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Re: The strap in school -- Rebecca, 20:03:12 09/21/05 Wed [1]
Not as a teacher, no. I used the strap only when absolutely necessary, and when I was convinced it was needed and would be effective.
Later in my career as a vice-principal, I tried to keep the same standards but the frequency soared. Rather than dealing with just my own students I was responsible for a whole school, and often teachers would bring students to the office for the strap. As vice-principal I was responsible for discipline in the school, and this included the strap. Sometimes the teachers would administer the strap themselves, sometimes, after talking with both the teacher and the student, I would be the one to give the strap.
>Thanks for the memory Rebecca. Did you have to strap
>often?
>
>
>>I was a teacher back when we were allowed and
>>encouraged to apply the strap to the hands of unruly
>>students. We didn't think we were beating children.
>>The strap was a brief but painful wakeup call. I was
>>strapped myself several times in school. I knew I
>>deserved it and in some ways I welcomed it. It
>>allowed me to stop whatever I was doing and move on.
>>It is sometimes difficult in the face of peer pressure
>>to change. But if I was constantly hanging around
>>with friends and late for school a session with the
>>strap gave me permission to tell my friends I had to
>>get to school on time, and they didn't make fun of me
>>for being a goodie two shoes. I'd had the strap. It
>>was smart of me to get to school on time now.
>>
>>On balance I think it a good thing that teachers no
>>longer hit students. A very good thing. If only
>>because several of my co-workers were mean people and
>>used the strap to work out their own anger, rather
>>than using it to help the student.
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Re: The strap in school -- John 2, 08:17:58 09/25/05 Sun [1]
Rebecca, you say you didn't strap often as a teacher which implies in another role you did. Were you meaning your vice-principal days, or did you by chance strap often at home?
Just wondering, John
>Not as a teacher, no. I used the strap only when
>absolutely necessary, and when I was convinced it was
>needed and would be effective.
>
>Later in my career as a vice-principal, I tried to
>keep the same standards but the frequency soared.
>Rather than dealing with just my own students I was
>responsible for a whole school, and often teachers
>would bring students to the office for the strap. As
>vice-principal I was responsible for discipline in the
>school, and this included the strap. Sometimes the
>teachers would administer the strap themselves,
>sometimes, after talking with both the teacher and the
>student, I would be the one to give the strap.
>
>>Thanks for the memory Rebecca. Did you have to strap
>>often?
>>
>>
>>>I was a teacher back when we were allowed and
>>>encouraged to apply the strap to the hands of unruly
>>>students. We didn't think we were beating children.
>>>The strap was a brief but painful wakeup call. I was
>>>strapped myself several times in school. I knew I
>>>deserved it and in some ways I welcomed it. It
>>>allowed me to stop whatever I was doing and move on.
>>>It is sometimes difficult in the face of peer
>pressure
>>>to change. But if I was constantly hanging around
>>>with friends and late for school a session with the
>>>strap gave me permission to tell my friends I had to
>>>get to school on time, and they didn't make fun of me
>>>for being a goodie two shoes. I'd had the strap. It
>>>was smart of me to get to school on time now.
>>>
>>>On balance I think it a good thing that teachers no
>>>longer hit students. A very good thing. If only
>>>because several of my co-workers were mean people and
>>>used the strap to work out their own anger, rather
>>>than using it to help the student.
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Re: The strap in school -- Rebecca, 17:33:54 09/26/05 Mon [1]
Yes, I was thinking of my vice-principal work, although I did have a school strap at home. I bought it through a catalog of school supplies along with several other items I wanted at the time. I remember I was anxious about just ordering a strap and so I looked through the catalog for other things I could use and put together an order of a half dozen items.
>Rebecca, you say you didn't strap often as a teacher
>which implies in another role you did. Were you
>meaning your vice-principal days, or did you by chance
>strap often at home?
>
>Just wondering, John
>
>
>>Not as a teacher, no. I used the strap only when
>>absolutely necessary, and when I was convinced it was
>>needed and would be effective.
>>
>>Later in my career as a vice-principal, I tried to
>>keep the same standards but the frequency soared.
>>Rather than dealing with just my own students I was
>>responsible for a whole school, and often teachers
>>would bring students to the office for the strap. As
>>vice-principal I was responsible for discipline in the
>>school, and this included the strap. Sometimes the
>>teachers would administer the strap themselves,
>>sometimes, after talking with both the teacher and the
>>student, I would be the one to give the strap.
>>
>>>Thanks for the memory Rebecca. Did you have to
>strap
>>>often?
>>>
>>>
>>>>I was a teacher back when we were allowed and
>>>>encouraged to apply the strap to the hands of unruly
>>>>students. We didn't think we were beating
>children.
>>>>The strap was a brief but painful wakeup call. I
>was
>>>>strapped myself several times in school. I knew I
>>>>deserved it and in some ways I welcomed it. It
>>>>allowed me to stop whatever I was doing and move
>on.
>>>>It is sometimes difficult in the face of peer
>>pressure
>>>>to change. But if I was constantly hanging around
>>>>with friends and late for school a session with the
>>>>strap gave me permission to tell my friends I had to
>>>>get to school on time, and they didn't make fun of
>me
>>>>for being a goodie two shoes. I'd had the strap.
>It
>>>>was smart of me to get to school on time now.
>>>>
>>>>On balance I think it a good thing that teachers no
>>>>longer hit students. A very good thing. If only
>>>>because several of my co-workers were mean people
>and
>>>>used the strap to work out their own anger, rather
>>>>than using it to help the student.
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