At that age, we had a lot of respect for the guy with the big wooden paddle that we so heard used right outside the classroom door.
Funny how the teachers always fight on the same side with those who fight to take away corporal punishment from the schools AND parents.
Let me repeat this post
In the UK- children used to get caned- sometimes until they bled. Children! I don't think anyone thinks that taking a cane and beating the hell out of children was a good idea. Read Roald Dahls book BOY if you think so. It was cruel.
But you had an education system who went from using corporal punishment as a deterent to using nothing- snap... just like that. There wasn't a process to it. There wasn't an alternative introduced. So now you have a whole generation of parents who are clueless- who think the school discipline should stay in the schools. And don't want to involve themselves.