My principle had a one by six piece of wood with the grip part cut out for the shape of his hand, AND one inch holes drilled into the butt hitting part. VERY EFFECTIVE! Thankfully I only needed the one time!
Canadian grocery store aisles still hear, "I'm just gonna sneak right on by you ..." (For a while, during lockdowns, the aisles din't hear that. Even Canadians thought the little arrows were going to "save lives.")
My dad was a public school teacher. The first time I saw him cry was when the state of Indiana passed a law paddling students. He had just made a brand new paddle too. With holes in it. He never got to use it. Everytime I got paddled at school was for defending myself in fights. Guess who told me I had to defend myself in fights -my dad.
I was wrongly accused in 9th grade and denied being paddled. Someone came forward and noted I was innocent, yet the principal still wanted to paddle me. No, you will not.
For those who lived through that, we look back at those days with fondness. We actually brag about who got the worst paddlings. Also, he's joking about it because he's a comedian. It's his job.
@@CannonKnight In the 70s there was supposedly a "Rule" that a kid could only get 4 "Whacks" per day and the follow up was "If a kid is so bad, or acting up so bad after 4 whacks then they should probably get their 4 whacks and then after school or in school suspension or GASP, suspended from school which was fine with me, but the "Suspension" was NOT fine with my parents or the football, wrestling or baseball coaches The "Suspension Rule" supposedly meant that the suspended student could not participate in that weeks game or match and that wasn't good for the head coaches or parents and this "Ineligible to play" rule was never enforced on any of us starters, and rarely ever happened to the kids that even "Sat the bench" either so I guess the "Rules for thee but not for me" was blatantly obvious even back then but I just didn't see, or notice it at the time because I was too busy getting into trouble haaa haaa I found out how the school principal and coaches handled the suspensions and 4 whacks rule/conundrum one day when I got into a little trouble and received 8 whacks within a 5 to 8 minute time span. I got 4 whacks from the study hall monitor and within that short 5 to 8 minute time span I received 4 more whacks from the principal who also thought that he was on a Par 5 hole and lit my ass on fire Did I deserve the supposedly illegal 8 whacks? The first 4 whacks I most definitely deserved but not the last 4 whacks but I got them anyway. I also knew that if I put up a fight and refused the additional 4 whacks then my parents would have been called and I didn't want my dad to know! IF my dad would have known about any, or all of the trouble that I got in and I refused the extra 4 whacks and would have been suspended, I would have received a few more whacks when I got home that day BUT the absolute worst part would have been that I would have also been grounded and in my house "While being grounded" meant that I would have had to do my brother's "Chores" around our little farm until my allotted time of being grounded was over. The customary grounding period was usually about a week long. I sure as hell didn't like the part about the extra whacks when I got home that day but I REALLY hated the part about doing my brother's half of the chores and taking care of all of the animals for a week, especially in the winter time and especially during the "Blizzard of 77/78" in "Podunk Ohio" part so I bent over, grabbed my ankles and "Felt the BURN" from my 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th, supposedly illegal whack of the day. About 10 or 12 years ago there were two school districts in my area that brought back "Corporal Punishment" or "Whacks/Paddling" and most parents were fine with this form of punishment being reinstated at these schools, it went over well enough that a few more school districts brought it back also but some parents went ape shit over the thought that their precious little angels would be wrongly accused of something and get their "Hides Tanned" so they signed a waiver that stated their kids could not be "Whacked" but would receive either in school, or out of school suspension. Needless to say, the kids of these "OH GOD NO! NOT MY CHILD!" parents usually didn't play sports or even participate in any extra curricular activities except maybe some kid MAY have played in the school band or was in the "Thespian Club" and even then there were no coaches to get pissed off, no grounding at home or any extra chores at all to do around their house, hell there was more than likely no chores of any kind for these types of kids and their parents
My principle had a one by six piece of wood with the grip part cut out for the shape of his hand, AND one inch holes drilled into the butt hitting part. VERY EFFECTIVE! Thankfully I only needed the one time!
Principle? Go back to school, it's principal.
Brad, I got out of teaching in 1985 and I've never looked back. The field of teaching has lost a lot of it's luster.
Great job.
Thank you Lopez.
