"In defiance of the national outrage over the paddling of two high school girls by a male vice principal, a Texas school district voted last night to allow corporal punishment by members of the opposite sex. Rather than apologising for the actions of the male teacher who spanked two high school girls, the board members of Springtown Independent School District voted to change their policy, which now requires a female member of staff to be present if a male school official physically disciplines a girl. The vote followed a heated debate over the district's policy which began after Taylor Santos, 15 and Jada Watts, 16, were both struck with a paddle on their buttocks by assistant principal Kirt Shaw for disciplinary reasons." - Winckel

The guy looks creepy. All very backward :-( - Winckel

Wait, what year is this again? - Stephan Planken

Once again projecting the image of the US to the world. - Nils Sandin

I can say this: if *anyone* administers "physical discipline" to my child, they'd best be prepared for some fairly dramatic repercussions. - Bren

Oh HELL NO - Eric - Final Countdown

So, a male teacher stepped over the line, broke the rules and administered a beating to a young woman and the school's response is to change the rules so it's now ok to do that?!? I can't even start with how wrong this is! - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Eh? Schools can still physically discipline kids? I thought all that ended ages ago. - rønin