Help stop the legalized beating of children in U.S schools! [View All]

[stopschoolpaddling]

I personally know how it feels to have my 5 year old son come home from his first week of Kindergarten, walk up to me and cry long terrified tears and beg me not to make him go back to school. Yes that was my son's first introduction into our education system. What happened? His teacher had brought a long wooden paddle into the room and explained "on the carpet" how it would be used on them if they didn't behave. She then left it on her desk as a reminder. You think I'm joking? I'm not and I can tell you that when I tried to address my concerns with school officials I was treated like dirt. My story is a long one so I won't go into it here but eventually I just packed up the truck and moved out of Arkansas. My children now love to go to school because as they will tell you in their own words, "they don't hit kids at my school." Please see the below letter with link and sign the petition to stop the horrible intimidating, terrorizing and brutalizing of U.S school children NOW!!!

Dear All Democratic Underground Users,

A bill for banning widespread abuse including school beatings in
American schools was introduced to Congress on June 29, 2010 by NY Rep.
Carolyn McCarthy, entitled, “Ending American School Corporal Punishment
Act,” HR 5628.

The bill has the potential to die if American citizens and US
Republicans remain “unresponsive” to the urgent call to action for
protecting American school children from “sanctioned” and “lawless”
corporal punishment, some of which has led to fatalities (see: “Harm
For American School Children Desired by Republicans, According to News
Reports": http://www.thehittingstopshereurstory.com/messageboard/).

PRIMARY TARGETS FOR THIS ABUSE ARE MINORITIES AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

Please sign the petition for supporting Rep. McCarthy’s bill located on
the Home page of www.TheHittingStopsHere.com and ask your social
communities and co-group or organization members to do the same.

Informative messages and information on how to help can be found on the
following link:
http://www.thehittingstopshereurstory.com/messageboard/.

We appreciate your sending/posting this letter to your contacts.

Thank you,

Sandra
Email me at [e-mail] if you would like to help get this message out.
Supporter of The Hitting Stops Here!
A campaign for teaching kindness and respect in schools everywhere.
www.TheHittingStopsHere.com
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