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Judge Orders School to Reinstate Spanking Supporter
By Nathan Burchfiel
CNSNews.com Correspondent
January 20, 2006
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(CNSNews.com) - A New York State appeals court on Wednesday ruled that Le Moyne College was wrong to dismiss a student who wrote a paper in support of corporal punishment in elementary school classrooms.
Scott McConnell was dismissed from the graduate education program in January 2005 because of a paper he wrote two months earlier that advocated "corporal punishment," including spanking, as an effective means to create an ideal learning environment.
McConnell earned an 'A-' on the paper but the program's director, Dr. Cathy Leogrande, dismissed McConnell on the grounds that she had "grave concerns regarding the mismatch between [his] personal beliefs regarding teaching and learning and the Le Moyne College program goals."
Judge Orders School to Reinstate Spanking Supporter
Discussion in '2006 Archive' started by carpro, Jan 20, 2006.
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Makes sense. The paper was one of opinion and material supporting the opinion. That doesn't mean that the person who wrote the paper would institute it in a classroom setting. I know teachers would wouldn't mind little electrodes on the seats to shock students when they get out of line, but.....
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Johnv,
I really believe a lot of the problems in the public school system today can be traced back to a teacher's inability or unwillingness to enforce discipline.
There are other issues as well, but I believe it begins there. But most children that know they don't have to behave, and attend to the task, won't.
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Anyhoo, while that could be an interesting topic, it's not what the OP is about, so let us return this forum to its original upright position.