That was a good school experience and mine was similar altho it was 
in  a city and altho my family did not have much money most of the 
kids were from well heeled families. I think because of my age (62) 
there were no discipline problems either. We were taught and we 
learned. To my knowledge no one was ever spanked or paddled.
Studies show paddling is bad for a child's self esteem and I agree 
with www.nospank.org  that passing laws against it are best. Most 
civilized countries have done so, the US has not. A highlight of my 
life was giving an address in NY that Alice Miller was supposed to 
give but she could not make it in from Switzerland. She is considered 
the worlds foremost child psychologist, one of the first to deal with 
children's issues.
I've worked cases in states where spanking is allowed and they killed 
a kid years ago, and covered it up, others were brutally beaten. 
Studies also show  that the brain develops differently when kids are 
brutalized at home or in school or sexually abused. Physical and 
sexual violence towards children often goes hand in hand. So if you 
teach corporal punishment is wrong it sets a different standard, a 
humane and compassionate one.
And check out Moses Lake WA if you think rural kids live good 
citizenship cause I've worked cases where the murder rate (kid on kid 
and adult to kid) in rural areas is off the charts. Many murders in 
farm areas are covered up as farm accidents or simply accepted by 
authorities as accidents when they are not. We are documenting these 
in polygamy for instance. I guarantee you a lot of those East 
European and Appalachian kids you went to school with were being 
brutalized at home. it is simply a well covered up phenomenon.

At 02:52 AM 11/2/2007, you wrote:
>I would be willing to put MY next paycheck on a bet that Linda
>McCauley's district probably received fewer dollars pe

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