We had paddles in school. Our principle put three holes in it.
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It all depends on the school district. I recall a school district in the Bakersfield, CA area that still swatted errant bratty students as recently as 1983. This was a middle school where I used to substitute teach. Yes, I sent some really bratty, rude and out of control boys in to the vice principal for swats.
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Long after I graduated. 1985 I think.
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I dread to think what paddles are/were though I suspect it is to do with striking pupils we had the cane or slipper both thank heavens scrapped long ago. To allow this is surely an encouragement to the more dangerous elements like the teacher who has just been arrested here for hitting a child with a weight and said child now being in hospital fighting for his very life. Do we really want our teachers giving such bad examples and then blaming violence on the kids themselves? I don't.
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I don't know what year, because I graduated from High School in 1953 and they still had paddles where I was!! :-)
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Good question! I have no idea when, but, I do think it was one of the dumbest things we ever did!
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