Congress To Consider Ban On Paddling

[The Straight Story]

Congress To Consider Ban On Paddling

A pair of Washington lawmakers is pushing for a ban on corporal punishment in the nation’s schools, citing a disproportionately high use of the practice among minorities and students with disabilities.

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., and Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., want an upcoming education reform bill to put an end to paddling. They say the practice leaves emotional scars and sends the wrong message by essentially teaching students to resort to violence to resolve problems. What’s more, the lawmakers point to statistics showing that physical discipline in schools is more commonly used with students from minority populations and those with disabilities.

While corporal punishment was abandoned long ago in many areas of the country, it persists largely in the South. In 2006, more than 223,000 kids were paddled at school, federal government statistics indicate. And the practice still garners support among some educators and members of the public who say that it can be an effective way to root out bad behavior, reports ABC News.

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2010/07/01/corporal-punishment-congress/9261/

[Clovis Sangrail]

1. heh.. I read that and thought "why in the world would they want to ban kayaking?"

[Touchdown]

2. Me too.

What if your outboard runs out of gas?

[scarletwoman]

14. My first thought was canoes. "When they outlaw canoeing, only outlaws will have canoes."

[MattBaggins]

3. Good

Lay a hand on either of my kids and I will be at your classroom to lay an ass whupin on you.

[YvonneCa]

6. It's already illegal in most states...

...including California. It needs to go away NOW.

[MattBaggins]

9. It is supposed to be illegal in NY AFAIK

but it may occur in some poorer school districts.

[Tikki]

7. I am right there with you...

NO Adult uses force against my children.


Tikki

[SunnySong]

4. Local issue... I'm against paddling in schools...

But I don't see how this is congresses business

[MattBaggins]

8. Congress decided long ago

that assault was a federal issue as well as individual rights and protections.

[mzteris]

13. because "locals" are sometimes ignorant racist

assholes who like to beat kids that they deem "different"....

Sorry, there needs to be a federal law about this since there are so many stupid people who like to abuse children.

[Igel]

20. Interesting.

My kid just finished kindergarten, so my experience is limited.

But the only parents I saw telling the teachers to spank their kids or rap their knuckles weren't white. The only teachers I saw that didn't cringe weren't white. And the only teachers I saw ripping kids K-3 a new one in public weren't white. It doesn't matter what I mean by "weren't white"; that's sufficient.


Given that, I should have profiled in the opposite direction from you. Still, there's not actually sufficient data, so it seems pointless.

[LostinVA]

17. Of course you don't

[onehandle]

5. I can't believe this is still in practice. Backwards and barbaric. nt

[Bill McBlueState]

10. of course it should be banned

But lots of people have a real sentimental attachment to the idea of hitting kids.

[L0oniX]

11. BFD ...oh I am sooo fucked up because I was paddled in school ....pfffft

You'd wonder how my dad and his 4 brothers survived getting whipped with a belt. Geeze ...I got spanked and now I am mentally damaged ....pffft ...bull shit!

You know what's really fucked up is the idea that this teaches kids to "resort to violence to resolve problems" ...WHAT THE FUCK PEOPLE ...THE GOD DAMN WARS TEACH THAT TOO. for fucks sake

[Joe Fields]

12. +1000 thank you!

[Tikki]

18. I am a women...when I was in 6th grade..

my teacher lined us all up against the wall and began to issue "spats" to all the children
in the classroom.
Before it was to be my turn I walked out of the school and walked home.
Because my mother was a battered woman she told me never to allow myself
to be hit by anyone. I took her words to heart.
When the teacher called her on it the next day, my mother chewed him a new one and
he publicly apologized to each student.

No child should be hit.

Tikki

[LostinVA]

15. Good -- and many decades past time

And, I forgot this:

:popcorn:

[Obamanaut]

16. Must congress be involved with every, single aspect of our lives?

Is there no local governance or common sense available any more?

This should be a thing for parents and their local school boards.

[surrealAmerican]

19. Why is this still legal anywhere?

If you "paddle" an adult without his or her consent, that's illegal. Why should the law be less protecting of children?

In states where this is legal, are parents giving the school personnel permission?