THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT

In our increasingly litigious society, corporal punishment is practically a thing of the past in schools these days. One "old school" educator, however, seems to have misinterpreted one of our president's favorite mantras and has used it to justify continued use of the dreaded "paddle" as a disciplinary tool. Thinking that he had received a couched clearance from our commander in chief, he's taken to administering punitive whacks only on the starboard cheek of miscreant's butts. He calls it his "No child's left behind" policy.

Gary Hallock