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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by despondent @ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:38:52 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;according to my cousin, students who were caught/handed over to
the principal nvr got away lightly. they would end up being
punished, usually outside her office&#8230;there were times when students
were made to pick litter during recess for a whole wk..the DMs of
the school was in cahoots wif the principal. students caught by
them would be handed over to the principal n punishment would await
them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;the principal was known to punish students harsher than the
teachers of tat school. she nvr gave light punishments as she was
one who believed tat punishment had to be harsh in order for the
students to learn from their mistakes. her punishments usually took
out alot from the students. in fact, my cousin n his frend were not
the onli ones who were made to knee-bend outside her office. there
were other similar cases too.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;an observation my cousin made was tat the principal liked to
punish students at 3 periods of the day. the 1st is right after
morning assembly, 2nd is during recess or 3rd is after school. for
shorter durations like recess time, she would mete out punishments
tat were more demanding. students who were punished for shorter
durations faced punishments like these: 1) kneel outside her office
for entire duration(may have to pull ears), 2) stand in a knee-bend
position wif both hands stretched out like my cousin&#8217;s case, 3)
stand outside her office n hold up their bags above their heads.
although recess was onli abt 25min, students who experienced any of
the above often felt tired after everything.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;punishments of longer durations usually took place after school
or right after morning assembly. the punishments were less
demanding in nature but by no means less harsh. students would be
made to stand outside her office or at some common place in
school(where everyone can see). such punishments usually lasted
more than an hr. there were some cases when students had to stand
facing the wall for more than an hr&#8230;my cousin witnessed a few cases
when students were made to stand facing the wall outside
principal&#8217;s office for half a morning, after morning assembly until
end of recess.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;nobody liked the principal back then. my cousin shared tat they
always called her names outside of school n many malicious things
were spoken abt her&#8230;although her intentions were gd, we agree tat
some of her punishments were too harsh. from wad he heard, the
principal is not at tat school anymore&#8230;wonder where she is nw&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by bengan35 @ Sun, 11 May 2008 15:52:46 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;lol make that 4X ...&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by MyPillowTalks @ Sun, 11 May 2008 15:22:22 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;the teachers will receive the same punishment when they
die&lt;img src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_twisted.gif" alt=
"icon_twisted.gif" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by bengan35 @ Sun, 11 May 2008 15:17:34 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In Japan ... Teachers are the King/queen ... they own ...&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by FirePig @ Sun, 11 May 2008 14:59:27 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;despondent, are you a teacher?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by despondent @ Sun, 11 May 2008 13:19:57 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;the principal of my cousin&#8217;s former school was also known for
her sarcasm..her scoldings often included some sarcastic remarks
which though were not usually demeaning but were still malicious.
tis was especially so when she meted out punishments to
students.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;in my cousin&#8217;s case mentioned previously, the principal
sarcastically remarked tat it was pointless tat he n his classmate
simplt stood outside her office. hence, she made them stand in a
knee-bent position wif both hands raised in front of them for the
entire recess..as my cousin mentioned, they cheated on the
punishment by standing up once in a while to ease the tiredness in
their legs. they were caught doing tat once by the principal. he
recounted tat the principal walked from behind to the front n
sarcastically asked them:&#8221;y r the 2 of u so tall?? is tis how u r
suppose to stand?&#8221; wif tat , my cousin n his classmate resumed
their knee-bent position. the principal continued:&#8221;dun let me see u
so tall!! dun let me see u too short either by squatting down!!!
stay in tis position, u hear me? if i catch u not in proper
position, u will get it from me!!&#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;due to tis, my cousin n his classmate had no choice but to
remain in knee-bent position until the principal released them.
they did shift their positions abit here n there but they kept
their knees bent thru out. it was a very tiring experience for them
n my cousin still remembers it until today&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by kcockicht @ Tue, 06 May 2008 19:15:41 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;i recall some off the teacher very chio, i should had fuk them
that time insetad now a bit regret&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by despondent @ Sun, 04 May 2008 13:17:16 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;i recall one case tat yr when our form teacher had to punish 2
boys for misbehaving in class. it was b4 recess one morning&#8230;we were
having double period wif the 1st period being maths n the 2nd being
english. after having taught us certain concepts from the textbk,
our form teacher left us wif some maths work to do while she went
to the teacher&#8217;s room to get sth. b4 she left, she gave us specific
instructions to gd students n do our work quietly n wait for her to
come back&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;everything went smoothly at 1st until somebody let out a shout n
it was followed by laughter. 2 boys were making fun of each other.
