One can’t spank a child nowadays. It’s also against the law to throw a student out of class or give him a copy. If you shout at him because he’s swearing in class, most probably it’s the daily jargon he listens to at home and hence the teacher stands a very good chance to have an unexpected encounter with a parent.

It’s also not very wise at all to take the students repetitively to the head of school as you stand a very good chance of being told told that you are actually losing control of your class.

After school? It’s unheard of nowadays. Brake in? Forget it. The break is the student’s right. We’re living in a society where in a decade or two these students will be tomorrow’s society.

An after school or two (in reality much more) never harmed my dignity. And when I had to endure an ear pull it was effective.

These students do not know what positions they will occupy in in some years time. Our modern society will have a direct effect on how these people will cope with their new responsibilities.