Texas School District Brings Back Corporal Punishment

INJOBack in the day, when a student was acting up in class, the teacher had the ability to administer some sort of physical punishment to the child if they deemed it necessary.

Now, corporal punishment has been banned from most of the United States, in schools at least. But one district in Texas has decided that a good old-fashioned paddlin' may instill some morals in some of their children.

Corporal punishment, as defined by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, is the deliberate infliction of physical pain by hitting, paddling, spanking, slapping, or any other physical force used as a means of discipline.

The Three Rivers Independent School District in Texas has decided unanimously to bring back the paddle as a form of punishment for misbehaving students.

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