1 of them was poking the other on his sides, causing him to laugh
loudly. moments later, the teacher nxt door came in n the 2 boys
kept silent. the teacher asked where our teacher was n then
proceeded to scold us for disturbing her lesson. there was more to
come minutes later. our form teacher came back into class, looking
angry. she stood at her table n ordered the ones who were playing a
fool to own up. apparently, the teacher next door had complained to
her. the 2 boys juz kept silent. seeing no response, our teacher
got angrier n said:&#8221;very well!! since nobody wants to own up, all
of u shall stay back during recess everyday until the culprits own
up!!!&#8221; wif tat, the rest of us looked at the 2 boys, who had their
heads lowered. seeing our reactions, the teacher called them to the
front n instructed the rest of us to continue wif our work&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i cun remember everything my teacher said to the 2 boys. all i
noe is tat she scolded them for misbehaving. i onli remember tat
after some scolding, she said to them:&#8221;because i did give u
instructions but u chose to disobey, i have no choice but to punish
the 2 of u! she pointed at the 2 corners in front of the classroom.
&#8220;go n stand at those 2 corners n pull ur ears! stand facing the
class n reflect on wad u have done wrong!!&#8221; the lesson proceeded on
after tat. u could see from the boys&#8217; faces tat they felt quite
embarrassed pulling their ears in front of the whole class. our
teacher just continued teaching on the board, leaving the 2 boys
standing at the corners, reflecting on wad they had done.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;the teacher onli released them at the end of the maths period. i
estimate the punishment to have lasted not more than 20min. i
personally feel tat our teacher was rite to punish them. she had
always taught us to behave ourselves when the teacher was not ard n
tat making alot of noises would disturb our neighbourin classes.
also she did give us instructions to keep quiet n do our work.
hence, her punishing the 2 boys was justifiable as they chose to
disobey her instructions n didnt want to own up when she asked them
to. yet despite cases like this when we were punished by her, she
still remained as one of the teachers we liked during our pri
school yrs&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by despondent @ Sat, 03 May 2008 01:53:27 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;my form teacher in pri 3 was liked by many of us cos she realli
knew how to relate to us. she was not one who would punish us for
everything tat we do wrong. she believed in giving us chances n
many times she would let us off wif a mere scolding or two. yet,
there were occasions when she had no choice but to resort to
punishments. such occasions usually happened either when she had
alredi given us chances yet we still commit the same offences or
when the offence committed was rather serious. even so, her
punishments dun usually last very long. some of them can be rather
embarrassing which were meant to make the student/s feel ashamed n
hence deter them from doing wrong. one of them i must state is the
ever famous one which required us to stand outside the classroom n
pull our ears..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;i still remember tat she liked to make deals wif us. tis was a
rather useful strategy as it often deterred us from doing wrong.
for eg, if a student was found misbehaving in class, she would
strike a deal wif him. she would ask the student which option he
preferred for eg: 1) to stop misbehaving n do his work quietly n
pay attention or 2) go n stand outside the classroom n pull ears
for 15mins. no prizes for guessing which option he would choose.
