One school corporal punishment policy helpfully published on the web includes a not uncommon exemption clause:

Corporal punishment may be administered as a form of discipline unless the parent/guardian files a written, dated objection with the school principal. It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to see that the written, dated objection is submitted each school year to the principal’s office.

I’m picturing her, standing before her father, pleading with him to write an exemption letter for her to take in on the first day of the school year. He looks at her solemnly: “You understand the consequences? That if you merit a punishment at school, but I have submitted this letter, we will deal with the matter still more severely at home?”

This particular school district, by the way, requires a witness every time a paddling is administered:

It must be done with the approval of the principal and administered by the principal or his/her designee, privately, in the presence of another certified school employee but not in the presence of other students.

When watching a girl take a punishment in a scene, it’s always a debate as to whether to watch her backside as the strokes land, or to focus on the expressions crossing her face. I wonder which option is preferred in the real-life Principal’s office?

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