Should teachers be allowed to use corporal punishments?

That godsis who made the police report, in my humblest opinion, must be a pai kia.. either that, or an awful teacher..

Most of us would have been hit on the palm with rulers etc by teachers, but did that do us any harm? I doubt so. In fact, most of us have turned out well..

So why the hooha over hitting the head of a girl who has gotten into trouble with the school 20 times? If the principal did not care about her, he would not have gotten worked up, trust me. The fewwhom I didn't bother to raise my voice at when they were awful, it just meant that I couldn't be bothered with them. People like Kok Sheng, whom I seem to be scolding every single lesson, it was just because I really dote on the students and want them to follow the right route. If every educator just focus on teaching school related subject and expel undesirable students (as quite a number of schools seem to be doing now), our students will be even worse off!

Which brings to mind, my teachers in CHIJ (Ponggol). Which other school actually emphasises the need for students to be polite to our school caretaker and cleaners? Come to think of it, we must have look real adorable when the entire class walks past the caretaker's room or the cleaners' room in the morning etc... Or, the times when we were scolded for being not polite/ bad manners etc.. for the entire lesson.. Few people would have heard of a class being sent back to class for not saying 'thank you' to the person holding the door for us..

And if one wants examples of corporal punishments, then hitting our palms for not memorising our sentences and meanings well enough for Chinese, not bringing our things should come well under that category. Yet, all of us knew that we deserved it. In fact, if my memory doesn't fail me, some of us even offered our rulers for the teachers to hit us. Dumb, but true.

Some ignorant parents may like to note that, as a result of the scoldings, punishments (some really innovative and bizarre ones, which they would have categorised them as humiliation, but it was, to us, just our fault) the batch of us became better gals, who know the importance of treating others, irregardless of their positions, with respect, know our school work better and interestingly, not to stamp our feet when walking.. (I'm sure all CHIJ (Ponggol) girls would understand why..)

To all my teachers and relief teachers from Pri 1/2 Faith, 3/4 Peace, 5/6 Love, 老师， 谢谢您!