the teacher will then allow the offence to go unpunished but she
would warn the student tat if he misbehaved again, she will have to
punish him. such deals were quite successful as the student would
behave properly after tat although there were cases when she had to
punish us. now when i tink back, its no wonder y we liked her so
much. she nvr treated us unreasonably n hardly anyone complained
when they were being punished. cos we knew she punished us for our
own gd n tat we deserved to be punished in those occasions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;tis teacher of ours told us b4 tat she hate to punish her
students. yet, as a teacher, it was her responsibility to teach n
guide us. so when theres a need to give out punishments, she will
have to do it. although she hardly punished any of us for long
periods, we knew her to be rather strict when it came to
punishments. for eg, if a student was asked to stand at a corner n
face the wall, he would be expected to stand wif both legs straight
n no leaning against the wall. moreover, he was expected to stare
at the wall n nowhere else.i remember the teacher scolding students
on several occasions for not standing properly(stand on one leg)
for eg. she would comment tat if they found it tough doing
punishments, then dun commit wrongs n behave themselves. if they
choose to misbehave, then face the consequences&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;personally, tis teacher above was one of the best i ever had.
although strict wif punishments, she always tried not to punish us.
she treated us wif care n often taught n guide us wif love. to tis
day, i realli appreciate tis teacher&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by DriftingGuy @ Fri, 02 May 2008 12:38:09 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Its not easy to be a teacher nowadays. Not everyone can be a
teacher.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For all those good teachers out there, I salute you all.
&lt;img src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_smile.gif" alt=
"icon_smile.gif" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by despondent @ Fri, 02 May 2008 12:32:21 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;the recitation punishment above was not the onli one i
encountered during my sch days&#8230;i remember another incident in pri
3. tis case involved 2 of my classmates who were punished for not
speaking up when they needed to. however, the punishment in tis
case was less harsh in the sense tat the teacher didnt punish them
for the whole lesson. below was wad happened&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;my form teacher came into class tat day. after greeting the
class, she began commenting abt the test we did a few days ago. it
turned out tat the class fared badly on the whole n she spent the
1st 10min scolding the whole class b4 distributing our papers back
to us. i remember it was double period tat day n after spending the
1st period going thru the answers wif us, she proceeded wif the
lesson proper. it was obvious then tat she was still angry wif the
class for doing badly in the test n so nobody dared to tok when she
was teaching&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;as the teacher taught she began to ask qns along the way..i
remember the 1st qn she asked was concerning the passage in the
textbk n she called a boy to answer it. the boy, for goodness noes
wad reason, mumbled his answer. the teacher lost her patience n
told him to speak up n not to mumble like tat. she then called
another student to answer the same qn n tat student also spoke
softly. i believe they did tat cos they were afraid to give the
wrong answer. when tat happened, the teacher lost her patience
completely. she stopped teaching n scolded the whole class again.
she scolded us for not speaking up in class n no wonder we did so
badly in our test. it seemed apparent to her tat we did badly cos
we dun bother to speak up n ask qns when in doubt. she ended off by
saying: &lt;span class=""&gt;ALRITE&lt;/span&gt;!!! since u ppl r not
interested to learn, then i shant bother to teach anymore!!! the
whole lot of u shall sit at ur places n do wadever u want&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;the teacher went back to her seat n sat down, looking very
cross. she looked at the 2 boys who had been standing all tis while
n ordered them to come forward. she then made each of them stand at
either side of her table n face the blackboard. then as punishment
for not speaking up when required, she made them repeat: &#8220;i must
speak up in class!&#8221; loud enuff for her to hear. she left them
instructions to keep repeating the phrase until she was
satisfied.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;the punishment lasted abt 10min&#8230;after releasing the 2 students,
the teacher stood up n looked at the class sternly saying tat she
is not going to care abt us anymore since we r not interested to
learn. then to our shock, she took up her things n walked out of
the class. it wasnt the end of the lesson yet n we didnt noe wad to
do at tat time. 1st i must state tat our form teacher had always
