Dear Editor,
Letter writer Roger Williams would have readers believe that scholarly research studies support the hitting of children in schools. This is a complete distortion. The overwhelming body of research finds just the opposite. Students raised with corporal punishment, even the threat of it, are more likely to drop out, have low scores on national achievement tests, commit acts of vandalism at school and have anger problems or sexual issues. We have laws protecting wives, nursing home patients, even animals from the acts he espouses.