PS: When I grew up in the days of the dinosaurs the parents would occasionally use a belt or a shoe if we were bad.
We survived; we came to school ready to be students and no fighting ever happened in a classroom.
Same with my Dad and teachers. Dad had the belt and teachers had the stick. I’m guess the teacher is not a teacher’s union member.
My parents used a belt. It gets a bad rap but kids with that possibility hanging over them are far more likely to do as they are told. It’s not just a power trip. Kids NEED to do what they are told for their own good.
“This is going to hurt me a lot more than it hurts you.”
“I’m going to apply the board of education to the seat of learning.”
I’m sure there are more of those little sayings but that’s all I remember right now.
Belt, shoe, flyswatter, wooden spoon.....