been very caring towards us. although she was strict abt certain
things, the class on the whole liked her. hence, quite a number of
us felt guilty at upsetting her like tat.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;in the end, our class monitor ran out of the class to get our
teacher back. after abt 5min, he came back wif her. then he led the
whole class to say sorry to her. we promised to be gd students n
not to make her angry again. i still can remember us staying back
after sch tat day for extra lesson to make up for wad we missed tat
day n nobody misbehaved or made the teacher angry. the teacher
forgave us in the end, telling the 2 students tat she punished them
for their own gd n she hoped tat they will learn to speak up in
future&#8230;to tis day, i can still remember tis touching incident&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by despondent @ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:59:29 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;some of my personal tots abt the incident mentioned above&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1) was the teacher too harsh wif my classmate? personally i feel
tat she wasnt wrong to punish him for being rude. after all, he had
a habit of doing so n as a teacher, it was her duty to correct n
guide students up the rite path. however, did she overdo the
punishment? my classmate was made to do recitation for more than
half an hr without stopping..it must also be noted tat we were onli
in pri 1 then. while it seemed justifiable to punish him, was it
justifiable to punish him for more than 1 period in tat manner?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2) the teacher was not one who would forget to release students
from their punishments. tis could be seen by the fact tat she
called out to my classmate b4 leaving the class, asking him to stop
reciting n go back to his seat. tis meant tat she remembered all
along tat he was being punished. hence, it seemed pretty obvious
tat the teacher deliberately punished him until the end of the
lesson. her intentions would then be clear tat she meant to punish
him harshly, making him learn from the horrid experience not to
repeat his habit of interrupting..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3) was the teacher ignorant to my classmate&#8217;s sufferings?
remember he was standing at the back of the classroom while the
teacher was in front at her table. as i mentioned above, i
witnessed my classmate&#8217;s sufferings but was the teacher aware of
it? if she was aware, would she have released him or at least allow
him to stop reciting for a while to catch a breather? personally i
feel tat the teacher wasnt aware of his sufferings. although she
was known to be very strict, she wasnt known to be inhumane. i
guess she &lt;span class=""&gt;ASSUMED&lt;/span&gt; tat continuous recitation,
though punishing, wasnt too torturous. hence, she allowed the
punishment to continue until the end of lesson. perhaps it was due
to tis wrong assumption she made tat caused my classmate to suffer
much from the punishment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;a final tot&#8230;maybe the teacher knew my classmate was suffering
but still didnt release him. if tis was the case, then i would
conclude tat she was inhumane in tis case. she knew he was
suffering, yet in her intention to make him learn from his actions,
she ignored his sufferings totally. i cannot tell for sure if she
was aware of his sufferings. however, i know tat if she had
released him after she had send us back to our seats after
teaching, my classmate would not have suffered from mild
breathlessness n lethargy in his voice&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by despondent @ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:00:31 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;hello everyone!!! i still remember tat for most of us during our
schooldays, we were taught tat we were to raise up our hands if we
wanted to speak. tis was especially so for primary n secondary
education. i wonder if tis unspoken rule is still in place today. i
noe of cases when teachers would scold the students if they spoke
during lessons without raising their hands 1st. for some cases, the
students may be punished, most commonly by standing at a corner. i
recall a case way back in primary one when a classmate of mine was
punished for interrupting the teacher without raising his hands
1st. it must be noted tat he had a bad habit of interrupting
teachers when they r teaching without raising his hands 1st. he was
nvr punished until tat particular incident tat yr&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;it was during chinese class&#8230;we were all sitting on the floor in
front of the teacher who was conducting the lesson on the
blackboard. she wrote on the board, turning now n then to explain
certain words to us. it was a double period tat day n it was her
practice to teach for the 1st period b4 sending us back to our
seats to do our work the 2nd period. in the midst of teaching, tat
student interrupted her by commenting on certain things she said.
