I was fortunate enough to never get in enough trouble in school, not to get beaten there. I think I was in the 5th grade when our county joined the trend and outlawed school whippings. I am younger, but off football topic for a minute, I do find a couple similarities that stand out in today's school systems. How many school shootings did you ever hear about when you guys were in school? I am guessing none. Back then, you had 2 things that were in school. The teaching of the Bible and physcial punishment. In my opinion, those 2 things are the main things that need to be brought back. Not that I am at church every Sunday, but I know there is a man we are all going to have to answer to. Plus, I can remember how embarrassed I would get when I got my rearend lit up in front of a couple of friends, I would definitely not have done anything to make it happen in front of my whole class.
My Dad call his wooden paddle "The Mediator". And he used it in what he called AA meetings. Attitude Adjustment.