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I was friends with someone who did Teach for America in Mississippi. They paddled the kids in the school which my friend at first found shocking, she refused to

I was friends with someone who did Teach for America in Mississippi. They paddled the kids in the school which my friend at first found shocking, she refused to participate. The explanation that made the most "sense" was that, at home, corporal punishment was how the parents disciplined the kids. So if at school all you got was a verbal warning the kids wouldn't take it seriously. IMHO by the time corporal punishment becomes 'the answer' there are way bigger structural issues to examine.

kube-system 4y ago
> IMHO by the time corporal punishment becomes 'the answer' there are way bigger structural issues to examine. If this is what's notable about education there, you're probably right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada,_Mississippi#Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada,_Mississippi#Education
- roughly 4y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi
grecy 4y ago
My Dad was a teacher in Australia when that kind of thing was still legal. It was his first year of teaching (so he was about 22) and he only ever did it to one kid who was a notorious trouble making. He was telling me just before Christmas that he still remembers that kid's name, and still regrets doing it and wishes he didn't. My Dad is now 71 years old.
tptacek 4y ago
A quick note that while MS obviously doesn't ban corporal punishment statewide, the largest school system in MS does. Even in MS, the case study that leads the article, it's clear to most adults that corporal punishment of students is unacceptable.
seanmcdirmid 4y ago
I went to school in Mississippi in the late 80s. While corporal punishment was definitely in the student handbook as being possible, I actually never heard of anyone getting it. I heard the private school was more liberal with it than our public middle/high schools.

kube-system 4y ago

> IMHO by the time corporal punishment becomes 'the answer' there are way bigger structural issues to examine. If this is what's notable about education there, you're probably right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada,_Mississippi#Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada,_Mississippi#Education

roughly 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_God_for_Mississippi

grecy 4y ago

My Dad was a teacher in Australia when that kind of thing was still legal. It was his first year of teaching (so he was about 22) and he only ever did it to one kid who was a notorious trouble making. He was telling me just before Christmas that he still remembers that kid's name, and still regrets doing it and wishes he didn't. My Dad is now 71 years old.

tptacek 4y ago

A quick note that while MS obviously doesn't ban corporal punishment statewide, the largest school system in MS does. Even in MS, the case study that leads the article, it's clear to most adults that corporal punishment of students is unacceptable.

seanmcdirmid 4y ago

I went to school in Mississippi in the late 80s. While corporal punishment was definitely in the student handbook as being possible, I actually never heard of anyone getting it. I heard the private school was more liberal with it than our public middle/high schools.