. Then ban spanking children in the home or anywhere.

We are launching out on a path of no return and certain devestation which will bear fruit for generations to come. We are on the road to experiencing what it''s like to live WITHOUT GOD! It is what people want, and God, being the gentleman He is, will allow us to have it.

When men begin to believe they are wiser than their Creator, all hell is about to break loose.

[dmhphils]

There''s been little research done on the effectiveness of corporal punishment in schools, but plenty of studies have shown it doesn''t work in the home.


BS.....don''t believe it!

[sweetchuckd]

This story made DetentionSlip.org! A leader for crazy headlines in education.

[dmhphils]

i am glad that i live and go to school in NewYork where corporal punishment is illigal


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Posted by Bmxer94 at 09:42 PM : Aug 20, 2008


Oh, yea....right.......and in NYC.....anyone can see the results of no corporal punishment.....the kids are running the schools as many kids are training their parents up in the way they want them to go. You will eat the fruit of your ignorance.

[denn034]

Corporal punishment is child abuse. What else do you expect from liberal teachers that see no problem with indoctrinating kids to accomplish their agenda just like communists and dictators do? Some people will say that making it illegal will stop it but, that ignores the fact that liberals see no problem with violating laws they don''t like in the name of non-violent resistance. Abuse makes kids psychologically dependent and that only helps liberals indoctrinate. Downright deplorable for sure. This argues for http://www.homeschool.com/ that''s for sure. The fact that it occurs more to minorities is probably because, they''re liberal and won''t complain against the liberal schools unlike whites. M109876 and Bmxer94 are right in their postings below that''s for sure.

[jbkgull]

I found the story presented to be an example of highly biased journalism with only one small portion of the story representing the other side of the issue. I live in a state that allows corporal punishment and there is a definable difference in corporal punishment that is implemented appropriately and fairly with the consent of the parent and "hitting". I found the comparison to abuse to be inaccurate. Typical viewpoint of the "Time out Generation". Now we have a bunch of unmotivated, entitled individuals growing up in our society , who do not feel as if rules apply due to the absence of negative consequences. We have one of the fasted rising drop out rates in the westernized world now. When are we going to wake up. I have a child in the public school system and I trust that my educators will implement appropriate discipline if need be. If we leave the discipline up to the parents do you really think it is going to happen? That is precisely why those kids are getting into trouble...a lack of parental guidance and limit setting. I am very disappointed in CBS. Journalism? Be serious.

[jbkgull]

I found the story presented to be an example of highly biased journalism with only one small portion of the story representing the other side of the issue. I live in a state that allows corporal punishment and there is a definable difference in corporal punishment that is implemented appropriately and fairly with the consent of the parent and "hitting". I found the comparison to abuse to be inaccurate. Typical viewpoint of the "Time out Generation". Now we have a bunch of unmotivated, entitled individuals growing up in our society , who do not feel as if rules apply due to the absence of negative consequences. We have one of the fasted rising drop out rates in the westernized world now. When are we going to wake up. I have a child in the public school system and I trust that my educators will implement appropriate discipline if need be. If we leave the discipline up to the parents do you really think it is going to happen? That is precisely why those kids are getting into trouble...a lack of parental guidance and limit setting. I am very disappointed in CBS. Journalism? Be serious.