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To: Morgana

“Spare the handcuffs and spoil the child!”

In my day the Vice Principal had a large paddle on the wall behind his desk, and woe to the one that he took it off the wall for...


2 posted on 09/20/2023 1:39:16 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Yo-Yo

Yep, same at my school.

This is ridiculous. Absolutely foolish response by the school and the cop. What would even possess anyone to zip tie a 6 year old, much less arrest and process them? I dont care if the girl threw a tantrum or if she even ‘assaulted’ someone. She is a 6 year old and any respectable adult should be able to ‘handle it’ appropriately. Move her to the principals office and have her parent come to school and get her.


7 posted on 09/20/2023 1:44:07 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Yo-Yo; All

We did not have a “vice principal” in Grade School however we did have Mrs. Ross.

I remember Mrs Ross walking the halls with her paddle. It was one of those paddles that came from a paddle and ball toy. I honestly think the makers of that toy made it for the ball and elastic to break of and parents to use it on kids behinds.
Anyway Mrs. Ross would walk the halls with that paddle like she was General Patton and we would be quiet and BEHAVE. Unlike the kids of today.


10 posted on 09/20/2023 1:45:49 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Yo-Yo
In my day the Vice Principal had a large paddle on the wall behind his desk, and woe to the one that he took it off the wall for...

At my grade school it was a nun who was principal. Sister Mary Wooden Ruler.

11 posted on 09/20/2023 1:50:40 PM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: Yo-Yo

My elementary Principal had an “electric” paddle on the wall. Many kids “knew somebody that knew somebody” that was spanked with it. There was even rumers of 1 or 2 kids having died from the experience. Eventually I realized it was just the guts of an electric heater wrapped around a board. Did its job though.


15 posted on 09/20/2023 1:55:53 PM PDT by Farmerbob
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To: Yo-Yo

My 4th grade teacher had a yardstick. A heavy one. She broke it on one kid’s backside (he deserved it).


35 posted on 09/20/2023 2:21:49 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo ( )
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