Posted on 10/08/2008 10:12:10 AM PDT by prolifefirst
Grew up playing basketball in a Chicago suburb in the 70’s and have never heard of this. What the hell?
Last year over 20 Chicago public school kids were murdered, so maybe corporal punishment is necessary there.
?? WTH?! What kind of twisted logic is that??
When I was in high school in the early 60s, the coaches regularly ruffed up the teams. They would also set up boxing matches for guys who had problems with each other.
Corporal punishment has been illegal in Illinois since 1974.
Tell that to my jr. high school teachers and principle in 75 and 76. They beat the tar out of us.
If a lot of kids in your school system are killing and being killed, maybe suburban notions of discipline aren’t applicable.
Yeah, well, he wasn’t getting paddled because he was murdering someone, or involved in a murderous activity, he was getting paddled because he missed some serves in volleyball.
That is assault, battery, and injury to a child.
That’s a felony.
The coach needs another line of work. I played for a number of very good (Olympic calibre)coaches and neither I nor anyone else was subjected to this treatment.
I did play for a coach who was brutal with his players and later was later convicted of attempted murder, but he never touched us, just yelled epithets continuously.
Check out the video.
The guys are practicing basketball, screw up and the coach leaves welts on their assets for it.
How that applies to murdered kids is WAY beyond me...
What sport?
I’m speculating that maybe if kids live in an environment where violence outside the school is extreme, then maybe a system of discipline without corporal punishment is limp.
Was this the Iraqi volleyball team?
Clearly, the normal way of doing things in the Chicago Public Schools isn’t working.
I’m not ready to condemn coporal punishment as out of hand.
Yes I was paddled. I deserved it. I think we should bring the practice back.
The #1 NBA draft choice, Derrick Rose, went to this school and his team won back-to-back state championships.
Not from anywhere near Chicago, but I was in HS sports.... I never heard of coaches paddling their players. Extra running, pushups, and all that sort of thing, but never corporal punishment. What'd be the point?
At the risk of seeming racially insensitive... is this a "black thing?"
Swimming,
Gymnastics,
Fencing,
Table tennis, I had some former national champions who ran my butt through the wringer.
Bobby Knight and Woody Hayes are seeming mellow this morning.
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