Canadian grocery store aisles still hear, "I'm just gonna sneak right on by you ..." (For a while, during lockdowns, the aisles din't hear that. Even Canadians thought the little arrows were going to "save lives.")
Still hoping you will visit us in TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN
My dad was a public school teacher. The first time I saw him cry was when the state of Indiana passed a law paddling students. He had just made a brand new paddle too. With holes in it. He never got to use it. Everytime I got paddled at school was for defending myself in fights. Guess who told me I had to defend myself in fights -my dad.
Yep, Father Burchill had 3/4" plywood paddles and bamboo canes, Father Caridad used the blade of an oar.
I got the leather strap across the hand.
I was wrongly accused in 9th grade and denied being paddled.
Someone came forward and noted I was innocent, yet the principal still wanted to paddle me.
No, you will not.
Right or wrong ???
Seriously what has right or wrong got to do with anything? Binary thinking is not useful since we dispensed with heaven and hell
Am I the only one feeling uncomfortable hearing this? Joking that way about it seems to be a coping mechanism.
For those who lived through that, we look back at those days with fondness. We actually brag about who got the worst paddlings. Also, he's joking about it because he's a comedian. It's his job.
Let me guess. Millennial?
What coping mechanism? About what or which part?
@@CannonKnight
In the 70s there was supposedly a "Rule" that a kid could only get 4 "Whacks" per day and the follow up was "If a kid is so bad, or acting up so bad after 4 whacks then they should probably get their 4 whacks and then after school or in school suspension or GASP, suspended from school which was fine with me, but the "Suspension" was NOT fine with my parents or the football, wrestling or baseball coaches
The "Suspension Rule" supposedly meant that the suspended student could not participate in that weeks game or match and that wasn't good for the head coaches or parents and this "Ineligible to play" rule was never enforced on any of us starters, and rarely ever happened to the kids that even "Sat the bench" either so I guess the "Rules for thee but not for me" was blatantly obvious even back then but I just didn't see, or notice it at the time because I was too busy getting into trouble haaa haaa
I found out how the school principal and coaches handled the suspensions and 4 whacks rule/conundrum one day when I got into a little trouble and received 8 whacks within a 5 to 8 minute time span. I got 4 whacks from the study hall monitor and within that short 5 to 8 minute time span I received 4 more whacks from the principal who also thought that he was on a Par 5 hole and lit my ass on fire
Did I deserve the supposedly illegal 8 whacks? The first 4 whacks I most definitely deserved but not the last 4 whacks but I got them anyway. I also knew that if I put up a fight and refused the additional 4 whacks then my parents would have been called and I didn't want my dad to know!
IF my dad would have known about any, or all of the trouble that I got in and I refused the extra 4 whacks and would have been suspended, I would have received a few more whacks when I got home that day BUT the absolute worst part would have been that I would have also been grounded and in my house "While being grounded" meant that I would have had to do my brother's "Chores" around our little farm until my allotted time of being grounded was over.
The customary grounding period was usually about a week long. I sure as hell didn't like the part about the extra whacks when I got home that day but I REALLY hated the part about doing my brother's half of the chores and taking care of all of the animals for a week, especially in the winter time and especially during the "Blizzard of 77/78" in "Podunk Ohio" part so I bent over, grabbed my ankles and "Felt the BURN" from my 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th, supposedly illegal whack of the day.
About 10 or 12 years ago there were two school districts in my area that brought back "Corporal Punishment" or "Whacks/Paddling" and most parents were fine with this form of punishment being reinstated at these schools, it went over well enough that a few more school districts brought it back also but some parents went ape shit over the thought that their precious little angels would be wrongly accused of something and get their "Hides Tanned" so they signed a waiver that stated their kids could not be "Whacked" but would receive either in school, or out of school suspension.
Needless to say, the kids of these "OH GOD NO! NOT MY CHILD!" parents usually didn't play sports or even participate in any extra curricular activities except maybe some kid MAY have played in the school band or was in the "Thespian Club" and even then there were no coaches to get pissed off, no grounding at home or any extra chores at all to do around their house, hell there was more than likely no chores of any kind for these types of kids and their parents
Yes. You're the only one. Kids are now being handcuffed in elementary school. Ya think that's less traumatic to a kid than a swat from a principal?