By: eyeonicr
Oh dear. (You have a slight mistake in your link by the way – an extra ‘http’ or a missing colon or something similar.)
View ArticleBy: jonnyscaramanga
Thanks for pointing that out. Fixed now, but it will have gone out to all my email subscribers with the broken link. Balls.
View ArticleBy: Timothy Allman
If memory serves. Corporal punishment was one of the selling points to get old school parents to send their children to these schools. In the 70s in the US paddling in public schools was getting rare,...
View ArticleBy: jonnyscaramanga
That sounds about right, Timothy. People assume this kind of thing can't be happening anymore, but along with teaching Creationism, spanking is almost the schools' <i>raison d'etre</i>.
View ArticleBy: poiemapoetry
Heartbreaking reading. It strikes me that what is a terrible experience for the child is also a destructive experience for the teacher. How can a living faith in Jesus withstand such actions? It’s not...
View ArticleBy: jeremy wallace
Spare the rod and spoil the child, I’ve heard it all my life and been on the recieving end of this ‘love’, but it is utter bullshit! In fact the reverse may well be the truth. See here:...
View ArticleBy: jonnyscaramanga
Hi Jeremy. I really appreciate your comment. Thank you. Well, I don’t know if you’d call it a loophole, but the ACE schools receive no government funding, so they can do what they want. In my view,...
View ArticleBy: jonnyscaramanga
I didn’t even think of that. There’s a picture in the ACE manual which illustrates a donkey pulling a cart. There’s a man riding the cart holding a whip, and a carrot dangling in front of the child....
View ArticleBy: badbob
I attended Memphis Public Schools in the 80′s when the paddle being used was an everyday thing,and I totally disagree that schools don’t have the authority to paddle anymore..Why were at it,lets take...
View ArticleBy: eyeonicr
Oh dear. (You have a slight mistake in your link by the way – an extra ‘http’ or a missing colon or something similar.)
View ArticleBy: jonnyscaramanga
Thanks for pointing that out. Fixed now, but it will have gone out to all my email subscribers with the broken link. Balls.
View ArticleBy: Timothy Allman
If memory serves. Corporal punishment was one of the selling points to get old school parents to send their children to these schools. In the 70s in the US paddling in public schools was getting rare,...
View ArticleBy: jonnyscaramanga
That sounds about right, Timothy. People assume this kind of thing can't be happening anymore, but along with teaching Creationism, spanking is almost the schools' <i>raison d'etre</i>.
View ArticleBy: poiemapoetry
Heartbreaking reading. It strikes me that what is a terrible experience for the child is also a destructive experience for the teacher. How can a living faith in Jesus withstand such actions? It’s not...
View ArticleBy: jeremy wallace
Spare the rod and spoil the child, I’ve heard it all my life and been on the recieving end of this ‘love’, but it is utter bullshit! In fact the reverse may well be the truth. See...
View ArticleBy: jonnyscaramanga
Hi Jeremy. I really appreciate your comment. Thank you.Well, I don’t know if you’d call it a loophole, but the ACE schools receive no government funding, so they can do what they want. In my view,...
View ArticleBy: jonnyscaramanga
I didn’t even think of that. There’s a picture in the ACE manual which illustrates a donkey pulling a cart. There’s a man riding the cart holding a whip, and a carrot dangling in front of the child....
View ArticleBy: badbob
I attended Memphis Public Schools in the 80′s when the paddle being used was an everyday thing,and I totally disagree that schools don’t have the authority to paddle anymore..Why were at it,lets take...
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