Ha! Yes, my fourth grade teacher was a very petite Japanese man. When the boys would act up he’d whack them with a yard stick. HARD! I doubt anyone ever complained, even to their parents. They knew they were being brats.
Wow, I just found his obituary. He passed only a few years ago at age 91. Sure enough, he was a WW II vet!
Paul R. Raszmann, 1928 - 2020.