sternwomen: As a teacher, I must confess that I had been traditionally against the use of corporal p
sternwomen: As a teacher, I must confess that I had been traditionally against the use of corporal punishment, but the rules of the school where I work, are clear and some kinds of misbehaviour of the boys, entail a caning from the Headmistress. At the beginning, having to witness the punishment process was a rough time, but now, after a few years coping with these bratty teenagers, I am changing my mind. When you see them at the receiving side of the cane, humiliated, yelling and bursting in tears like babies, is the only moment you feel that some of them are really learning a lesson. It serves them right! -- source link