Were you ever paddled in school?

[FLCyndi]

No. I don't think it is appropriate for a school to paddle.

 

[pampam]

. Great first post. I laughed all the way through it.

Yes I got paddled at school and to this day I say OUCH!

I went to one of those grade schools with nuns. The classroom teach was permitted moderate use of CP. But if you behaved badly enough the teacher could request the principal to paddle you. At my school a paddling was a serious spanking.

In second grade my teacher nominated me for participation in the program. The principal brought me and the paddle back to the classroom. After leading the class in a discussion about why the class thought I should be paddled I was made to bend over the teachers desk and the principal went to it. When it was done my posterior felt like it was on fire and I got the crazy idea that if I could get something touching it, it would feel better. I began to run to my desk but that was all the way in the back of the room and I wanted relief NOW. Without think my hands flew to my backside and grabbed the corresponding cheek. When this didn't put the fire out I spontaneously began to hop think that maybe I could get away from the fire. It didn't work but the class immediately erupted into enthusiastic laughter. I was permitted to finish running to my seat amidst laughter, smiles and claps. The principal simply left the room. My classmates recounted this story for the rest of the time we went to school together.

OUCH and OUCH! I would do anything to avoid a paddling.

 

[pampam]

In our school it was the strap that was used for corporal punishment. I remember I was one to not do my homework. This particular day, when the ateacher discovered I still hadn't done my homework, he marched me down to the office at the end of the hall. He slammed the desk with the strap, and said "I don't like to strap little girls, but when they won't do their homework, then they must be punished. " I'm crying by this point, not sobbing, but definitley upset. He said if I promised to do my homework from now on, he would not give me the strap. Of course I promised to faithfully do my homework, so I never got the strap. When we went back into the classroom, the kids were asking me if I got it. I was all smiles and said no, but I made sure to do my homework after that.

 

[Rence]

Third grade - Sister Mary Jane - used a yard stick - whacked me so hard it broke.

 

[Kitty 34]

Third grade - Sister Mary Jane - used a yard stick - whacked me so hard it broke.

I'll participate on this Zombie thread to respond to this post. I never got paddled at school but my mom broke a yardstick on me when I was 6. I thought it funny until she went and grabbed Dad's fraternity paddle. Not so funny then!

 

[sunshinemelody]

Got paddled on two different occasions for circumstances that still boggle my mind.

Definitely said, "Oh my gosh!" to a girls shirt and got my first paddling, either that day or the next, whenever my mom went down. We lived right across the bridge from my school in Manhattan so it wasn't a big hike, but still, I'm in the second grade and I had no idea what I'd done! Definitely ticked me off, I'll tell you that. Of course, I figured it out many years later that I'd "taken the Lord's name in vain." ... K.

And another time, a bully, pushed me past the borders of the school, where we weren't allowed to go, and instead of her being punished to any degree, I got punished because I didn't want her to hurt me. Adults sure are fun people. #sarcasm

 

[BrianL]

I was never paddled, but the threat was there. I was too much of a goody-goody to ever get paddled. I barely ever even got my name on the board (do they still do that one?). I was berated for like 20 minutes by our resident nun who was one scary lady. I was in the hall without a pass, though the teacher sent me and didn't give me the pass. I tried to tell her, but Sister Grace wouldn't listen. So she broke me down into a quivering mess by the time it was done. The teacher was supposed to "punish me further" but didn't.

 

[pooh4evr]

I wasn't but it was done at the school. Catholic school of course, with old wooded floors and the teacher who did it - no joke - wore cowboy boots. You knew when someone was going to get it because you could hear her clomping down the hall! I was still done a few years ago at a school my dh's cousin teaches at, in middle school.

 

[asta]

Yes, in fourth grade for taunting a boy on the playground.

 

[mom2rtk]

No, but they did it when I was in grade school so I was always aware of that possibility. And I knew if I ever did something to earn a paddling at school it would be followed by one at home as well!

 

[rickybobby]

Yes, I was paddled in school, so all posters on Disboard that think of me as a rabblerouser should therefore feel sorry for me because I was abused instead of flaming me on the threads.

 

[mnrose]

Nope. I started school in the early 60's and was NEVER paddled. I do remember being made to stand in the corner by my first grade teacher. I remember the punishment; I do not remember the offense. LOL.

 

[Halloweenqueen]

Yes, twice. Once in 1st grade. My teacher went out for a smoke and told us not to talk. A couple of kids started to laugh and it grew to where most of us were giggling. She came back and lined up the entire class and gave us two swats each with a ping pong paddle.


