YAPSS

(Yet Another Paddling State Success)

Yes folks. We are to be alarmed that there are states, over twenty of
them, that have outlawed paddling, because where paddling and physical
'discipline' are outlawed the students are rude and cheeky.

Of course they seem to not do a lot of shooting of teachers and each
others compared to the paddling states.

This one, Florida, is rather notorious for paddling rates.

And of course, for school shootings:

http://tinyurl.com/9pssv

If you don't think Florida has a school shooting problem, feel free to
peruse:

http://www.reason.org/ps330.pdf

[[[ reformatted for reading and comprehension ease...especially for
bobberito. ]]]

" ... 2 Forty-four states and the District of Columbia reported not a
single unsafe
school. The exceptions were Pennsylvania (28), Nevada (8), New Jersey
(7), Texas (6), New York (2) and Oregon (1). Schools that are not on
the list are not necessarily crime-free. Yet, there were nearly 1.5
million violent crimes in America's schools in 2002.

In fact, the 2003-2004 school year was one of the deadliest in years,
with 48 school-related violent deaths from August 2003 through June
2004. That's more than in the past two school years combined and more
than in any year in the past decade.3 Despite the statistics and
headlines, most schools in the United States are relatively safe and
the risk of being killed at school is less than 1 in 1.7 million.

In fact, the data on school crime point to a general decline in school
violence in public schools in the United States. The National Center
for Education Statistics 2004 Indicators of School Crime and Safety
provides the most recent data on school violence. This ongoing
statistical survey has found that the crime victimization rate at
school declined from 48 violent victimizations
per 1,000 students in 1992 to 24 such victimizations in 2002.4

The perception of dangerous schools is often overblown by media
coverage of rare but horrific school shootings and other isolated
incidents of extreme school violence. Yet, while the general data show
a decline in school violence, this is not true for every school. We
recognize the general decline in school violence, but are most
concerned with policies for **those schools that still have a high rate
of crime. In those schools, school violence may actually be
underreported.** It is critical that parents have information about
which schools are safe and which schools have crime on campus. ... "
[[[ ** emphasis min. ]]]

In other words, there are some schools and presumably parts of the
country that experience more violence in schools. What we see is either
horrendous economic conditions, with accompanying social and racial
overtones brought about by systematic discrimination, or .... paddling
and presumably other forms of violence against children by the people
meant to protect them....the school personnel themselves.

But, in the interests of honesty in all matters pertaining, against the
usual climate and landscape of lies perpetrated by propagandists to
this ng, I submit that accuracy in reporting school violence is
extremely bad. Many schools fail to report to the feds and of course to
their own state policy makers, the true incidence.

It's that No Child Left Behind bull**** that causes it, as schools that
report higher incidences of violence will be penalized...and students
may leave those schools for safer ones.

The best measure of the success or failure of paddling lies, of course,
in academic outcomes.

Enjoy. 0:-