According to the students and their parents on the 5th, the homeroom teacher, “A”, called the group in front of their classroom on the afternoon of the 3rd and used a tree branch 50 centimeters in length to strike them on their calves 30 to 50 times each.
The students who had their calves beaten suffered deep-red bruises and finally bleeding after their skin burst, their parents said.
The students and parents also alleged that the teacher forced them to come to school from 9 am to 6 pm on Sunday for study hall, leaving them unable to participate in their church or study arts and sports in hagwons.
The students also said that the students who did not abandon church for school on Sunday were also made to stay at school until 11:30 pm on weekdays cleaning the school and were beaten on their calves in proportion to the amount of time they were absent.
I'm glad "criticism is being considered." I hope she gets suspended for at least a weekend, and if she was made to stay home over summer vacation I would not think that too harsh.
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And this is exactly why I feel that corporal punishment should not be allowed AT ALL. The opportunity for abuse is just too high.
People are not allowed to drive while intoxicated. Not every drunk driver gets into an accident and hits someone or something. Yet, it is still illegal, because the opportunity to do damage is just too great.
Well, the same things holds with corporal punishment. That's just my two cents' worth.
Another day in the ROK school system. We've seen it all before (ad nauseum). Ho hum.
One of the things that kept me from transferring to another school was the fact that my school was quite light on punishment, and I was worried about ending up at a school that was more fond of sticks.
I thought corporal punishment was technically illegal.. I know in practicality, it happens all the time, but isn't it illegal? (Kind of like Dog-Gogi?)
Yes, it is illegal. And has been since, uh, '99? I know it was NOT when I taught PS in '96/97-ish
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