@Chicxulub you're named after the KP barrier's crater as a hint about banning, right?
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Lol no.
I've been using this alias long before I ever became staff on here. I like ecology, astronomy and paleontology, and I figure naming myself after the Chicxulub bolide touches all three
Hello; Just read this article.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ch...s-study-finds/ar-BBR66PC?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=iehp
I found the title and some of the text to be telling. First is using the term child abuse in the title. Back in the day we could expect some reaction when we brought home bad grades. It was called an incentive back then. Some parents gave out licks (corporal punishment) other s took other measures. The message was clear - Get your grades up.
In my high school a health teacher would line up al who failed a test and give each one a lick. This was not my practice when I later became a teacher but it sure worked. I never forgot to be prepared for his exams and neither did most of the others. Not a proper use of the paddle in my view but very effective.
Another thing in the article caught my attention and made it clear they have an agenda. Some very bad actual abuse was clearly listed and made to seem sort of equal, from my reading, to any actions a parent might take. Sure burning with a cigarette is child abuse and my guess adults who do such do not need just a report card to set them off. I do not think these sorts of extreme actions are right nor are they acceptable.
However a parent needs to somehow get the students attention if the grades are poor. I personally found a paddling to be effective incentive when a child and a very effective discipline tool as a teacher. Not an abusive beating of course, but enough to work. There is a big difference between a proper paddling and abuse.
There are other methods to deal with bad grades. Take away an allowance or some such.
Enough from me.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ch...s-study-finds/ar-BBR66PC?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=iehp
I found the title and some of the text to be telling. First is using the term child abuse in the title. Back in the day we could expect some reaction when we brought home bad grades. It was called an incentive back then. Some parents gave out licks (corporal punishment) other s took other measures. The message was clear - Get your grades up.
In my high school a health teacher would line up al who failed a test and give each one a lick. This was not my practice when I later became a teacher but it sure worked. I never forgot to be prepared for his exams and neither did most of the others. Not a proper use of the paddle in my view but very effective.
Another thing in the article caught my attention and made it clear they have an agenda. Some very bad actual abuse was clearly listed and made to seem sort of equal, from my reading, to any actions a parent might take. Sure burning with a cigarette is child abuse and my guess adults who do such do not need just a report card to set them off. I do not think these sorts of extreme actions are right nor are they acceptable.
However a parent needs to somehow get the students attention if the grades are poor. I personally found a paddling to be effective incentive when a child and a very effective discipline tool as a teacher. Not an abusive beating of course, but enough to work. There is a big difference between a proper paddling and abuse.
There are other methods to deal with bad grades. Take away an allowance or some such.
Enough from me.
I've got no problems with the use of corporal punishment for my boy if he does something egregious enough to warrant as such, but it will only come from his mother or me. Should some other adult put hands (or paddle) on my boy, they'll effectively get what they did to my boy done right back to them. I'm a very big boy with a mile wide redneck streak and I don't play when it comes to my kid lmao.
In his school, they use a color coded daily grading system that both gives them real time, tangible feedback on their performance with real consequences if they mess up by hitting them where it hurts: things like no recess and having to sit by themselves at lunch. It seems to work very well as a system
Hello; If it indeed works that is good. Such was not my experience.hitting them where it hurts: things like no recess and having to sit by themselves at lunch. It seems to work very well as a system
After the paddle was taken away as a discipline tool teachers struggled to find some sort of replacement. Over time pretty much every alternative was also taken away. I will not list the things I tried that were eventually stopped but will give an example.
Had an 8th grade boy who was big trouble. He was spitting on the other students, usually a girl, I could not paddle and other things were already not being allowed. So my planning period was during the first lunch session as was this boy's lunch time. I would go get him and make him bring his tray and eat with me. I told him as long as he kept spitting on others he would eat with me. That lasted only a little over a week. His parents complained and I was forced to stop.
The bottom line was pretty much that any form of discipline turned out to be unpleasant. So some one, usually a parent, would complain and over time nearly all options were taken away from classroom teachers.
I also get your other point and had to deal with a few dads after using a paddle. I was able to convince them to work things out.
Ok I can see that. I must admit that I have the privilege of living in a very nice area that's rather old fashioned. The vast majority of parents here would immediately take the word of the teacher instead of blaming the teacher. In a situation where the parents didn't tend to support the teachers, I can see how the system my kid's school is using wouldn't be as effective.
Went to my Daughter's field trip today. It was at Austin's Aquarium(which is half reptiles and birds). She would touch everything they allowed. Snake(An estimated 9 ft python; weighed 130lbs), lizards,turtles, baby alligator, stingrays, koi and birds. They got rid of the African Cichlid tank(from my last visit). The other freshwater was small tetras, pacus and archerfish. And a single RTC with a 'smallish' square tank. About 5x5x4
No photos?
Wife took them all...I did take some of my daughter hold food in her hands and the birds landing on her(parakeets).