[Vision2020] Something has got to be done . . .

[Sunil Ramalingam]

The laws might still be on the books, but do any Idaho school districts actually use corporal punishment today?

From: starbliss at gmail.com
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:40:38 -0700
To: moscowcares at moscow.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Something has got to be done . . .

If it is against the law to strike an adult (battery), and can land someone in jail, I fail to comprehend the logic (legally, morally or psychologically) in allowing legal "battery" against children!  And sponsored by the State, in public schools, on top of that!  Adult prisoners guilty of horrible crimes, snared in the justice system, who it might be argued are candidates for behavior modification via inflicting physical pain, are legally protected against such treatment!  Yet it is acceptable to treat children in this manner?

The legitimization of physical violence in our culture is a subject which of course could fill a tome or two.  But the practice of legal state sponsored violence against children in public schools in the USA is barbaric, and a symptom of pathological social/political dysfunction.
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett 

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 6:54 AM, Moscow Cares <moscowcares at moscow.com> wrote:
"Many states have outlawed corporal punishment in schools, but it remains legal in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming."
CBS Newshttp://www.cbsnews.com/news/corporal-punishment-still-used-in-many-us-schools/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=28019626
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