Five Facts: Corporal Punishment

Berta Tarqui, Academics Editor • 9 Views

December 3, 2012

Academics

Here at AHS, any form of physical punishment cannot be found.

Corporal punishment is banned here in Virginia, but in many places it still takes place. According to the Center of Effective Discipline:

1. 31 states in the U.S. prohibit corporal punishment.

2. 19 states in the U.S. allow coporal punishment.

3. New Jersey was the first state in the U.S. to ban corporal punishment in 1867.

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4. New Mexico was the most recent state to prohibit coporal punishment in 2011.

5. Texas and Mississippi account for 40 percent of all cases of physical punishment in the U.S.

About the Contributor

Berta Tarqui, Co-Editor in Chief

Berta is currently a senior. She has been on The A-Blast since her freshmen year and was first an Academics Editor during sophomore year and then became the Health Editor during her junior year. She is also active after school and likes to do community service through Key Club and National Honor Society. She is also in National English Honor Society. Berta hopes to study Business Management once she graduates and hopefully own her own small business in several years. Her other interests include playing the guitar, listening to music (The Beatles), writing and doing whatever she feels like.