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It
certainly
will
not
teach
him
anything
.
How
long
has
it
been
since
the
principal
of
this
school
last
had
to
switch
a
pupil
?
"
"
Uh
,
I
'm
not
sure
.
About
two
years
.
The
kid
that
swiped
--
"
"
Never
mind
.
Long
enough
.
It
means
that
such
punishment
is
so
unusual
as
to
be
significant
,
to
deter
,
to
instruct
.
Back
to
these
young
criminals
--
They
probably
were
not
spanked
as
babies
;
they
certainly
were
not
flogged
for
their
crimes
.
The
usual
sequence
was
:
for
a
first
offense
,
a
warning
--
a
scolding
,
often
without
trial
.
After
several
offenses
a
sentence
of
confinement
but
with
sentence
suspended
and
the
youngster
placed
on
probation
.
A
boy
might
be
arrested
many
times
and
convicted
several
times
before
he
was
punished
--
and
then
it
would
be
merely
confinement
,
with
others
like
him
from
whom
he
learned
still
more
criminal
habits
.
If
he
kept
out
of
major
trouble
while
confined
,
he
could
usually
evade
most
of
even
that
mild
punishment
,
be
given
probation
--
'
paroled
'
in
the
jargon
of
the
times
.
"
This
incredible
sequence
could
go
on
for
years
while
his
crimes
increased
in
frequency
and
viciousness
,
with
no
punishment
whatever
save
rare
dull-but-comfortable
confinements
.
Then
suddenly
,
usually
by
law
on
his
eighteenth
birthday
,
this
so-called
'
juvenile
delinquent
'
becomes
an
adult
criminal
--
and
sometimes
wound
up
in
only
weeks
or
months
in
a
death
cell
awaiting
execution
for
murder
.
You
--
"
He
had
singled
me
out
again
.
"
Suppose
you
merely
scolded
your
puppy
,
never
punished
him
,
let
him
go
on
making
messes
in
the
house
...
and
occasionally
locked
him
up
in
an
outbuilding
but
soon
let
him
back
into
the
house
with
a
warning
not
to
do
it
again
.
Then
one
day
you
notice
that
he
is
now
a
grown
dog
and
still
not
housebroken
--
whereupon
you
whip
out
a
gun
and
shoot
him
dead
.
Comment
,
please
?
"
"
Why
...
that
's
the
craziest
way
to
raise
a
dog
I
ever
heard
of
!
"
"
I
agree
.
Or
a
child
.
Whose
fault
would
it
be
?
"
"
Uh
...
why
,
mine
,
I
guess
.
"
"
Again
I
agree
.
But
I
'm
not
guessing
.
"
