I'm not a big believer in spankings. I grew up in Alabama where the teachers would paddle you over anything. Seriously, I do not think I learned any more or better there ~ but it was way more frightening. There were still fights, you name it. Police called to tame down riots . . .paddling did not stop any of that.
Did I swat my son's behind a time or two when he was a toddler? Yes, but it was more out of my anger than beneficial to him, I believe.
At any rate, it was a rare occurrence.
No matter how disrespectful this girl was being - a male teacher cannot, in this day and age, make those kind of comments and have a hand on her bottom. Which I seriously hope he did not. It sounds like he had a temper tantrum of his own.
My father taught school; he was a retired military officer and had no problem keeping order in his classroom -WITHOUT the use of a paddle.
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