the teacher got angry at his interrupting(not by wad he said) n
scolded him for being rude.she even pointed out tat it wasnt his
1st time interrupting her like tat without asking for permission to
speak. furious, she decided to punish him&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;wadever happened after tat was unusual&#8230;the teacher ordered the
student to stand up n repeat the following statement after her in
chinese: i must raise my hands before i speak(yao shuo hua xian ju
shou). then she ordered him to go n stand at the back of the
classroom n keep repeating the statement again n again until she
was satisfied. the lesson went on smoothly after tat. i remember
clearly tat tis teacher didnt usually have the habit of punishing
us for long periods. hence, i was expecting her to release the
student after she had finished teaching.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;it turned out not to be so&#8230;after sending us back to our seats,
the teacher simply sat down at her table to do her work. i knew tis
teacher to be someone who would not forget to release students from
their punishments so it is apparent tat she didnt forget for tis
case either. yet, she just continued to do her work, leaving the
poor student standing at the back of the classroom reciting the
same statement again n again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;in the end, the poor student had to recite the same statement
again n again until the end of the lesson&#8230;he was seemingly tired
out at the end of it. i remember tat during the 2nd period, i
walked past him twice n witnessed his &#8220;sufferings&#8221;. his recitations
were slow n lifeless. he was taking deep breaths in between each
recitation. he was suffering so badly cos he didnt stop at all,
even when the teacher wasnt looking. though his recitations werent
loud, it was still audible from where i was sitting n i noticed tat
he didnt stop even once to rest. the teacher onli allowed him to
stop n go back to his seat when the bell rang, signalling end of
lesson&#8230;it was an unforgettable experience for him as he did become
less rude after tat&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by despondent @ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:19:02 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;hey firepig&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;since walking out of class wun work n giving harsh punishment
shld nt be allowed&#8230;the n wad do u propose teachers shld do to
students who misbehave n break sch rules???&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by FirePig @ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:00:46 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by sebosebo:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;back in my secondary school, theres this senior teacher.
whenever he feels that the noise level in our class is too high fr
him when hes teaching or whenever he feels the class is too dirty
and untidy, or even when theres more the 5 students who did not
complete their previous assignments. he'd just walk out of the
class, sometimes hed be bck aft 15mins, sometimes he wont be around
for the whole period.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;eventually...our class got very disciplined when it comes
to his period, on top of that we really enjoyed his lessons as hes
a very interactive and fun teacher.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;so theres this once after our class got really close with this
teacher after like 3/4 of the year had pass. and then this one
particular leeson where theres 4-5 guys who did not complete their
assignments. so this teacher just walked out (we've been very
disciplined till we hadn't gave him any chance to walk out on the
class for quite sometime).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;what happen is tht these fellas who did nt complete their work
went to apologize and persuade to come back and teach the class and
they volunteered to stay outside the class to complete their
assignments.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;so my point is, yes...harsh punishments may get the students to
succumb to the teacher, however there would be other more effective
methods like the above. wht a great teacher isnt it?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;p.s. - our class achived 100% pass and more thn 50% distinction
in that year for the subject tht he taught.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
that was back in the old days. Students dont give much damn about
teachers now. If&amp;nbsp;the teacher&amp;nbsp;leave the classroom, they
will celebrate and say pls go.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The students&amp;nbsp;can just walk out of the classroom if they
want. Students are highly protected these days as schools dont dare
to expel them. Just one apology letter and they can sit for the
exams.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by despondent @ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:56:38 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;to ruki:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;u could have complained to ur parents n tat teacher would have
lost his/her job&#8230;its very dangerous to slap a pri 1 kid&#8230;injuries
could have happened&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;anyway, juz curious&#8230;did the teacher do anything else to u
besides slapping u??&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by ruki @ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:41:51 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;I was slapped by my teacher when I was in Pri1 in front of the
whole class. The reason: I lost a hw assg. After so many years. I
still remember that day clearly and her name! big trauma you
know.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by sebosebo @ Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:54:47 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;back in my secondary school, theres this senior teacher.
