Family Forum / Parenting / Spanking / April 2006

http://www.av1611.org/666/biochip.html
To Archbishop Christodoulos Paraskevaides of the Greek Orthodox Church
in Athens and Greece
Archbishop,

I am not a member of this list, nor have I ever had need to browse its
entries. I was recently browsing a website which offers PG and R rated
humor; http://www.ebaumsworld.com , and I came across a recent video
that deeply disturbed me.

If anyone thinks that school safety plans either don't exist or are
easy to read, they should consider the case of Worthington Elementary
School in Inglewood, CA.  Apparently misreading the school safety plan
during the recent immigration protests, the principal put the school on

http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_3749259
Sex biz sees troubling teen trend
Conference will address local exploitation and trafficking issues
By Harry Harris, STAFF WRITER

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04272004-210004/unrestricted/Mesh
ariDissertation.pdf
AN INVESTIGATION INTO FACTORS THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SCHOOL
VIOLENCE IN MALE HIGH SCHOOLS IN KUWAIT
by

Uniform Crime Reports (what local police tell the FBI) found females
arrested for assaults and violent crime from rose from 20 percent in
1980 to more than 30 percent 2003.
National Crime Victimization Survey (what victims tell researchers)

Much like crime, child discipline is a function of socioeconomic
status.  Blue-collar folks are giving to more physical activities than
are those in traditional white-collar jobs.
Parents with the luxury of staying home or with surplus income are free

1st instance - "Crazy Joe," principal of Eastside High as seen in the
movie Lean on Me, denies troublemakers their perceived right to take a
standardized exam at the expense of disrupting school before exam time
rolls around.

The Hollywood treatment of education neglected a relevant epilogue in
Stand and Deliver (1988) and Lean on Me (1989).
Stand and Deliver is the story of gifted math teacher Jaime Escalante
in East Los Angeles.  At one time, Escalante was called the best

After taking free shots at parents for years, no-spanks are finally
getting tarred and feathered with their own shortcomings.

no-spank worm began to eat away at feminist-dominated schools.

Listening to no-spanks babble about the great divide between
paddle-permissive and paddle-exclusive school zones has all the
reassurance of some stilted but dutiful toady running about the Titanic
at midnight four days into its maiden voyage almost a century ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/11/051114110820.htm
" ... The researchers found differences in how often mothers used
physical discipline and the mothers' perceptions of how often other
parents used physical discipline. Specifically:

It may seem hard to believe with No Child Left Behind still with us,
but the days of evaluating students with bubble-sheet testing are close
to being over.  No Child Left Behind has about run its course.
The signs have been around for years.  Privately, at least, college

40 or 50 years ago, before the "educational flatline," a principal
might take a slat from an old desk and convert into a serviceable
paddle.  A few well-timed phone calls and conferences nipped many
problems in the bud.  The cost for maintaining order in the classroom