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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (119605)	12/26/2000 5:58:02 PM
From: donjuan_demarco	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

As a member of probably the last generation of kids who were regularly paddled in school, I think they need to go back to corporal punishment. We started getting paddled in fourth grade (before then we got hit with switches), and it was remarkably effective in keeping boys in line. The basic problem is that boys are encouraged to be cut-ups and to disobey authority figures, even at an early age. The willingness to do so determines your pecking order, and also girls like bad boys. I know that when I went to junior high school and high school, there is no way in HELL that I would have shown up for detention, because if I had I would have gone to the bottom of the pecking order (only wimps showed up for detention). Girls are more malleable, but the only thing that teenage boys respect is force. Take the corporal punishment out of schools, and you are guaranteed mayhem.

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (119605)	12/27/2000 9:13:25 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769667

Arm the teachers in the classroom and at parent teacher conferences. <g> Seriously, its a tough problem and I believe it is a problem with our culture. Our society says it values education but doesn't show it by rewarding educational excellence. When's the last time you saw a pep rally for varsity scholars? My daughter recently won a scholarhip award but refused to attend the ceremonial breakfast because she didn't want to be called an egghead. I know that for my own kids, they hate to see me coming to the school because I ask questions the teachers and administrators would rather not answer. Questions like, "Why aren't you stressing reading, spelling and writing over political indoctrination?" I'm very popular with the education set in our town. A tough problem. We need to show our kids that we actually do value education. I'm not sure exactly how to accomplsih it but more money won't solve that problem. We need to be able to get rid of bad teachers. We need to reduce the size of educational bureaucracies so that more funds are available for classroooms. We need to review the wisdom of "mainstreaming" and other programs of that nature. We need to be able to expel abusive, violent and disruptive children. I could go on but you get the picture. I don't believe more money is the solution. JLA