candycorn
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I have no problem with the paddle. It should have never left the classroom. But, to follow a kid half his size down the hall, slap in the face or head, hard enough to bounce him off the wall and leave him in a heap, is asking for dismissal. We do not know the backstory of how the incident began. But you are correct, at least that a costly lawsuit is coming to both the school system and that former teacher, who failed to keep his emotions in check. He may or may not have been a good or even a great teacher, but it is true, a hundred attaboys can be wiped out by one aw shit. I wish him luck in his retirement.
Never had a problem with kids getting paddled. Two adults in the room where it happens, 3 swats to the backside with a lecture on why it happened... no problem with it at all. The school I went to way back in the day in suburban Houston was not much to look at but they had corporal punishment down to a science.
I often think that if we had mandatory minimums for first time offenses, you'd have less habitual crime down the line. Strict incarceration, 6 weeks; no social media, no home cooking, visitations on weekends only if you don't act up.... for B-Misdemeanors like shoplifting is just a taste of what you're in for if you keep it up. Nothing else seems to have worked so why not try it.