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Originally Posted by cscmc1
I hope so too. I also did worse, and am glad that when I did dumb things, the parties involved talked to my parents, and my parents dealt with me accordingly. No expulsions, no lawsuits... just my dad's "iron fist." I see your point... my reply would have been better suited in a new thread, I guess. No telling whether my complaints are really relevant in this case since we'll never know the whole story in this rubber band incident, probably.
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And therein lies the problem, doesn't it? Dear Old Dad. When Dad got involved, it got ugly and fast. I got stupid and tried to escape once and once only. I had the choice of geting caning on the hand or butt. I chose Door #3, run. Dad found a rubber hose and chased me with it. Got a few good whacks in too. Then I decided that it was better not to piss him off any further. In fact, while I thought he was an azzhole at the time, I now realize that I would be in the morgue or worse if he didn't.
However, today, Dad just shrugs it off and buys little Johnny an ice cream. Thanx to the midfux, punishments like sending the kid off without supper or a good tanning of the butt are viewed as child cruelty and abuse so all you can do is give him a time out and hope it is not too long.
Lets face it, we (general age of people on the board) are basically old school where the discipline was there. Today, it is not. Know what? I will not be a teacher of a high school unless there was some huge payoff in it because of all the issues that come with it. Kollege, maybe. High School, Not a chance.