Sentence examples for paddling school from inspiring English sources

The Nantahala Outdoor Center is widely acclaimed as the nation's premier paddling school.

Another way to try out fast water -- one that doesn't require any experience -- is to go to a private paddling school.

Here are five well-established paddling schools, with amenities that range from the spartan to the luxurious.

Nantahala Outdoor Center One of the oldest paddling schools (www.noc.com; 800-232-7238), in is in Bryson City, N.C., and offers rafting as well as several varieties of instruction.

In Mississippi, the family of a teenager who was paddled in school has filed a federal lawsuit.

After intense lobbying by opponents of paddling in schools, the Senate on Wednesday changed the wording of legislation protecting teachers from lawsuits to say explicitly that it was not intended to affect policies regarding corporal punishment.

After paddling past schools of undulating white jellyfish, huge 20-armed starfish and bobbing otters, we hiked 90 minutes up 800-foot Mt. Norman, encountering no one else on the way.

In kindergarten I quickly learned that the rules weren't always going to be fair, as I was paddled in school for protecting myself from an attack that lead to a seat in my principal's chair.

Jorgensen said she only agreed to the paddling because the school policy required female school employees to beat female students and men to beat boys.

While it may be seen as a controversial subject to some, the fact remains that you are going to bringing some problems your way, even if it's in the form of the media, when you start paddling kids in school.

Re "Lawsuits Touch Off Debate Over Paddling in the Schools" (front page, May 3): I teach fourth and fifth graders in one of the many school districts that do not permit the abuse of children in the name of discipline.