The Breakfast Club - Donkey Of The Day: Missouri School District Reinstates Paddle Punishment Option For Students

Episode Date: August 25, 2022

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Bunch of f***ing dead guys It's time for the donkey of the day That's pretty funny Charlamagne the devil? Possibly The Breakfast Club Yes, donkey of the day for Thursday, August 25th. It is Thursday, right?

I be getting my days wrong. I said it was Thursday on Monday, so technically that would make today Sunday in my world. But don't listen to me. I'm just halfway a word that begins with re and rhymes with started that we can't say anymore. So listen, Donkey of the Day for today is going to a school district in Missouri. I'm talking the whole school district as a staff, record label, and mother effing crew. It's the Casper Lee School District to be exact, because they recently announced that it will reinstate spanking this school year. That's right. Good old fashioned corporal punishment.

But of course, with a parental caveat, let's go to KYP for the report, please. An old school discipline method is returning to some Missouri schools. Madison Horner spoke to parents and administrators at Cassville schools about its decision to bring corporal punishment back. Cassville superintendent Merlin Johnson tells me the policy change is a result of a survey sent out to staff, students and parents in May. One of the suggestions that came out was concerns about student discipline, and so we reacted by implementing several different strategies, corporal punishment being one of them. Dr. Johnson says this change will give principals one more disciplinary option

before students receive more serious punishments such as suspensions. Administrators say it would be the last resort for parents and faculty members if other means of discipline do not work. They will allow spanking in schools, but only as a last resort and with written permission from parents. Any parent that allows their child to be beat by anyone in this school district is a complete and total sucker. I'm telling you right now, paddling a child, beating a child, spanking spanking a child whatever you want to call it is the most useless form of punishment ever i

am triggered by this story because they have a picture uh what what is this i think it's the usa today they have a picture in the usa today right uh of a wooden paddle that has holes in it anybody who went to berkeley middle school incks Corner, South Carolina in the 1900s remembers the assistant principal by the name of, you know what, I don't even want to say his name because people be attempting lawsuits for the craziest things, so I won't say his name, but he was a big-ass, boss hog-looking white man who had a wooden paddle with holes in it, and boy, he used to tear our asses up, okay? On the contrast, it was another assistant principal at Berkeley Middle School school whose name i won't say he was black and he had a little deformed hand right and he used to paddle us but he wasn't as strong as the other dude okay i don't know if it's because he had a deformed hand

you know it was really just a nub so maybe because he had a deformed hand he couldn't grip the paddle like a baseball bat with both hands and swing the paddle with all his might and his paddle didn't have holes in it so i figured between uh the big white man size right the fact he could hold his paddle with two hands and the fact he had holes in his wooden paddle so the wind couldn't slow the velocity of that wood to your ass paws down you know that's why he hit so hard and me being the i am i used to beg to not be sent to the principal with the nubby hand who didn't hit as hard because i knew that if i acted like he was the one i feared the most that's what they would send me the moral of the story is those beatings did nothing for me

okay they did absolutely nothing but scarred me for life and i know it takes a village to raise a child but those two principals weren't part of my village all right when we say village we mean the people who can sit at your grandma's house and get a plate if you can sit at grandma's house and get a plate you part of the village but here's another thing our parents should have never given all those people the authority to put hands on us either all these people dealing with their own personal problems and personal traumas projecting that pain on the kids f at okay i'm saying all that to say i don't believe in beatings on any level no corporal punishment spankings paddlings none of that i don't put hands on my own turn

so i'm i'm not gonna give somebody else permission to do that okay now we can get into a whole debate on whether or not you know uh folks should spank their own children but i am absolutely against giving a school permission to put hands on my child. There's too many, you know, covert racists on this planet. Too many covert child abusers in these positions of power to allow this. All right. You're not about to be traumatizing my kids because you mad. All right. I don't like beatings. All right. At all. I literally was walking downstairs with an extension cord yesterday and I said to myself, how could my father have ever beaten me

with one of these okay it comes a point in time we have to realize the punishment we received this churn was actually abuse all right it's nonsense it's nonsense that we learned from our oppressors the same way the white slave owners you know used to uh beat us beat our ancestors to keep them in line it's the same energy that is being administered in these corporal punishments. And just like a lot of the enslaved, it didn't cause us to get in line. It caused us to rebel and hate the person on the other end of that whip or in this case, a paddle or belt or extension cord, whatever it is. Once again, if you are a parent who gives this school or any school permission to beat your kids then guess what you need your ass beat okay you a complete and total sucker please let me ma give the uh

cassville school district in missouri the biggest hee-haw hee-haw hee-haw you stupid mother are you dumb all right well thank you for that. I agree. Yeah. And I agree. Discipline is necessary for good upbringing, but not physical abuse. All right. There's a difference. And discipline doesn't have to be physical at all. Miss me with that.

And don't come at me with that spare the rod rhetoric from the Bible. Okay. Take that rod and shove it up your own ass. Geesh. All right. I'm excited just now. Whoa. Well, all right. I'm excited just now. Whoa. Well, all right.

Well, when we come back, Nadine Sutherland will be joining us. She's going to be performing at Angela Yee Day this Saturday in Brooklyn. Yeah, she started off as an artist at the age of 11, but you know her from some songs like Action with Tara Fabulous, Wicked. Can I say the D word? Mm-hmm. I mean, it's a whole different thing. Of course, the song with Snow and Buju Bantan and Beanie Man and all of that.

What's the D word? Wicked. Wicky Icky. Wicky Icky. Ooh-ah. Ooh-ah. I forget the song name. All right.

Well, we're going to be touching it. Huh? Like Richard? Yes. You know that song with Buju Bantam? Yes. Got you. Wicked.

Okay. Icky. All right. Well, Nadine Sutherland will be joining us when we come back. Like the pants. The clothing line. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together.

Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets.

Listen to Escape from Zaka Stan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-A-S-T-A-N on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best and you're gonna figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before.

Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, my undeadly darlings. It's Teresa, your resident ghost host. And do I have a treat for you. Haunting is crawling out from the shadows, and it's going to be devilishly good.

We've got chills, thrills, and stories that'll make you wish the lights stayed on. So join me, won't you? Let's dive into the eerie unknown together. Sleep tight, if you can. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home,

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