News from March 2011
Paddling of schoolchildren needs to end
Multiple choice question: In 20 states it's legal to hit (1) an animal, (2) a prisoner, (3) a soldier or (4) a schoolchild. The right answer is - astonishingly - No. 4. Keep your hands off Fido, the law says, and don't manhandle convicts, but from Florida to Wyoming (but not, thank goodness, in California), teachers and administrators are authorized to paddle students. They do so with gusto. According to the U.S. Department of Education, in 2006-7, the last school year for which…