[Evans, Marv]

Back in the day, paddle was used liberally in school as well as home. I was a very bad student for a few years, with the fifth grade probably being my worst. I would take over the class with my antics. One time the teacher (Mrs. Kern) told me if I did it again, she would take the paddle to me. Of course I did it again (whatever it was at the time). She marched down the isle from her desk, arms folded, with the paddle in hand, stopped at my desk and told me to stand up to receive the paddling. I asked her why I should stand up to let her hit me with the paddle. She was so frustrated, she went "Oooooo!" and hit me on the top of the head with it, cracking the paddle down the middle. I think she realized she had lost her cool, because she didn't bother me for a while after that. I didn't tell my parents of course, because I would have received worse at home.