Agreed. My Dad had a cat-o-ninetails which he used liberally on my sister and me. It taught me to show respect.What's barbaric, hitting their hands with a ruler ? Even after transitioning to public schools getting swats from teachers was a thing. The shop teacher at the first junior high I went to was legendary. His paddle, which he made, had holes in it and he swung like he meant it. It hurt 1000 times worse than that ruler on the hand. And if you flinched or jumped before the paddle hit, that swat didn't count and you got another one.
Even as a guy who got more swats than most, I think one of the problems with society today is that not enough kids get swats. That's how you have students beating the hell out of teachers. These kids grow up thinking there are no consequences for their behavior and it turns out they're right.
I get what you’re saying about the current issues with the behavior of kids in school however teachers were hired to teach not beat on students.What's barbaric, hitting their hands with a ruler ? Even after transitioning to public schools getting swats from teachers was a thing. The shop teacher at the first junior high I went to was legendary. His paddle, which he made, had holes in it and he swung like he meant it. It hurt 1000 times worse than that ruler on the hand. And if you flinched or jumped before the paddle hit, that swat didn't count and you got another one.
Even as a guy who got more swats than most, I think one of the problems with society today is that not enough kids get swats. That's how you have students beating the hell out of teachers. These kids grow up thinking there are no consequences for their behavior and it turns out they're right.
Swats or a ruler to the hands is pretty far away from “Beating on” students.I get what you’re saying about the current issues with the behavior of kids in school however teachers were hired to teach not beat on students.