• IWW4@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    When I was in elementary school in the 70s in rural Virginia the teachers would hit you with rulers all the time. The principal had a paddle that resembled a cricket bat that he used.

    I don’t know if schools allow corporal punishment still.

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      2 days ago

      My principal had that, too! He kept it hanging on the wall in his office, and students could see it when we walked by. It scared me, but I never saw or heard of him using it on anyone.