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poet13 · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:14 am Post subject:

I did. All I learned was that after the first half dozen times, it didn't hurt that much.

Yesanman · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Location: Chungnam

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

At my high school there is paddling going on almost continuously it seems (and some of it seems at least somewhat sadistic...) My advice is for a foreigner to never hit or paddle Korean kids, but also to not interfere when Korean teachers physically punish students out of a sense of traditional duty.

I think that it's largely a culturally accepted norm that even legal measures couldn't stop. The hope among more progressive Korean educators is that with better training - and learning from the positive example of western teachers - the educational system in Korea will be able to gradually dispense with corporal punishment (now done mostly in vocational and tech schools...)

Boodleheimer · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:52 am Post subject:

the kids at my high school all seem to take it with good humour. i don't mean to justify it, but the teachers don't seem to inflict much pain. if the ear-twisting is particularly painful, the kid will tell the teacher (after all the other kids have left). the spankings seem to be more about the noise than the pain.

the elementary school i attended in rural Virginia had paddlings. the principal did it.

Dan The Chainsawman · Joined: 05 May 2005

Dan The Chainsawman · Joined: 05 May 2005

I have never felt the need to paddle my students at this new school of mine. I just boot them out in the hall and the owner does it for me. Kind of amusing the looks on the little trouble makers face is classic as I am slinging them out the door. They have this look of terror mixed with a last minute remorse. To bad it is not good enough to overwhelm the look of amusement on my face. On one occasion I was laughing as I tossed a kid out just from the kid's expression.

rickhorton44 · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Location: Korea

I think it's quite different in the country schools. Here they are constantly being whacked. Not across the arse either. Palms, bottom of feet, ham strings, and a new one I just saw.......knuckle to the temple (from a male teacher to a female student) for her hair being too long.

I love the "whacking day episode". It's a classis simpsons show.

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib