It’s now considered racist to punish thieves in school [More]
That nonsense aside, what kind of punishment?
Because go down a few lines and this becomes a paen to paddling.
Sorry, “Liberty Unyielding.” Nobody paddled feral sons Uday and Qusay unless they could do it to me first.
Nobody could, either. I’ve told the story of my art teacher before:
I remember in High School, I was joking with another kid in Art class and the teacher walked up, backhanded him across the face and tried to do the same to me. I blocked it, looked him in the eye and told him if he wanted to hit me, he would need to call my father first and ask permission. If Dad said it was OK, I’d let him, but otherwise we were going to have a problem. We didn’t have a problem.
[Via Michael G]
We had the choice of the paddle or calling our parents. We usually chose the paddle.