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I work in a suburban district outside of Dallas, and corporal punishment is prohibited. Quite a few districts don't allow it. Unfortunately, when you get to the more rural areas, you find the use of the board is very acceptable. A lot of old fashioned beliefs in "spare the rod and spoil the child."
I was actually a good kid when I went to school in the 1970s. But I was always in fear - I feared most of my teachers rather than respected them. Many of them kept paddles on their desks. When a student got "out of line" the teacher would grab the paddle, take the kid out in the hall, get another teacher as a "witness", and then bust the kid's rear end. You could hear it in all the classrooms down the hall.
Licks for having your shirt tail out. Licks if you missed throwing a piece of paper in the trash. Licks if you left your book in the locker. Licks, licks, licks.
Luckily, again, I work in a district that doesn't do this. And my kids, thank God, attend schools that don't do this, either. But I know there are still some out there, but the number has decreased, even in Texas. However, it needs to be outlawed in all districts. And those districts that tend to use the board the most are those in more rural areas.
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