Education
In reply to the discussion: A six year old boy accused me of grabbing him by the neck and choking him [View all]rsdsharp
(9,036 posts)Only one our our teachers had a paddle; in fact, she had two. She called them the boards of education. My brother (8 years older) and sister (4 years older) had proceeded me in her 4th grade class, and scared the hell out of me with their (largely) fanciful stories.
She did have paddles, and she did use them, but she was a helluva teacher. She was nearing retirement, and the end of a 40 teaching career. She was part of that generation of women who largely had two choices if they wanted a professional career; nursing or teaching. That particular barrier meant that the best and brightest women found their way into teaching.
She required discipline in her class, and all of the parents backed her. If she paddled you in school, you were going to get paddled again when you got home (I didnt at school, I mean). For all of this, she was beloved. Her last year was the year I was in fifth grade. The next year she came back to substitute teach our sixth grade class. She received a standing ovation when she walked into the room.