Comment on I have seen a lot of movies where the Catholic School Nuns smack a students hand for being disruptive or something is this a trope or a real something? Like most notable in Blues Brothers

remon@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• scytale@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, my kindergarten teacher didn’t like me using my left hand to write for some reason, so slapped my hand with a ruler. Now I write with my right hand.

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• db2@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There are still some southern states (because ofc) that legally allow teachers to use corporal punishment at their discretion.

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