whenever he feels that the noise level in our class is too high fr
him when hes teaching or whenever he feels the class is too dirty
and untidy, or even when theres more the 5 students who did not
complete their previous assignments. he'd just walk out of the
class, sometimes hed be bck aft 15mins, sometimes he wont be around
for the whole period.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;eventually...our class got very disciplined when it comes
to his period, on top of that we really enjoyed his lessons as hes
a very interactive and fun teacher.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;so theres this once after our class got really close with this
teacher after like 3/4 of the year had pass. and then this one
particular leeson where theres 4-5 guys who did not complete their
assignments. so this teacher just walked out (we've been very
disciplined till we hadn't gave him any chance to walk out on the
class for quite sometime).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;what happen is tht these fellas who did nt complete their work
went to apologize and persuade to come back and teach the class and
they volunteered to stay outside the class to complete their
assignments.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;so my point is, yes...harsh punishments may get the students to
succumb to the teacher, however there would be other more effective
methods like the above. wht a great teacher isnt it?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;p.s. - our class achived 100% pass and more thn 50% distinction
in that year for the subject tht he taught.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by wonderamazement @ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:47:56 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Wha this thread... So long liao... Still going strong.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by FirePig @ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:25:38 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;If i were a teacher, i would punish students by making them
crawl under my legs. Joking la. Dont take it to heart. Dont take it
too hard.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by kcockicht @ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:09:08 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;cannot do that at school ijjit, try that outside. i wait
everyday. call police then u know arh.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by I miss old annoucements @ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:57:35 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_from"&gt;Originally posted by jondizzle
foshizzle:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="quote_body"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Singaporean schools are fucking crazy from the stories here. It
wouldn't&amp;nbsp; be so bad if it was just regular punishment but it's
public humiliation as well. Teachers at my school and schools in
Australia can be sued for that and will lose their job if they are
caught doing any of the stuff mentioned here.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They're not even allowed to lay a hand on students. One time a
friend of mine was in detention and his teacher grabbed the back of
his collar and pulled him out of his seat forcefully which hurt him
so he turns around and punches the teacher in the face, knocking
him to the ground. My friend didn't get into any trouble at all
because if the school found out about it the teacher would've lost
his job for handling a student like that.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Despite that, they do not have much disiplinary problems.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by purpledragon84 @ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:56:31 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;harsh indeed.. and even more so becoz it was uncalled for..&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by jondizzle foshizzle @ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:38:17 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Singaporean schools are fucking crazy from the stories here. It
wouldn't&amp;nbsp; be so bad if it was just regular punishment but it's
public humiliation as well. Teachers at my school and schools in
Australia can be sued for that and will lose their job if they are
caught doing any of the stuff mentioned here.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They're not even allowed to lay a hand on students. One time a
friend of mine was in detention and his teacher grabbed the back of
his collar and pulled him out of his seat forcefully which hurt him
so he turns around and punches the teacher in the face, knocking
him to the ground. My friend didn't get into any trouble at all
because if the school found out about it the teacher would've lost
his job for handling a student like that.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>should teachers be allowed to punished harshly in school? replied by despondent @ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:33:25 +0800</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;ok&#8230;so to summarise the 5 cases my cousin cited where students
were punished by the principal back then&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1) my cousin n his frend were made to stand outside principal&#8217;s
office in a knee-bent position wif both hands stretched out in
front of them for the entire recess for being noisy in class&#8230;they
were in secondary 1.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2) 2 secondary 2 students( a boy n gal) were caught nodding away
during assembly. the boy had to pull his ears n do frog jumps
outside principal office for almost whole recess. the gal had to
pull ears n do half-squats outside office.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3) 2 secondary 4 gals were late for school for more than the 3rd
time. in the end, as punishment, both of them were made to stand
next to the flagpoles for the entire morning&lt;br /&gt;
(from 745am to ard 1pm)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4) 3 students were caught giggling away in class n refused to
tell principal wad the joke was abt. instead they laughed loudly in
front of her. all 3 students were made to stand in facing whole
class n grin continuously for whole period.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5) boy was caught calling the principal crude names in class. he
was made to stand in front of flagpole during 1st period n recess
tat day n shout: &lt;span class=""&gt;I MUST NOT BE RUDE&lt;/span&gt;!!! on top
of tat, he had to write out &#8220;i must not be rude&#8221; 500times after
school&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;from the 5 cases above, which do u guys tink were harsh, overly
harsh or not harsh at all???&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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