Okay... after watching the video and reading some of the comments, I would like to provide my 2 cents. Growing up in the deep South (Louisiana), pretty much everyone I know has been spanked at one time or another (still in high school, so I'm certainly not out of touch), however I have not as my parents truly believed that there were better methods to discipline. They didn't not use corporal punishment because they thought it was "barbaric" or "inhumane", as it truly is not. For those complaining that the child was "hit with a stick", that statement truly does sound ludicrous. All schools that allow corporal punishment do it with a paddle, not just this one school district. I feel like the situation would be exacerbated if the child had been spanked with the administrator's hand, as that would cause loads of other issues. I go to a private Christian school, so spanking is in the Bible and it's basically ingrained into the culture, however, it is NEVER done in malice, and the administrators in the video were certainly NOT acting out of malice.
Now, for the paddling itself, there wasn't one!! Not once did that paddle make contact with the child's rear end, so I truly do not see the issue. As for those of you arguing that paddling in schools makes the quality of education decline, the school district in which I reside does not allow corporal punishment and is still one of the worst districts in the state. It's all about where the money goes and how the money is spent (but that's a different discussion for another day!) Overall, while I don't think corporal punishment is the best option, I think it should be an option, and as for the "paddling" in the video, I think that the administrators should not have wrestled with him, but they did not even paddle him so I still do not see where the controversy is.