I'm so old I Remember when:

[jxp]

The elementary school here in my town still offers swats but the parents are required to sign at the beginning of the year authorizing them. I always cross out that paragraph in a big black X, and write "NO! If my kid needs swats, please call me and I will come take care of it!"

Nobody's going to swat my kid but me, and it's not going to happen in public. Of course they never called me and my kids never got swats.

Same here.

The police got called a time or two, however ....

Do tell.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

My daughter taught at a school last year there was a special police force just assigned to 5 schools, every day, security checked backpacks for weapons and knifes, I mean, we are talking about Germany here, where most weapons and knifes (switch blades) are forbidden! Then security was fired, cos there was not enough money to finance them any more, my daughter switched schools, very fast.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Same here.

Do tell.

My GS is mildly autistic. It took him a while to understand the principles of ownership. He sometimes took things that did not belong to him and the police had to talk to him. In one incident, he found a knife on the playground and picked it up. I guess you would call it a skinning knife. It was just an open blade, it did not fold or close. He was showing it to some of the kids on the playground and another kid, quite rightly, reported it. He was always at the top of his class, just not always wise in the ways of the world.

He is 18 yo now and enjoys preaching at various churches when he gets the chance. He's turning out okay.

 

[AntiqueB]

My daughter taught at a school last year there was a special police force just assigned to 5 schools, every day, security checked backpacks for weapons and knifes, I mean, we are talking about Germany here, where most weapons and knifes (switch blades) are forbidden! Then security was fired, cos there was not enough money to finance them any more, my daughter switched schools, very fast.

In New York City, big schools usually have TSA-style metal detectors and scan bags and jackets. Smaller schools may have scanning days, where the school police bring in portable scanning equipment. Every time the school I used to teach at had that, they'd find knives and other forbidden objects (think brass knuckles and the like). But even in big schools, kids find a way. I remember once we had a student chasing another through the hall with a machete.

 

[BDutch]

My daughter taught at a school last year there was a special police force just assigned to 5 schools, every day, security checked backpacks for weapons and knifes, I mean, we are talking about Germany here, where most weapons and knifes (switch blades) are forbidden! Then security was fired, cos there was not enough money to finance them any more, my daughter switched schools, very fast.

Some schools, mainly in the cities have security here too.
Young people with knifes have become a big problem in the Netherlands too.
Last week a boy of 13yo stabbed a class mate to death. This happened after / outside the school. Speculation: Might have been a quarrel getting out of hand and not a deliberate killing.

Btw: Physical reprimands by teachers are not allowed/not given in the Netherlands.

From the internet:
In 1820, the Netherlands was one of the first countries to ban corporal punishment at school (Education Act 1820). However, not all teachers and parents were immediately convinced of the correctness of this ban. According to them, strict discipline was necessary to teach a child discipline and to make him see his sins. Despite the ban, it still happened that children were beaten at school after 1820. Nowadays, physical punishment is taboo at school. A teacher who cannot control himself is now expected to be reported to the police.

 

[NanaK]

When I was in elementary school every teacher had a home made wooden paddle. If caught breaking rules, they bent you across a desk and gave you a couple smacks on the behind. Most kids did not cry. It was more of an embarrassment. I never got a paddling at school because I knew I'd be in more trouble when I got home.

In later years if a teacher gave a paddling they had to have another teacher as a witness.

Of course teachers can no longer paddle today.

Now it seems so many parents are not involved with their child's school. Very little communication between the school and parent. Some parents have a poor attitude with controlling bad behavior so teachers have no control in the classrooms. Schools have to install metal detectors and have uniformed police officers all the time. No longer unusual to hear of lockdowns. It is so different today.

 

[jxp]

Some schools, mainly in the cities have security here too.
Young people with knifes have become a big problem in the Netherlands too.
Last week a boy of 13yo stabbed a class mate to death. This happened after / outside the school. Speculation: Might have been a quarrel getting out of hand and not a deliberate killing.

Btw: Physical reprimands by teachers are not allowed/not given in the Netherlands.

From the internet:
In 1820, the Netherlands was one of the first countries to ban corporal punishment at school (Education Act 1820). However, not all teachers and parents were immediately convinced of the correctness of this ban. According to them, strict discipline was necessary to teach a child discipline and to make him see his sins. Despite the ban, it still happened that children were beaten at school after 1820. Nowadays, physical punishment is taboo at school. A teacher who cannot control himself is now expected to be reported to the police.

There is a difference between a disciplinary paddling and a beating. No matter who metes it out.

 

[BDutch]

There is a difference between a disciplinary paddling and a beating. No matter who metes it out.

Right. The right word was lost somewhere in translation.
The google translation of the Dutch ‘geslagen’ (in from the internet) used beaten for something less severe. I might have said hitting.
The other way around: the word paddling seems impossible for google translate. Google translated that with pedophilia . And until now I didn’t even knew the word paddling existed as a verb. I only knew the word paddle as a noun (object used for rowing).

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Spanking, perhaps? Is that a word that translates for you? How about swats?

 

[BDutch]

Spanking, perhaps? Is that a word that translates for you? How about swats?

Not if thats poor English for the subject. I just want to learn and use the right words. Not getting virtually spanked.

Swat seems fine in the modest way. Translate says it’s also used as in ‘crush an insect’. Not something I expect a teacher to do with a naughty pupil.