[deadfa11]

I lived in Tennessee for a bit as a kid until about 7. The principal had this paddle hanging in his office, just menacingly looming there all the time. Every once in a while he'd hold these school-wide assemblies where the "worst" 2 or 3 kids would get paddled in front of everyone, adding this awful public humiliation. He had this fully bald head, and I have this distinct memory of his sweaty fucking face in that hot gym... I shave my head now due to some prior health issues. Every once in a while when I'm shaving, that image comes to mind and just that thought makes me boil a bit. I don't have kids, but I can't imagine how I'd react were someone doing this to them now.