The Annals of State-Sponsored Corporal Punishment

I went to a Baptist high school in West Bridgewater Massachusetts back in the 80's. The parents were required to sign paperwork that allowed the school to paddle students. They firmly believed in the "spare the rod, spoil the child" discipline.

The principle was also our homeroom teacher (religious institution = no certification) who loved to tell us how his under 10 year old son would confess having done something wrong, knowing full well he would be spanked. This stories were told so often that it was apparent this kid was doing wrong at least once a month.

I often wonder what happened to that kid, I imagine he has a spanking fetish now as an adult.

I love how people like this always have a ready excuse for the final event but are completely mute about all the other incidents which put them into a "straw that broke the camel's back" situation. What about the other four times she was tardy? Either she's one of the most unfortunate students ever, or she just didn't consider school important enough to go when she was supposed to.

Regardless of the purported basis, any adult who is willing to strike a teenager on the butt with a paddle is a pervert of one sort or another.

@Frank H -- Everything wasn't about sex in those days. Only a pervert would see a sex angle in it. To a normal person back then, it was just a standard disciplinary measure which had been used to good effect for literally hundreds of years.

This was also the time when thousands of children were sexually molested by their teacher and/or priest and wouldn't talk about it because when they did, they were dismissed as lying little brats with no respect for authority. Even without the sex abuse angle, this method only showed kids that hitting people was okay as long as they are weaker than you.

"Everything wasn't about sex in those days. Only a pervert would see a sex angle in it. To a normal person back then, it was just a standard disciplinary measure which had been used to good effect for literally hundreds of years. " may i quote you on that, mr. j. edgar hoover?

Quoting J. Edgar Hoover on child education is like quoting Hershey in a public health debate. Both are no specialist and are quite biaised but will cheerily share their view on the question.

This sounds like the plot to a really bad porno...

When I went to school, it was a badge of honor to be able to take a "hack" and not cry. No one was warped or thought much of anything about it. It was just the normal punishment for breaking the rules. People today just make up imagined insults and injustices to fill dead space on the Internet.