I deleted the intro's claim that corporal punishment in schools is (to paraphrase) illegal and frowned upon everywhere. It's less common than it used to be, but it's legal in parochial schools in 48 US states. Still legal in public schools in some states too, although that's not this trope.
I deleted the intro's claim that corporal punishment in schools is (to paraphrase) illegal and frowned upon everywhere. It's less common than it used to be, but it's legal in parochial schools in 48 US states. Still legal in public schools in some states too, although that's not this trope.