So you enjoy beating up on 3rd graders?
I don’t think dfwgator is advocating putting students in public stocks and having other students throw vegetables at them.
For me, it comes down to school choice. Would you want your child to go to a school with teachers like this? Some would. Some wouldn't.
With tax-payer funded government schools, many people feel they have little say in the matter -- but they should. School choice would diminish the number of students who get exposed to teachers who "do it wrong" -- and would thereby help define what it means to "do it wrong".
The child knew very well that she wasn't turning in her homework and obviously didn't care. Now, there's a consequence. She didn't get beat up -- she got a good-humored calling-out.
This girl is responsible for her own learning (I know, that's a concept we've largely abandoned but it's still true.) Her mother should be ashamed for whining about it.
Bad habits are easier to fix in 3rd graders than if you let it go till high school.