Corporal punishment in Texas schools?! (Or, we might be moving to Austin and I am freaking out). - Page 3

[monkeyscience]

Thanks for providing that. It definitely is troubling. Although, looking at the report, it's not 100% clear to me that they're distinguishing between students being paddled and students being inappropriately restrained. The later is definitely troubling, as well, but would seem to me to be lack of proper training rather than a clear intent to perpetrate violence against children.

Texas leads the U.S. in the use of corporal punishment, followed by Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida and Missouri, the study says.

This quote is, at best, misleading. Although their are more total students subjected to corporal punishment in Texas than the other states, Texas also has far more students than the other states listed. That number represents barely 1% of Texas students. Too much, definitely, but Texas is not the worst offender. The actual ACLU report gives the real ranking as: Mississippi (7.5%), Arkansas (4.7%), Alabama (4.5%), Oklahoma (2.3%), Tennessee (1.5%), Georgia and Texas (1.1%), Missouri (.6%), and Florida (.3%).

[RockstarNinja]

I grew up in NE Texas as well, I've been out of high school since 2000, but I very clearly remember getting licks instead of detention by choice in the 9th grade. By my senior year there were some issues, but it was more, males couldn't paddle females.

I'm a hairstylist, and not long ago I had a elementary school principal in my chair. He did not look the part, so we had an interesting chat about his ways. He had been in Austin, but had moved a little more south. He does NOT agree with corporal punishment, and actually had to defend his choice to the school board. THAT to me is ridiculous.

He talks to the kids about what's going on. And helps them find better ways to deal, like if it was an altercation, he teaches them about talking things out or just non violent resolutions.

Sorry I'm not adding much of substance, but when seeing this I immediately thought of my client.