In Kentucky, there is still a school that still uses paddling. The principal of the elementary school that still uses paddling says that in many ways paddling seems to be more effective than taking a child's recess away or sending them to detention.
Paddling a student is not as easy as it used to be though. Before this Kentucky principal is allowed to paddle a student, he first has to get written permission from the parent. Also, there must be two witnesses at the time the paddling takes place.
The article also discusses that more schools are returning to corporal punishment due to the ineffectiveness of suspension. Rather than it being a punishment, students are left at home without their parents, and end up having a three day weekend. If given the option, I would choose suspension too! Both of my parents work full time and neither of them would take off of work to sit at home with me to make sure that I am miserable and learning my lesson. I would definitely choose sitting at home by myself and not having to go to school versus receiving physical pain. Although, it may be a small, short amount of pain, I would still rather be at home.
"A study by the Center for Effective Discipline shows 22 states still participate in corporal punishment. Their study showed that in the 2006-2007 school year more than 220,000 students across the country experienced physical punishment at school." (WHAS 11) Personally, I am glad to see that there are still a great number of schools that still enforce corporal punishment.
To read the article in it's entirety, go to: http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Some-Ky-schools-use-paddling-as-disciplinary-measure-for-students-83711032.html.
WHAS 11. "Some Ky. schools still use paddling as disciplinary measure for students." Local News. N.p., 6 Feb. 2010. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.
Kids-Spanking. N.d. SMASHgods, online. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.
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