Today we are once again asking ourselves why kids have begun shooting up schools and killing their classmates. When I was growing up mass school shootings were not happening. Every class I attended began with reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag and then prayer. I was not enamored by prayer at the time, but I at least feigned participation. Why? Because I can personally attest that if a student misbehaved, they were soundly paddled with a wooden paddle, and it hurt . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2022/06/what-changed/