I Think The Cane Should Be Bought Back Into The School System

@tindrummer In the 60s it happened in some California schools, too. Mostly private schools, like Catholic schools.

@bijouxbroussard To you? Aren't you Catholic? Or am I imagining remembering you mentioned it here somewhere?

@tindrummer I was Catholic and saw it happen to other kids. I got my hands "rulered" a couple of times. But my mother told them if I was ever a "disciplinary" problem to let [b]her[/b] know and she’d take care of it at home—they were [b]not[/b] to hit me.

@bijouxbroussard good parenting - my mom was perfectly fine with me getting it 😥

@tindrummer She and her sister attended convent schools in NOLA. I can only imagine what they experienced.

@bijouxbroussard That was my mother's stance.

"You are not to touch my child. I will handle it"

@bijouxbroussard Why the focus on Catholic schools? It happened in most schools in the UK in the 1960s,and of course happens in many US schools now.

@MartinII Because my understanding is that in the U.S. corporal punishment occurred mostly in private schools. Catholic schools was an example that I know about firsthand. It’s less likely to happen in public schools because it’s [b]illegal[/b]. I was a teacher in the 80s and hitting a student wouldn’t just get you fired—you could be arrested if the parent pressed charges.

@MartinII Because ....famoulsy nuns rulered kids hands in Catholic schools. They even went so far as to use the rulers to force left handed children to write with their right hands..lefties were considered bad.

Paddling was in the pubkic schools.

She is speaking about what she knows. Why are you concerned about the discussion of Catholic schools as part of this topic?

Paddling doesn't happen now as it did then...I would venture to guess mostly in Southern schools.

@JaggedLittlePill In the UK, the ruler was used on pupils’ hands in many schools, by no means only Catholic ones. In my town growing up, there was one Catholic school which had a fearsome reputation for corporal punishment, another which used no cp at all. I am under no illusions about what some Catholic schools did. But to focus on them solely is, in my opinion and experience, quite unjustified.

@MartinII I said [b]private[/b] schools, and Catholic schools [b]are[/b] private schools. In my state they stopped corporal punishment when it became illegal.

I’m a product of Catholic schools and so are most of my family members, many of our friends. The Catholic Church has a lot to answer for, on many levels. They [b]can’t[/b] deny this, and it’s not "unfairly targeting" them to say so.

@bijouxbroussard First, though I hesitate to challenge you on a matter of US fact, I don’t think you are right. My understanding is that corporal punishment has been common, though by no means universal, in both private and public schools in the US. It is certainly still authorised in public schools in many states. Second, the position in the UK is different. There were and still are many Catholic schools in the state (equivalent of your public) sector. Third, I have no idea what you think the Catholic Church may have to answer for in relation to yourself and your family. My own experience is that my mother taught for many years at a Roman Catholic school (which did not use corporal punishment) and I was married for 17 years to a Roman Catholic. On the basis of those experiences, among other things, I have a great respect for the Roman Catholic church.

@bijouxbroussard You are not one to respect other people’s opinions, are you?

@MartinII I acknowledge the difference between opinion and [b][b]fact[/b][/b]. That I think it’s barbaric is my opinion. That it stopped happening in most public schools here first because parents objected is [b]fact[/b].