MushyMushy
Marseeya Here!
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2006
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!
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!