to all who have responded so critically regarding the rebbeim in the column:
who here has bothered to actually read the column?
I finally took a look and scanned through (No, I did not read every word) and while some rebbeim seemed to be saying that it would be OK, they ALSO qualified their answers (conveniently it seems that this has not been mentioned by anyone here) such as –
“it should be very low on the list and utilized only in the most extreme cases”
“it is generally not acceptable to send a child down to a younger grade”
“we will resort to this type of discipline when necessary” (resort to – now there’s someone who’s just itching to embarrass the kids)
“not as a first option”
these are actual quotes from 4 different “yes” responders.
If I wanted to quote from all “eight” I would not be able to, as only six of them said some form of yes. That’s right. 4 of the 10 said no.
I am not giving my opinion one way or the other on this, but please base your criticism on actual facts and don’t change the facts to give yourself a soapbox to bash rebbeim for whatever your reasons are.