Tawse Tawse The tawse, sometimes formerly spelled taws (the plural of Scots taw, a thong of a whip) is an implement used for corporal punishment. It was used for educational discipline, primarily in Scotland, but also in schools in the English cities of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Manchester and Walsall. A tawse consists of a strip of leather, with one end split into a number of tails. The thickness of the leather and the number of tails is variable. Many Scottish saddlers made tawses for local schoolmasters. The official name "tawse" was hardly ever used in conversation by either teachers or
School corporal punishment in the United States driver behavior falls under the corporal punishment privilege given his role as a bus monitor." Corporal punishments are widespread in Florida and the laws permitting them, are once more used to abuse children (in this case children with mental disabilities). In Florida there is no opt-out option, corporal punishments can be administered against the will of the parents, in some areas it's impossible to find a school district that doesn't apply corporal punishments. Whatever kind of corporal punishment against students is legal in Florida, unless as Florida state's attorney declared, the children suffered of serious and permanent injuries (or dies).