A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:

Scott, confusing multiple issues:
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Note that this corporal punishment is not to be meeted out to
the
disabled student who is incapable of control, but to the OTHER
students
who
are allowing themselves to be distracted by what ought to be ignored.
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So, you're suggesting that the cure for chemical or hormonal
"disabilities" are "smacks upside the head". Hmmmm...... And the kid
is
supposed to know, from the SMACK, why his mind doesn't work like
others' minds?

Did you fail to read the sentence beginning with "Note" and ending with
"ignored?"
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You recommned a SMACK for ADHD students.

No, I recommend appropriate corporal punishment for students who haven't
been taught by their parents to be quiet, respectful and obedient to
authority and who haven't learned to concentrate. I deny that just because a
student is disruptive and unwilling to concentrate or obey, that the student
is *unable* to concentrate or obey due to some phony, concocted "diagnosis"
that is little more than a marketing tool for Ritalin.

Overcoming "ADHD" is something you *learn* to do, not something you can be
medicated into. Sometimes children need to be caused to focus, and corporal
punishment, in appropriate measure, can be an effective tool for obtaining
obedience and stimulating focus.

Most of the time, "ADHD" is nothing more than a sugar high caused by poor
nutrition and breakfast cereal combined with lax, permissive parenting that
spills over into the classroom.

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