when did paddling become illegal in schools?
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There are at least 20 states where it is still legal (mostly in the South).  So in order to answer your question we'd need to know where you lived.
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It became illegal in the U.S. territories in 1862, probably because people were very upset that the Mormons were practicing this form of marriage.  The LDS church eventually gave up polygamy in 1890, because the US government came down so hard on them. Utah was allowed to become a state in 1896. \nI think that originally this was something outlawed by each individual state, but not the federal government because hardly anyone was interested in doing it. In the 1800's women had an increasingly louder voice in politics, and they no doubt pushed men to outlaw the practice.
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I wonder why teenage vandals are allowed out in the week by their parents. Don't they have homework to do? When I was at school I did at least 2 hours homework every night, and wasn't allowed out on a 'school day'. I think the blame lies squarely at the feet of the parents of these morons for not raising their children to value education as a way out of poverty and ignorance.
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current events. South Dakota just passed an abortion ban in the attempt to make abortions illegal.
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Not since elementary school.
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oh yes!!!we always play that at church on wednesday nights!!!**sigh**i miss the good 'ol days when boys had cooties and  cherrybombs werent illegal (until someone decided 'oh! lets make them illegal so the little kids cant have fun no more!'mean old teachers ruinin our fun...of course i wasnt the best(obviously!i still suck!)i remember everything from when i was little! we had skipit's and spokey-dokes...sometimes i stop to think about how fun it was when there werent people taking little kids from their own front yards and their families never seeing them again...it used to be "okay, you have to be home by the time the street lights come on" then you would yell from the front door,"thanks mom!!!"...i miss back then.i just realized how much ive written. wow.
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LMAO....Yes in my younger days a bunch of us use to pool hop around the neighborhood and we use to go naked and if someone would turn the lights on we would all wait for them to see us and then we would all bend over and slap our as*es and then take off back over the fence....It was fun at the time...Don't know if I could do it these days but we will see!!!!!!!
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It would appear that Dyngus Day was the day that boys would drench girls with squirt guns... Girls would then get their chance the following day.  \nAccording to the site listed below, it's now a big ol' Polish water war of sorts with participation by everybody.\n\nOdd, but interesting.
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In 1647, the English parliament under Oliver Cromwell made Christmas celebration illegal (considering feasting and celebration on a holy day to be immoral).   That law was repealed.\n\nThe Holy Days and Fasting Days Act of 1551, which among other things forbade the use of any kind of transportation on Christmas, has never been repealed.
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Which state?  Which gangs?  Which schools?\n\nMost states have increasingly strict laws about firearms and drugs on school campuses.  The federal government has gotten in on that act as well, threatening to withhold funding from schools that don't declare things like "drug free zones", whatever that's supposed to mean.\n\nA lot of anti-gang measures are taken at the local district level.  Principals and superintendents are entirely capable of banning clothing etc. they consider to be gang related, and the courts are generally pretty forgiving of this kind of thing.
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what about the galas we have in the summer in scotland, they always have people on moving floats down the high streets! i would think it was legal.\n\n Last christmas we had Santa pushing Mrs Claus in a wheelbarrow down the street so if not could always try that. It was hilarious!
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actually the law was passed in 2001, it is illegal to use it in high schools, as is the use of jet engines in our country.\n\ni had a teacher in high school who wouldn't let any one use it, she thought it made too much of a mess. kidding about the first part though.
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Too soft on repeat offenders. But by and large kids today don't get away with anything close to what I got away with when I was young. Of course everything fun wasn't illegal then, and you didn't get hauled into court for inconsequential like fighting.
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I'm not sure where you are, so the question presumes facts I don't have.  My experience with corporal punishment included no such exemption.  Where it was allowed, females were subject to it.  Where it was banned, it was banned. \n\nHowever, when I was in grade school, the females were generally better behaved, and I don't recall nearly as many incidents of the girls getting slapped on the wrist with a ruler as the boys.
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Bath School disaster:\n\nThe New York Times, May 20, 1927\nhttp://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bauerle/nyt520.txt\n\nClinton County Republican-News June 2, 1927\nhttp://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~bauerle/ccrn2a.txt\n\n Parker, G. (1980) Mayday, History of a Village Holocaust 27. Liberty Press
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Did you just get one lately? (don't get offended)\n\nI was from a missionary boys' school and it has strict rules. \n\nI guess it would be public caning. \nThey don't do it that often now though. Society has changed.
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Public Law 94-142 (Education of All Handicapped Children Act) \nIn 1975, Congress passed Public Law 94-142 (Education of All Handicapped Children Act), now codified as IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act). In order to receive federal funds, states must develop and implement policies that assure a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to all children with disabilities. The state plans must be consistent with the federal statute, Title 20 United States Code Section 1400 et.seq. (20 USC 1400) (For more information on IDEA, legislative history, implications, see the other files in forum libraries, especially those that relate to the Shannon Carter case which was argued before the US Supreme Court on October 6, 1993.)