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From: bmt@we53.UUCP ( B. M. Thomas )
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Subject: Re: Corporal Punishment
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I think I should back up a little.  My previous reply was a little strong
against the idea of spanking.  This was misplaced in a discussion of corporal
punishment in schools, and I apologise.  I fully agree, Mikki, that teachers
are not capable, and should not be expected, to take the parents' responsi-
bilities to raise their children.  It is this parental abdication of 
authority and responsibility that has put teachers in an impossible situation.

from over the rainbow of

	we53!bmt(Brian M. Thomas @ AT&T Technologies, St. Louis, MO)