Fifth grade, again teacher out of room. A boy was bothering me and I yelled at him to stop. Teacher returned and ordered us both to the closet. She had a paddle with holes in it so she could really swing it hard. She hit me more times then I could count. I could hardly sit for a week.

 

[js]

As a freshman in HS, I, along with most of my classmates at one time or another, was hit with a ruler I think the back of my head or back by Sister Rita. You really didnt have to be doing anything. Sometimes she would walk around the class and give you a smack. Wow, dont think Sister Rita would have fared too well today lol.

 

[RedAngie]

I was never paddled, but the threat was there. I was too much of a goody-goody to ever get paddled. I barely ever even got my name on the board (do they still do that one?). I was berated for like 20 minutes by our resident nun who was one scary lady. I was in the hall without a pass, though the teacher sent me and didn't give me the pass. I tried to tell her, but Sister Grace wouldn't listen. So she broke me down into a quivering mess by the time it was done. The teacher was supposed to "punish me further" but didn't.

It was common in Catholic elementary school for the nun, when she had to leave the classroom temporarily, to put her top bootlicker in charge and write down on the blackboard the names of kids who misbehaved. This one time the girl in charge went wild and wrote practically everybody's name on the board, with additional checkmarks to show how many times each kid was bad. It was quite a hoot driving this girl crazy. We heard the nun approaching and of course everyone was angelic when she finally reappeared. The nun didn't believe that ALL the kids were misbehaving so nobody got punished.

I don't know if they still write names on the blackboard.

As a freshman in HS, I, along with most of my classmates at one time or another, was hit with a ruler I think the back of my head or back by Sister Rita. You really didnt have to be doing anything. Sometimes she would walk around the class and give you a smack. Wow, dont think Sister Rita would have fared too well today lol.

Perhaps Sister Rita didn't want to be accused of playing favorites, so occasionally EVERYBODY got a whack on the head.

 

[Matt070274]

I'm just curious. Not looking for a debate or anything of that nature. I was talking with another teacher the other day about how there's really not much we can do to punish students when all we can do is give them a 15 minute activity detention (they get a 15 min. activity period before or after lunch). Big whoop, and they seriously just laugh it off.

Anyway, I was telling him that I didn't think paddling was all that much more effective either. When I was a kid, they'd often give a student a choice between a paddling and after-school detention and the kids almost always chose the paddling. And I know it wasn't a light smack -- they used those big thick paddles!

And yes, I got paddled once in the second grade. I still contend that it wasn't MY FAULT!

Yes I was paddled in school several times

 

[Matt070274]

As a freshman in HS, I, along with most of my classmates at one time or another, was hit with a ruler I think the back of my head or back by Sister Rita. You really didnt have to be doing anything. Sometimes she would walk around the class and give you a smack. Wow, dont think Sister Rita would have fared too well today lol.

Yes, I was paddled in school several times.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Oh heckenspeck, no! My mother would have killed me before she died from shame.
However, my JHS was renamed for the school's dean who was also the boys' coach and he was big on paddling.

Papa's oldest son AKA my bio father had a "brilliant" idea to get me into a specific university in the UK and enrolled me in a private HS school in Barbados to further his scheme. Was supposed to stay there for two years but I'd problems with their views on corporal punishment among other issues. I was dubbed the "crazy American gel" in record time and sent back to the States since I wasn't having any of it.

 

[Pink Partridge]

Paddled is such a nice word for abused. When I look back on my Catholic School education, it makes me sick. The daily beatings that we all watched and some endured. Didn't make the correct loop when you were cursive writing? You would get hit. Hard. Did say thank you loud enough? A smack or punch upside the head.

I remember being so excited for Christmas Break that I was skipping down the hall on the way back from the bathroom. My skirt was pulled up and I was beaten with a paddle. I could still cry that this was the norm and accepted.

What a horrific and abusive institution of learning.

 

[bcla]

Paddled is such a nice word for abused. When I look back on my Catholic School education, it makes me sick. The daily beatings that we all watched and some endured. Didn't make the correct loop when you were cursive writing? You would get hit. Hard. Did say thank you loud enough? A smack or punch upside the head.

I attended a Catholic elementary school in the 70s/80s. While I suppose there was this reputation, I'd never heard or saw anyone receive any kind of corporal punishment. The nuns could occasionally be stern if kids were acting up, but for the most part they were some of the nicest, sweetest people I've ever met. Perhaps this was just my school.

However, when I first attended a public school, we got a packet that included a form for parents to sign that authorized corporal punishment. It was very specific too, describing the paddle in terms of size and material, and the number of times it would be applied. However, I don't recall ever hearing about such punishment being meted out.