BM> Institutionalized child abuse is what you are talking about.  I grew
BM> up in that era Jane, as did you.  Physical punishment was meted out
BM> at the drop of a hat for the most innocuous of things.
Not where I went to school.  And by therapuetic spanking, I  mean by
parents.  This notion of spoiling the child to the nearest juvenile
corrections institution is something that came along long after my
children were raised, thank heaven.
  Contrary to
BM> what you and Andrew seem to believe that kind of adult behavior did
BM> little, nothing IMO, to enhance the respect of students for teachers.
I've talked to folks who went to Catholic schools were the nuns did not
spare the rod at all.  They have respect for those women still.
BM> More that 90% of the time the admins and teaching staff in any given
BM> school aren't familiar enough with their own rules to consistently
BM> enforce them...reintroducing corporal punishment gives them carte
BM> blanche to whale away when ever the mood strikes them.  Don't think for
BM> an instant that it wouldn't happen.
Most of the time, 90% of the administration and teaching staff in any
given school don't impress me as having the good sense to come in out of
the rain.
 BM> JK> well as the early separation from the rest of the
kids those who are BM> JK> found to be psychopathic.
BM> Psychopathic?  As determined by who?
In this state, a licensed psychiatrist.  Dunno who does it where you
live.
BM>... Standards are Wonderful!  So many to pick from!
I've got a collection (around a file drawer full at the moment) of state
laws pertaining to mental illness and substance abuse.  I find that I
agree with most of what is printed in them.
This state tries.
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