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Should the city be allowed to paddle kids? Would you allow this to go on with your kid?
In an era when students talk back to teachers, skip class and wear ever-more-risque clothing to school, one central Texas city has hit upon a deceptively simple solution: Bring back the paddle.
What do you guys think?Since paddling was brought back to the city's 14 schools by a unanimous board vote in May, behavior at Temple's single high school has changed dramatically, Wright said, even though only one student in the school system has been paddled.
Should the city be allowed to paddle kids? Would you allow this to go on with your kid?