Licks Worked at Our School
I still remember Miss Green, my algebra teacher at Nimitz Junior High School in Odessa, TX, spanking kids who misbehaved with a hard wooden paddle. One smack on the butt was called a lick. Depending on the nature of the infraction, a kid could get one, two, or three licks. Spitballs and paper airplanes in the classroom were one lick. Kissing a girl in the hallway was two licks. There were plenty of young horny males who would kiss their girlfriend in hallway in front of teachers, knowing they would get two licks AND also knowing they would impress their girlfriend with their chivalrous, brave act willing to take a lick for their sweetheart!
Getting licks was not that common because they served the function of deterring bad and disruptive behavior. I read with dismay at the soft stance our society is taking with respect to school discipline. What follows is from a 2005 article in the Houston Chronicle and does not cite the sources for why corporal punishment is bad. Inflicting minimal pain was effective in reducing the number of classroom issues and overall discipline problems in the land of MOJO:
Children who are spanked when they misbehave are more likely to be
anxious and aggressive than children who are disciplined in nonphysical ways,
research shows.(Sources not cited) This is true even if spanking is the "cultural norm."
Whether parents should spank their children or use other forms of physical
discipline is controversial. Some experts argue that children should not be
spanked when they act out citing evidence that it leads to more, rather than
fewer, behavior problems and it could escalate into physical abuse. There are
data to support this argument.
Getting licks was not that common because they served the function of deterring bad and disruptive behavior. I read with dismay at the soft stance our society is taking with respect to school discipline. What follows is from a 2005 article in the Houston Chronicle and does not cite the sources for why corporal punishment is bad. Inflicting minimal pain was effective in reducing the number of classroom issues and overall discipline problems in the land of MOJO:
Children who are spanked when they misbehave are more likely to be
anxious and aggressive than children who are disciplined in nonphysical ways,
research shows.(Sources not cited) This is true even if spanking is the "cultural norm."
Whether parents should spank their children or use other forms of physical
discipline is controversial. Some experts argue that children should not be
spanked when they act out citing evidence that it leads to more, rather than
fewer, behavior problems and it could escalate into physical abuse. There are
data to support this argument.
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